Okay, so lately, I feel like I’ve been so busy that the only posts I get to do are my weekly standards: Monday Movies, Teaser Tuesdays, and Friday Favorites. While I really love them, I miss just random posts about whatever is going on. So tonight, I’m putting down the Robin Hood (stay tuned soon for a coming Friday Favorite) and offering you something completely random that I’ve just discovered thanks to Mark Lee (he’s the guitarist from Third Day) tweets.

Welcome to: www.runpee.com. Can you hold it?

This is the beta version of a website set up to help you know when you can run pee during current movies, and there aren’t runpee times set up for every movie yet, but there are some for the big recent releases. And warning–there may be some off color language, etc. You’ve been warned.

But this is a really funny website. Seriously, check it out.

And don’t worry. I’ll try to lose another library book or something exciting soon.

Planning my run pee times for Star Trek this weekend. -LJ

MizB of Should Be Reading hosts the Teaser Tuesdays weekly event

Here are the rules:
* Grab your current read
* Let the book fall open to a random page
* Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12
*You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you’ve given!
* Please avoid spoilers!

This week’s teaser is:
“He’d been four years younger than she was now when he began moving about the country, free of all Amish restraints. But when he was twenty-three, his stepmother ahd called, telling him his Daed was ill and the family needed him.”
The Hope of Refuge by Cindy Woodsmall

– I’ve already revealed myself as a cheater in the Teaser Tuesday department, and this week is no exception. Right now I’m reading the brand new manuscript from Cindy Woodsmall. The book comes out in August, and I’m so excited. It’s amazing! Even if you’re not a fan of Amish fiction, you can’t miss out on New York Times bestseller Cindy’s phenomenal writing. She’s great! 🙂 Enjoy!

I’ve had a really, really strange weekend. I’ve spent much of me weekend writing pitches and press releases for my book. But that’s what I do all week at work for other people’s books.

I’ve been organizing a blog tour for Kenzie’s release and lining up web reviewers, people who I have the privilege of working with during my day job. They are such a sweet, kind group, and I love working with them!

But it’s really very strange, this feeling of working with them on personal and professional levels, asking them to to review something so personal to me. They’ve come out in droves, and I totally owe them. So thanks to all of them. You’ll see their websites listed here throughout the summer, as I’ll link to fun coverage of Kenzie and interviews with me. 🙂 Hope you’ll go visit the sites when I post links.

Feeling like I’m in the Twilight Zone until next time. -LJ

Well, at least my yesterday in pictures …

I was just hanging out last night–checking e-mail and such–when the doorbell rang. I hopped up to see who it was, and there was no one there. So I looked down and saw.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So I squealed a little, yanked up the box and ran into the kitchen, hollering at Amy to hurry up and join me. She arrived in time to snap this shot.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And then the angels sang and there were books. Actual, final copies of The Kidnapping of Kenzie Thorn. With my name on them!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

July 14 is the big day, and the book is available for pre-order on Amazon, CBD, Barnes and Noble, and more!

Tempted to sleep with my new book under my pillow until next time. (Is that weird?) -LJ