http://www.staceykade.com Like Your High School ...Only Weirder Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:20:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Book Two--still operating under the title of Princess Poltergeist--is now officially turned in. Yea!!! I'm very proud of myself because this is the first book where I was under contract with a REAL deadline. I'm really happy with how it has turned out so far--my editor is awesome and will ... http://www.staceykade.com/2010/03/03/book-two-is-in/ Whew! Okay, the good news is my brilliant critique partner came back with very positive things to say about Princess Poltergeist and only a few relatively minor fixes were required. Yea! So, I finished those this weekend and rewrote the ending slightly, per her recommendation, and though I wasn't sure ... http://www.staceykade.com/2010/02/21/untethered/ Princess Poltergeist is now with my absolutely brilliant critique partner for review, and I'm in that panicky stage where I'm convinced that she's going to send me a gently worded email to the effect of, "We need to talk," which is code for "This is hopeless. You're screwed." So, ... http://www.staceykade.com/2010/02/17/keeping-myself-occupied/ You guys, I have seen the cover for G&G--and it is GORGEOUS! Seriously, it's like they were able to see inside my head and replicate exactly what I was thinking of when I wrote the book. It's THAT good. I love the models they found and the expressions on their ... http://www.staceykade.com/2010/01/20/news/ Right now, I'm averaging about one post per month. Sheesh. I swear to you, once upon a time, I was prolific blogger. I had (actually still have) a blog under another name, and I used to be on there, writing daily. Now, my goodness, I can't even handle Twitter! (I'll ... http://www.staceykade.com/2010/01/11/status-update/ Sheesh. I've been terrible about updating. I've been working on finishing a first draft for the sequel to The Ghost and the Goth, tentatively titled Princess Poltergeist. I follow Anne Lamott's school of thought on this and write "sh*tty first drafts." (BTW, If you haven't read Anne Lamott's book, Bird ... http://www.staceykade.com/2009/11/30/what-happened-to-november/ Ack! Sorry, I've missed the last few Wednesdays. My birthday was in there, as was an out-of-town visit and one week of sickness. :( But I'm better now (and older), so back to our regularly scheduled blog! One of the questions I'm asked most often is, where do you get your ideas? And ... http://www.staceykade.com/2009/10/28/more-thinking-about-thinking/ I missed my blog post the other day! So, to make up for it, I'm posting today. :) I created the following as a handout for my talk at Barrington High School. Thought others might find it interesting as well. Top 10 Myths about Being an Author 1. Professional authors get ... http://www.staceykade.com/2009/10/03/top-10-myths-about-being-an-author/ One of the things I love most about writing is watching the movie of it play in my head. Scenes play out in my head, just like on a screen. The trouble is sometimes I have no idea who these people are, why they're doing what they're doing, or what ... http://www.staceykade.com/2009/09/23/is-it-love-or-just-infatuation/ To give myself some kind of structure around here, I've decided that Wednesday posts shall be (loosely) writing related. Otherwise, this whole blog will be nothing but squeeing about books I've read and loved and reminders to watch cool shows. (Speaking of which...GLEE on tonight!) So... I spend a lot of ... http://www.staceykade.com/2009/09/16/writing-wednesday-character-goals/