FIVE

I just got word from my editor that CROSS MY HEART AND HOPE TO SPY is slated for its FIFTH week on the New York Times Bestseller List.

Five.

That’s five weeks, people.

As in more than a month.

As in I’M FREAKING OUT HERE!!!!

So thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you to everyone who has bought the book–or recommended that a friend buy the book–you guys did this. And I adore you.

In other news, I had a kind of challenging writing day because–after waking up and getting to the library early this morning–my space bar broke. Do you know how crucial the ability to space is when writing a novel? Well, it turns out, it’s really, really crucial.

But then I called the helpline and got expert advice on fixing the space bar, so catastrophe averted, but I still managed to waste several space-free hours.

Speaking of hours, (or not really hours, so much as time, but hang with me…) as excited as I am that you guys are excited about GG3, there’s something you need to know:

I’m working on a ROUGH draft. As in bad. As in needing many, many more drafts. As in it really will be a long time until the book is in stores. I’m sorry–so, so, so sorry–that it’s going to take this long, I’m afraid that’s just how these things work.

In the meantime, though, there are a lot of other great books coming out in the coming months…

Like THE SQUAD books by Jennifer Lynn Barnes.

And HOW TO BE BAD by Sarah Mlynowski, E. Lockhart, and Lauren Myracle.

Not to mention THE DISREPUTABLE HISTORY OF FRANKIE LANDAU-BANKS, also by E. Lockhart, which is probably the best book I’ve read in a long, long time.

So see…so much good reading!

And don’t worry, I am writing as fast as I can, but this book is big–like really, really big–and I’ve got to get it just right because…well…I’d tell you, but then…you know.

later gators,
Ally