{"id":571,"date":"2010-07-15T12:39:16","date_gmt":"2010-07-15T17:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jessicaleader.com\/blog\/?p=571"},"modified":"2010-07-14T13:50:04","modified_gmt":"2010-07-14T18:50:04","slug":"piles-of-nice-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jessicaleader.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/piles-of-nice-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Piles of Nice News!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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1) Nice and Mean<\/em> will be featured as New Moon Magazine’s September\/October book of the month!\u00a0 The issue’s theme is popularity, and I agree with the books editor that Nice and Mean <\/em>could spark some useful discussions of that issue.\u00a0 There will also be a video contest<\/strong>, since the book focuses on a video class, and if you win the contest, you win a copy of the book!\u00a0 I can’t wait to see what the readers come up with here.<\/p>\n

2) The Louisville-Courier Journal will feature a new story of mine, NOT THAT GIRL, in its August issue–in serial, no less!\u00a0 The story is set in Kentucky during the back-to-school season, and I love the thought of knowing that readers will experience it during the appropriate season.\u00a0 There’s just something about going back to school–or even back to work after summer–that makes you\/one\/me reevaluate priorities and open fresh wounds–and I like the thought of readers being in that mode when they read the story.\u00a0<\/p>\n

(It’s also a little nerve-wracking to think of putting a story in print without the 20-month waiting period that Nice and Mean<\/em> has gotten me accustomed to, but I guess I will just have to deal.)<\/p>\n

3) My fantastic web designer, WebsyDaisy (aka Jenny Medford), reconfigured my “books” page to include reviews.\u00a0 I love having all the reviews of Nice and Mean<\/em> in one place, and if you want to see what people are saying, head on over <\/a>and say hi.<\/p>\n

4) The 3rd bit of good news I can’t really talk about at this moment because I haven’t made a decision about it, but I suspect it will be good news, so I throw it into the Yay pile here, too!\u00a0<\/p>\n

Have a good weekend, everyone!\u00a0 I’m writing this on Thursday, but when this reaches you, I will be stepping in that river (see yesterday’s post.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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