Five Things That Make Me Happy
1. I only have four chapters left of CLASH to write which is about 14k words, give or take 1-2k depending on how wordy I might get. Yay! Yay! Yay! This one has been the hardest for me to write, and I haven’t pinpointed exactly why that is. I do think the plot is a bit more complex in this one. I’ve had to do more research than ever before. Regardless, the first draft will be done soon. Yay!
2. After only a week of querying, a friend of mine got crazy interest in her YA and now has representation! Go Gretchen! (I’d link to her but she doesn’t have a blog yet.)
3. I tried Rice to Riches for the first time this week. If you haven’t heard of it, it’s this super famous rice pudding place in Nolita (between Little Italy and the East Village). I had the pumpkin flavored riced pudding, and YUM! It was the best thing ever, seriously. Go try it.
4. There’s a snowstorm coming, and since I’m cozy inside my apartment, I’m kind of excited about it. That’s weird, right? Well, in TN, it occasionally snowed but not often. And when it did, it was this light flaking that may or may not have stuck to the roads. No matter if it did or not, school was always closed (cause we didn’t have hardly any “real” snow days so we used them up when even the tiniest suggestion of snow was on the radar). So, I kind of enjoy it when NYC gets coated with a beautiful soft blanket of pearly white. It’s just the aftermath–the slush and piles of gray goop lying at every corner–that I don’t like. That and the cold, but I’m inside today so no worries there.
5. The holidays are here, and I”m going home for my longest visit yet since I moved to NYC. Almost a full week. It’ll be nice to see all the family, relax in front of a fireplace and eat pumpkin pie. Oh yes. There will be pumpkin pie.
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I’m not even a big fan of rice pudding…but Rice to Riches is an amazing place.
Enjoy the snowstorm!
Have a great holiday!
And I second the YAY for Gretchen! Whohoo!!!
Yay for snow days!
A WEEK of querying?? Way to go, Gretchen! Pass on our congrats to her
I can’t think of a better Christmas present than (nearly) instant representation!
Yay for your progress on Clash!!!! You know my thoughts and feelings on this! (machine, I tell ya!)
And of course, yay for Gretchen. I’m very proud of her as well.
Enjoy the holiday, the snow, and especially the pumpkin pie. I’ll take mine with whipped cream on top, please.
We are SO going to Rice to Riches next time I come to the city! I’ve wanted to try it for a while, so we’ll have to make a stop there at some point.
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