You just never know...

Today I was out of the office for most of the day at a corporate event -- open bar and a boat on Lake Michigan, not a good combination for many, many reasons -- and when I came back I had a message on voice mail. The big paper in Peoria, which is where my parents live and where I lived for awhile, is going to write something about me and The Silver Spoon. Wow!!!! So I spoke to the writer from the newspaper for about 45 minutes tonight. And now, I'm currently weaseling about every single one of my answers. For those of you who missed last week's blog on ice weasels and weaseling -- it basically means second guessing yourself or worrying about things that are now outside of your control.

I love talking to people about writing. I especially love talking to people about The Silver Spoon. But I somehow always manage to forget that I'm talking to a journalist instead of a friend or just some random person. This is probably the sign of a good journalist that the people they are talking to are comfortable enough to talk about anything -- like their social security number. No, I'm just kidding. But I do forget. Like I was in the middle of trying to explain how the characters talk inside my head (yes, I know it sounds crazy) when I realized exactly how crazy it sounded to someone who doesn't know me at all and may not have heard other writers talking about this phenomenon. Oh, yeah. I sounded certifiable, I'm sure. And then the next thing I'm weaseling about is that I somehow sounded arrogant or heck, even confident, because really, I feel like I have nothing to do with the writing. It's a gift, one that I'm grateful to have. I hope it didn't sound like I was coming off as some kind of expert -- because I just feel lucky every time I get to write a story. If that makes sense.

I did my best to be honest, grateful, and true. Hopefully that will show through.

In other news...
The ebook for The Silver Spoon has been okayed, which means that it should be showing up on retail sites, like Amazon or Barnes and Noble, in the next week or two. Yea!!!

Talk to you tomorrow!