Happy Thursday to ya.

How is it already Thursday? Furthermore, how is it already JULY? I don't think I approved this.

I've been trying to get everything all tidied up in time for the Oklahoma Showdown (which will begin in August and will suck away all my time). That means making my Facebook, Twitter and everything up to date, checking that the colors and designs I've picked out are consistent, and finally updating my Jen K Blom author page on Facebook.

If you like me just a little, or not at all and want to mock me by following me there, would you click here and check it out? And if you like it, click like?

I am not a fan of pimping myself out, but some is needed. So I be doin' that.

Book Signing and party set up for BERLIN!

Hey guys!

I know I have some european followers here that I might not necessarily be facebook buddies with (if so, WHY NOT), but I wanted to let you all know >>

Storytime Books & More is making POSSUM SUMMER their July highlight!

We're going to have a big signing and party, complete with chocolate chip cookies, snickerdoodles *both of which are P's favorite cookies, just saying* and a giveaway! Yes, there will be Awesome Possum t-shirts. :-D

So if you're in Germany on the 23rd of July, don't be square! Come and help me celebrate my lovely book's release!

Neato.

Mosquito.

Anyway, I'm interviewed over at the A-mazing Mixed Up Files today. If you go over and comment you could win your very own Possum Prize Pack (signed book, personalized Lookbook, and an Awesome Possum t-shirt.)

It's what you've always wanted, right? Hie thee to the Mixed up Files!

What I did on my summer holiday

Looked at this. I was surrounded by this.

Tried to get a decent pic of Loki. She is a movable being and very difficult to capture.

Read a certain book once more. It does not suck!

Bought work shoes. Yep, it's the real thing, folks. They are SO AWESOME I brought them back to Berlin.

Aaaand (my editor Julie will be happy to know this!) I revised. A loooot. My poor manuscript looks like it's been attacked by a dastardly red pencil.

What do you have planned for your holiday?

Why do you write what you write?

Hey guys!! So my book is out!

I'll take you through a picture journey of my book tomorrow. But today, I've been thinking about book writing, and royalties, and advances, and what makes a midlist and/or breakout author. I feel like there's a lot of anger and jealousy out there, no matter what anybody says - and it spills over onto Twitter, and Facebook, and most anywhere authors congregate.

I think a lot of it comes down to what you really feel like, deep down, you want to write. So I thought about it myself, because of course I have those spikes of envy sometimes. Who doesn't?

And I came to the following.

I want to write the books I write best, the ones that make kids laugh and cry and think. Ones with animals in them, and goofy best friends, and light (if any) romance. I want to continue to write books that a parent, seeing my name, wouldn't hesitate to buy and hand over ot their kids without first vetting it. Because they knew I could provide a good solid book that makes their kid want to talk about it with them after and has them think about their life and how they fit in it.

So there. That's why I write what I do. Why do you write what you do?