Coming Soon - WHITE MAGIC

White Magic is almost ready! Can't wait! Here's what will be on the back cover.I think.

Fifteen year old Lily has a secret, has kept it hidden for as long as she can remember.

What teenager wants to be shunned for daring to be different? And wanting to become a witch is as different as it gets.

While other little girls dream of being princesses, that has never crossed Lily’s mind. Her only dream is becoming a witch.

She has her own spell book, none of witch - oops, none of which actually work, but it's her very own, and she's spent years building it up. She's tried to give up on her dream time after time, but it's impossible. It's part of who she is.

Lily's friends end up in the hospital, one after another, deathly sick. While Lily’s dream comes true and she’s gifted with powerful magic, is it worth the price she may be forced to pay?

Good battles evil.

White Magic fights Dark Magic.

WORLD'S BEST STORY!

WORLD'S BEST STORY!

WON BY THE ONE AND ONLY PATTI LARSEN! THE BEST AUTHOR IN THE WORLD!

Breathing again. Every time I say it I scream it. So excited. So proud. And so true.

Imagine the talent one person has! Enough for dozens of people! And she always has time to share! All the little questions and problems - she'd be there with an offer to help. Love her! And this on top of writing over 50 books in a few years! FIFTY! FIFTY BOOKS!

Sigh. If you don't already have Family Magic, you're going to have to wait for it. Too long as far as I'm concerned. But worth the wait. Ever get really into a series and were disappointed by the events way too far into it? Yeah, won't happen here. Not in the twenty book series. 

Did I say twenty books in the series? Yeah. I did. And every one of them a world's best story. Not to mention the other spin-off series. 

Celebration! Woo hoo!

A group of really great ladies - myself included - went out to supper with Patti to congratulate her. Great time! And some went to her VERY FIRST INTERVIEW AS THE WINNER OF WORLD'S BEST STORY!

It was at The Guild, a small spot in Charlottetown. "What’s Up Tonight, hosted by actor/comedian Ben Hartley".

I laughed. And laughed. Ben had two other guests for interviews, and two sidekicks. I loved it. They were wonderful! And they did a wonderful job interviewing Patti. 

And back home I went after a lovely day - to my eight year old wide awake watching television. Not a show for eight year olds, either. Of course. Nope. One about airplane crashes. Nightmare material. Did she have nightmares? Are you kidding! She was so tired she almost fell asleep walking to the bedroom! 

I forgot to mention it was fifteen minutes before midnight. Late night for me.

What else did I come to?

'Someone' tried to clean a little bit for me. Yup. They sure did. There were dishes stacked in the sink (yes I leave the dishwasher door WIDE OPEN beside the sink in the hopes they will notice it is there and there are no fairies coming around when they sleep to wash the dishes) there feet above the counter. THREE FEET. Sounds impossible right? Yeah it's not. And on the dishes were clumps of wet, soggy food that no one put in the garbage before putting a dish in the sink.

I'm still gagging.

And laundry. The laundry room I just cleaned. Well, spare room right in front of the laundry room. Someone was thoughtful enough to do laundry for me! Half wet towels dumped on the floor. Mmmm hmmmm. Sweet. And clothes. Wrinkled. Smushed. Damp. Dumped on top of the towels. And mixed in the middle of this? Dirty laundry. Yup. Kids just dump. A few more steps, boys, and THERE'S THE HAMPER! 

"But I thought this was the dirty laundry........."

Yeah. Fine. Brownie points for effort right? Right. 

Back to Patti - SO EXCITED! GO PATTI GO! I WILL ALWAYS BE (ONE OF- I KNOW TOO MANY MORE) YOUR NUMBER ONE FAN!

 

Barbie clothes!

I did title this blog post 'Barbie clothes', but no, I am not writing a book named Barbie clothes. Seriously did you think I was? No/ Oh. Okay.

Now I started making barbie clothes for my two daughters because writing time was scarce when they were younger. Now, its still scarce, I am just better at ignoring them.

I still do the barbie clothes, usually for Christmas presents for my family, but I absolutely love doing it. I had to do some little tiny dresses for someone, for the little girl barbies. I do them really cheap for her because she takes them to Mexico, so it costs her for material, and maybe a few cents an hour? Maybe. Probably not. But its for a good cause, neither one of us are going to get rich doing it.
Now, in the middle of my editing White Magic - which is so exciting because I am so ready for it to be finished! I am really loving writing/thinking/dreaming about this series all the way to the end!

Back to barbie clothes. I think I will come up with a few outfits, make a website and start selling them again. I have another sister that is a fantastic photographer, and she does amazing prints with her pictures, of Prince Edward Island, or anywhere or anything. I want her to put some for sale because they are amazing! Her flowers.....landscapes......beaches...........everything! Stunning.

So here's a few pictures I took of my first few batches of barbie clothes. These are gone, so I can't put them on the website to sell, but I hope kids are still playing with barbies! and dolls, I will make those clothes too............and skirts or dresses to match for the girls that play. My own girls loved that. One still does, the other - well, we'll not get into pre-teens yet. Not in this post.

Abd back to barbie clothes! Boys I get off track easy..........here's the pictures. Oh, and I was the photographer, so I am not the professional - remember that when you are looking at these! And it will be fun to see what the new pictures will look like with the new clothes because I know who will be taking them!

Oh, stop complaining - I know I make you work but you have lots of time because the outfits aren't made yet. Here I go..............(love Ken's hair - he could have at least combed it before the wedding!)

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
That goes for me too.
I'll say it to everyone I hear, but I also mean it for everyone I won't see.   Just because I don't talk to you doesn't mean I don't think of you (Robbie, Arthur & Jaime and gorgeous kids, Becky and Jordan, Chris and Joey - you know, all of you guys!)
I'm here at home today because my youngest refused to go to dance class.  Again.  I've forced it three times, the first day she sat in the corner refusing to participate, the second time she danced - yay! - and last week she sat in the corner and refused to participate.
I was all set to force it again this week.  High hopes.  But I knew by her mood........I wasn't going to win.  When did I get so weak?  She loves to dance, but she is painfully shy in front of other people.  I thought she might outgrow it.  She's still young.
And nothing like her older sister, who was born to show off - I mean, born for the stage.
Okay.  Back to writing.
Did I do everything I had planned this week?  Sort of.  Kind of.  Does that count?
I DID edit one book, Soul Catcher, so hopefully that will be in print as soon as the proof gets read.  I did colour two pictures for the Teddy series.  And I did start writing another book.
But a week is so long ago............I forget what I had planned.  Sad isn't it?  I think I used to have a memory, but I can't remember anymore when I last had full control over it, but my guess is before the four kids came along.  Yup, probably, because that's when I lost over half of my control over everything!
Control.  Reminds me of my computer skills.  Less than half there.
One of these days I'm going to learn how to post a picture here.  One of these days.........
I want to upload a few covers for The Unbelievers, which is in the process of being edited.
Right Tina?  Are you ready?  She LOVES helping me!  She just WAITS for me to call her on the phone.......
"Tina?  Are you there?"
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"Tina?  I can hear you breathing."
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"Tina, I don't need to borrow any money."
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"Tina can you help me?"
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"Tina pleeeeease?"
Sigh.  "Fine.  What do you want?"

And that's my life.
And Tina, by the way, did I say thanks yet?  See you soon!

Another crossed off item on my to-do list.  A blog. Doesn't matter how slow I am - slow and steady wins the race, right?  That's what I tell myself anyway.  It makes me feel better.
Sometimes it feels like my mind is spinning at a thousand miles an hour.  or even a minute.  It almost feels like I could easily become obsessed with writing.  Scary.
I found a wonderful book in the library, like an encyclopedia of monsters and ghosts.  I now have ideas for at least ten or twenty books.  Mostly middle-grades, even adults.
So I'm jotting ideas, story-lines, even names of a couple of books.
And that's while all my kids were home, and even an extra kid!  I cooked, I cleaned, I vacuumed, I did laundry, and I found time to be creative!
I love that book!
If I could only find time to sit and write!  I can't wait!  I'm almost bouncing off the walls just thinking about it!
But first I need to finish editing The Unbelievers - if I still call it that.  I think so; I'm really liking the title.
I am three- quarters done.  So close and its so exciting to be done.
Scratch that - first I need my girls to go to sleep!  My brain does not function in the late evenings.  It shuts off  like a switch by around nine.  If you ask me anything around that time my response will probably be, "Duh -wha?"
Definitely a morning person.  A cheery bopping morning person.  The kind that everybody loves to hate until they've had their seventh cup of coffee.
Just joking.
Mostly.  I am a morning person.
Back to why I am blogging.
Writing. Right.
Soul Catcher still has to be edited this week, so I think I'll get Cassidy to take it to school and do the first edit.  She loves to scratch words out and add more.  To prove me wrong, of course.  She looooooooooves to do that.
And I can try to upload it to Kobo once I get my answer to the ISBN question.
And then the picture books, 'b' of the alphabet series, and then, finally, I will begin one new story.
While I edit The Right Match.
Sigh.
Does it sound like I don't like editing?  Cause I don't.  It's not fun.  Well, the first one is, and maybe the last, but definitely not the ones in between.
So although I did not get to start any new stories/novels, etc., I actually got to write!
As I said before, slow and steady wins the race - right?