I got cover art for my second book last night! It made me squee in all the right places. Love my publisher - Pocket does really amazing romance covers, and it makes me sosososo happy to see mine.

But I can't show you. At least, not until I get approval. BUT! I can show you a little something that is going on the cover...

"Laugh-out-loud scenes, scorching eroticism, and pulse-pounding adventure." -- Kresley Cole, New York Times bestselling author of Kiss of a Demon King

Perhaps you did not read that closely enough. I'll wait here while you read it again.

KRESLEY FREAKING COLE BLURBED MY BOOK YOU GUYS.

(Perhaps you recall last RWA, when I mentioned I might meet Kresley? And I was excited? And posted this picture?)

That's right. She was nice enough to make my day year decade and blurb my book.

You so want to read it now, don't you? Yeah. Me too.

(But I get to! Because I am getting copyedits this week! And I'll get to read -- and edit -- the whole thing AGAIN. Oh writer's life, you are a glamorous one.)

Anyhow, there was some great link salad going on around and about the interwebs, most of it related to writing. Here ya go:

http://m-stiefvater.livejournal.com/111221.html <-- On writers and self confidence, and how being confident in your work does not equal ego. At least, not always. (Maggie has an awesome journal, guys. You should be reading it.)

http://beth-bernobich.livejournal.com/282487.html <-- Beth Bernobich talks about poisonous writers on the web. Can I get an amen?

http://jimhines.livejournal.com/450145.html < -- Jim Hines talks about writers with 'real' jobs vs writers without real jobs. Excellent post. Jim's posts on the business side of writing are an absolute must.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JK7IKSfyLE < -- Earworm of the day (not the real video, just the song)

http://mymilktoof.blogspot.com/ < -- Cutest blog ever. EVER.

And that's all I got for now.