Discovery!

I have recently been introduced to a new artist...she is a native Texan (which I was shocked I hadn’t heard of her before now!) but currently resides in Oregon: Irene Hardwicke-Olivieri.
Here is her website if you want to discover her too! Her work is fascinating and to me resonates the free spirit of Austin (one of the places mentioned that she studied in) throughout many of her pieces.
My personal favorite, though it was hard to choose one: Fruits of the manatee…positively breathtaking.

http://www.irenehardwickeolivieri.com/new/index.html

Have a look…you will become a fan. J
Sandi

November already!

i hadn't realized it was November already and i hadn't posted anything this month! i better get cracking!
the good news is, i am thoroughly excited about my second book and it's characters. they truly are haunting me to get this story down. i know that might sound strange but when i write, i think about them all the time. so it's been hard to set aside georgia and heath, but beta and joshua beckon! ha! it's funny how your characters become such a huge part of who you are. i'm glad though b/c it means that i care about what happens to them and hope that my readers do as well.
thanks for all the followings on twitter and goodreads. it's nice to be in the company of great folks!
sandi

Better late than never!

Being at the Texas Book Festival this past weekend reminded me that I needed to post some photos from my trip to the Brooklyn one over a month ago! So here are a few, including my night at the wonderful Five Leaves in Greenpoint with my mom and Auntie and one of them manning the booth!

I guess in about another month I will post photos from the Texas one! :)

Stranger things have happened...

happy b-day to georgia! one year ago today i was writing a little story about a girl who fell in love with a boy called heath. 
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004XR084O

Thank you to Brooklyn, NYC!

I haven't properly thanked the wonderful people of Brooklyn and NYC-to those who came out for the Brooklyn Book Festival and to those who made my time there very memorable!
It was a quick trip but I met some great and talented folks and I'm ready to go back very soon!

Bumper stickers

Boy, can they say a lot! I love the ones that make you say, "hmmm...."
So I saw this one tonight, "OBSERVE THE MASSES, DO THE OPPOSITE".

My only response-indeed...

Derek's tomatoes

joining goodreads so my book's shelf life is extended...i'm very patient and in it for the long haul, Derek!
great blog post by Derek Haines tonight. http://ht.ly/6UZsL