CALLING ALL GARDENERS

A question, gentle readers:

WHAT THE FREAK DOES A GIRL HAVE TO DO TO GROW SOME HERBS??? 

 

I MEAN SOME DECENT HERBS THAT SHE CAN ACTUALLY PICK AND PUT IN A DISH???

I'VE BEEN TRYING FOR YEARS...YEARS!  AND I HAVE YET TO GET A SINGLE STUPID HERB INTO ANY DISH.  EVER!  

DO I NEED A DEGREE???  DO I HAVE TO HAVE MY BLACK THUMBS SURGICALLY REMOVED???

SERIOUSLY.  WHAT IS THE DEAL???

JUST SINGIN'

The last time I embedded a video, it was visual (I wanted to show our unusual May snow).  This time, I had to share the sounds of the Ozarks...

I've noticed lately that the birds here have been singing like crazy!  (Even this short clip doesn't quite do their music justice.)  Maybe they're all just glad it's finally started to look like spring...


...Having problems viewing the clip?  You can watch it on YouTube.

ABOUT TO BURST

I'm in the midst of proofreading my debut MG, THE JUNCTION OF SUNSHINE AND LUCKY.  Seeing my book so close to its final form just makes me want to burst open!

I can't wait to get this book in your hands!

MAY SNOW - ONE FOR THE RECORD BOOKS

May 3rd was a beautiful spring day here in the Ozarks...the birds were singing, the grass was green, the flowers were in bloom...and the snow was falling!


PS: Blogger's been acting buggy lately with embedded vids.  If you have problems viewing, you can check out the vid of our spring snow on my YouTube page.

I FINISHED MY REWRITES!!!

I spent the last three weeks of April hitting global rewrites for my next YA...and when I clicked "send" yesterday, I hooted and hollered for joy.  (That's what we do here in the Ozarks, hoot 'n holler...)

Nothing quite like the euphoria of meeting a deadline...

While I was whipping this revision into shape, I got a new doormat for my mom (because humor trumps all in the Schindler household):



Front porch and toenails to be painted this week...



Yeah.  We think it's hilarious.  In the past few weeks, though, NO ONE HAS RUNG OUR DOORBELL.  Nobody.  Neighbors won't.  The mailman won't.  A little boy stopping by with his school fundraiser actually shouted "DING DONG!" when he stepped up to our door.  I'm not kidding.

It just shows, I think, the power of the written word.  Shows how seriously we all take the written word—whether it's in a book, a Tweet, a status update...or on a doormat.