Honey, I'm Home

Bunã ziua,Vampire Lovers,                                          

I do apologize to anyone who might have wondered what's been going on in the practical vampire slaying business and/or who's been looking for any news on the book: stuff's been happening. 

Carrie Obry

 First off, I just have to say that my experience in the world of publishing has been really interesting.  That might be because of my incredible publisher, Llewellyn Worldwide: what an astonishingly talented, professional, kind, and brilliant group of people they have over there...they've taught me so much and worked so hard for me!   My editor, there on the right - is just plain heaven sent.

One of the steps in the publishing process was to rename the book (the working title was "The Practical Vampire Slayer" - which was good, but not nearly as good as the one they came up with - and while I'm at it, I'll show you the cover, too:

Coolness defined, baby.  And I get to say that because it had nothing to do with me.

Shortly after this cover was designed they took it on the road - by which I mean that, to my utter shock and amazement, Llewellyn featured it at their booth at Book Expo America, which looked like this:

and this:

And as if that weren't enough, my old high school pal David Meyer wrote to say that he'd spied it at the American Library Association Convention he attended: claims he was eating chocolate at the time and smeared the pages of the copy they left out there, too. Aw.

Anyway, the point is that we've got a book coming out there on September 1st - and oh my gosh  I can't believe I forgot to tell you this:  3 of our country's most excellent women (and writers and thinkers) wrote blurbs for my book.  They are: 

Melody Beattie

                                                                                                       

Joan Walsh    

           and                  

Jaye Wells

So I'm just plain lucky, I guess.  I've been more fortunate in this journey than I'd ever imagined or hoped to be, and now the day is almost here.  There are about a million disclaimers I'm dying to make but won't, won't, won't.  I will however, be trying to  blog more regularly, and I'm hoping the book will generate more questions from brave readers, looking for specifics.  I like those. 

That's all for now. 

How are you?

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