First of all, thank you to everyone for the warm wishes yesterday. I really, sincerely appreciate it. Despite the fact that I spent most of my day working on documentation for my day-job and checking over our taxes, I had this constant-under-the-surface buzz of “my book is out!”. It was definitely a thrill to go onto worldcat and see all the copies of Fortune’s Folly making their ways into libraries around the country. Eeee! I love libraries! And of course I especially loved hearing about those of you who had copies arrive on your doorsteps, or who plan to go out and look for it in stores. I really hope you enjoy it!

On a related note, anyone out there looking to order some books (and it doesn’t even need to be Fortune’s Folly!) should check out this great 20% discount at Powell’s, a fabulous independent bookstore that you can order from online (they ship!). The offer only lasts until tomorrow though, so act quick!

Now that my book is out (I am working on suppressing the instinctive *squee* that follows that statement lest I run out of my lifetime allotment of exclamation marks) I am going to be stopping by the blogs of some of my very talented and gracious fellow debs from the Debut 2009 community to answer questions and talk about writing and life and my favorite pastries. In keeping with the themes of her own debut novel, My Big Nose and Other Natural Disasters, author Sydney Salter had me over recently as a “Guest Nose” to talk a little about beauty issues in fairy tales and Fortune’s Folly. You can read that over here.

There’s also a lot happening over at The Enchanted Inkpot this week. Check out Megan Crewe’s post about “Writing what you know”, and the interview with Elizabeth C. Bunce, author of the excellent and award-winning fairy tale novel A Curse as Dark as Gold (inspired by Rumplestiltskin!). Anyone can sign up to watch the community with livejournal, or you can subscribe to the feed in GoogleReader or other tools.

Lastly, if you love your local library, please consider telling them about the Great Scavenger Hunt, which I am participating in, along with a host of other middle-grade and YA authors. It’s free, and both librarians and participating kids can win prizes (including bookstore gift certificates and copies of books). There’s a flyer on the Library Resources page that you can print out and bring to the library to let them know how to sign up! Then kids can read books from the list, answer trivia questions, and be entered to win prizes.