Mel's Shopping Diary
The Blogger’s Cliche/The 30 Day Fashion Challenge!
April 06, 2007 The Blogger's Cliche/The 30 Day Fashion Challenge!I will start with a blogger's cliche - I'm so sorry I haven't posted lately. Things have been incredibly busy both personally and professionally...
My dad was in the hospital for a month. He had a sixteen-hour surgery in the colorectal area (he has colorectal cancer) and it was pretty rough going for a while. He was in the ICU for almost three weeks. He's home now, and doing a lot better, but it's going to be a long recovery. It was hard for me because I couldn't be in the hospital so much --I'm still exclusively breastfeeding the baby so I could only do brief visits. The good news is that he is cancer-free now. The doctors did not find any new tumors and with the original source of the cancer now completely removed, they think this is his best shot EVER. My dad has such a great team of doctors--one of whom was a friend of his from college.
The funny thing is my dad was really popular in college, and his doctor was apparently one of the "nerdier" guys. But they were friends. They have become really close now, and his friend, this doctor, has basically saved his life over and over again (he was the one who did my dad's surgery four years ago too). So be nice to the people you went to school with! One of them might save your life one day...
In the meantime, our baby is still not quite sleeping through the night! It has been five months of sleepless nights, and some days we are so exhausted we are sleepwalking zombies throughout the day. But every morning when she wakes up it is like the sun shining through clouds. She is AWESOME. Everyday we love her even more.
It's so weird how much I like being a mom. I had no idea what motherhood would be like, and I assumed that I would be able to work the way I have been and just pawn the baby off on nannies and my parents. But I really ENJOY spending time with her and it's so hard to do anything else.
But it is really nice to be able to work. I was feeling down about my new book because I wasn't sure it was good enough, but I just got great feedback from my editor who said she loves it and it's propelling me to the finish line.
I know I keep mentioning it, but I only do because I am so proud of this book: ANGELS ON SUNSET BOULEVARD is out - and if you liked BLUE BLOODS, you will love ANGELS.
MASQUERADE, the second Blue Bloods novel is out very soon. We just got the finished books the other day, and they look GORGEOUS!!! Wait till you see.
In more fun news, for my book tour this May and June I am going to try to institute a no-repeat fashion policy. I have so many clothes I have not worn with price stickers still attached to them. And I have about a month's worth of events and I have sworn to myself I will not repeat one outfit. I have to utilize all the new clothes I've bought for the tour as well as the old clothes in my closet. I'll document my outfits here so everyone will see if I meet the challenge!
Now I must really go back to finishing THE ASHLEYS!!!
xoxo
Mel
On April 8, 2007 at 6:37 pm, Cyndy had this to say:
Hey Melissa! When are we going to get a sneak peak into Blue Bloods 2: Masquerade? I’m eagerly awaiting May 1st!
p.s. I read Angels on Sunset Boulevard. Loved it! May be your best yet! You have every reason to be proud of it! Can’t wait for the rest of that series, too!
On April 10, 2007 at 10:05 am, Abby had this to say:
I’m so sorry about your dad, but that’s great that he’s totally cancer-free now. =]
I hope everything goes well!
I still need to get AoSB, so I think I’m going to spend my latest paycheck picking up all the books I wanted to get this month. =P
Can’t wait for The Ashleys, and good luck on your Fashion Challenge. =D
<3 Abby
On April 16, 2007 at 8:31 am, Holly the YA Librarian had this to say:
I really enjoyed hearing you at the TLA Conference. You came across as so funny and down to earth on the YA panel.
On April 16, 2007 at 6:13 pm, Becky had this to say:
Melissa, you were a joy to listen to at TLA last week in San Antonio. You were the funniest one on the panel, and I came home and promptly amazon.com-ed all of your books! Thanks for spending the afternoon w/ us Texans! Can’t wait to see the fashion choices!
On April 26, 2007 at 1:40 pm, Megan had this to say:
Hey Melissa, I started reading your first Au pair novel and now i’m hooked. I read 2&3;in a day.
Are you ever coming to New Mexico?
On April 26, 2007 at 1:41 pm, Megan had this to say:
Hey Melissa, I started reading your first Au pair novel and now i’m hooked. I read 2&3;in a day.
Are you ever coming to New Mexico?
On April 29, 2007 at 11:59 am, Adele had this to say:
I just read Masquerade and it was AMAZING! I am dying to see what you come up with next in the Blue Bloods series!
You should really come to New Orleans sometime. You have ALOT of fans here!
On June 22, 2007 at 12:14 pm, CVC had this to say:
when do you think blue bloods #3 will come out?
On April 7, 2007 at 6:38 pm, Marisa had this to say:
I just got back from Barnes & Noble’s, hoping to pick up Masquerade - one month early. I thought it came out in March. March, May, they’re practically the same thing.
Can’t wait for it