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I have good news! The release date for the St. Martin's edition of Switched has been bumped up from January 24th to January 3rd! That's a whole three weeks earlier! Word on the street is that the reasoning for this is because a major retailer wanted to give Switched a big push, and they didn't want it so close to the Hunger Games film release, so Switched doesn't get eclipsed by all you Hunger Games fanatics. And me, I'm excited about it because I won't have to wait so long for you guys to read the books. I'm on pins and needles waiting for you all to check out the three brand new short stories and a couple choice extended scenes in each of the books. Onto the second bit of good news - OMFG! Have you checked out blink 182's new album "Neighborhoods?" It's crazy awesome. I'll admit to being at first skeptical that blink would ever come out with a new album, and then afraid that it wouldn't be any good. But it totally picked up ...

I do have some extra fun stuff that I get to tell you. The first one is: Nike MAG. The second one is: book cover. So let's start with the Nike MAG. As you may know, in the hit film Back to the Future II (a film I am mildly obsessed with), Marty McFly wears a pair of super awesome Nike MAGs in the year 2015. Well, this year, Nike actually made 1,510 pairs and auctioned them off on eBay with all the proceeds going to benefit the Michael J. Fox Foundation Here's a video about it: I was fortunate enough to get a pair, and they arrived in the mail today! I couldn't be more excited! Thank you to Nike and Michael J. Fox for doing this! :) Here just a few of the 800 pictures I took of them: The rad label that was on the box it shipped in. The shoebox. The shoes! Nike MAG! The Nike MAG with my Back to the Future II  Delorean. (I had the Delorean prior to getting the shoes. It did not come with it) Onto the second part of the good news. I got the go ahead to announce who's doi...

Hollowmen isn't done yet. My goal is to finish it next week and get out to the editor right after that. Then hopefully I can get it out sometime in November. That's the plan right now, but of course, things are subject to change. With that in mind, here are three things about Hollowmen that I can share: 1. The opening line. I'll probably have the first chapter up once I'm finished with my book and gone over my first cursory edits before sending it off to the real editor. But right now, I can definitely share the opening line. I was dying. Daniels knew it, and I knew it. 2. The soundtrack . Which I spent way more time on than I should. I made the playlist on Youtube since they had all the songs I wanted, particularly Motion City Soundtrack "Disappear" and People on Planes "Last Man Standing," which were both necessary. (And it is a pretty awesome soundtrack.) You can check out the soundtrack: here . 3. The cover. It's once again by the fabulous ...

Today some nice people took my picture for a Spanish magazine. And what I was reminder of today, for the millionth time, is that I don't like having my picture taken. I don't mind pictures of me. But the act of pictures being taken makes awkward and self-conscious and unable to make a natural facial expression to save my soul. A picture of me that I didn't hate having taken. Photo by my friend Valerie. I'm getting a lot of questions about the sequel to Hollowland , entitled Hollowmen. Here's the answer: I'm working on it now, but its taken me much longer than I had scheduled in my mind for the amount of time it should take to write. (In my mind, it was supposed to be finished by September 1st and to the editor by September 2nd. It's not yet finished, and it's September 20th.) So what does this mean? Not a lot, actually. I was originally hoping for an October release, but I'm pretty sure that won't be feasible. Sometime before the end of 2011, tho...

The world is filled with random, cruel acts of violence and death. Our time here is so short and often, so painful. So, to counteract this even the slightest bit, please be nice to someone today. Do something kind simply because you can.

I'm starting to get pretty excited about the release of Switched . So excited, I made this countdown: Get the <a href="http://www.widgetbox.com/i/cedea883-ba5b-4bd6-a9a9-810acf934432">Countdown Creator Pro</a> widget and many other <a href="http://www.widgetbox.com/">great free widgets</a> at <a href="http://www.widgetbox.com">Widgetbox</a>! Not seeing a widget? (<a href="http://docs.widgetbox.com/using-widgets/installing-widgets/why-cant-i-see-my-widget/">More info</a>) So far, I'm really enjoying the traditional process. I was pretty transparent about my experiences with self...

You guys, I need your help with something. I can't tell you why yet. But I'm having trouble picking a name. I've narrowed the list down to the names I like best, and I'd like it if you could pick what names you like the most. So... yep. Please vote and let me know what you think! UPDATE: To help you all make your decision, I'm just going to clarify that the name is NOT for a leading man. So it need not be the "sexiest" choice.

It's been quite awhile since I last posted a blog, but for good reason. My good friend Pete got married last Sunday, and I was in the wedding. I also had friends staying with me throughout the week, and it was a very busy, very fun time. You may remember my friend Pete from the cover of a book I wrote. This is her on her loveliest of lovely days (She's the one in the wedding dress): Here are all my friends, some visiting from out of state, some from out of town, and even some from out of country, together again, celebrating our togetherness: And here are some shoes I bought: All the proceeds go to Michael J. Fox's foundation, so it's okay that I spent too much money on the Nike MAG . Because I'm also saving Michael J. Fox's life. And whenever I think about him being sick, I cry. In the meantime, I'm writing things and editing things. So all around it's been a very busy time in my household. Busy, but good. OH! And I got my Halloween costume. Me and Eric ...

My current engagement uses the Lotus Sametime chat client and I use it on a daily (hourly) basis. Today, for no reason that I can discern, I was unable to start up the application after a computer reboot. The install creates a shortcut to C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\Lotus\Sametime Connect\rcp\rcplauncher.exe and running that executable would do absolutely nothing. After several attempts to figure out what was going on - including a failed attempt to reinstall the standard client - I found a lock file: C:\Users\dsixe\AppData\Roaming\Lotus\Sametime\.rcp.lock Delete the file, problem solved.