A Few of My Favorite Things (In No Particular Order)

Over-the-knee socks . This comment from Cordelia after she saw the stuffed chicken Mom was roasting for Christmas: "Yeah, I hope that when I die, someone sticks an onion up my ass." Three-year-old cousins-once-removed who want to sit in your lap. Soft, silky cats who let you rub their ginger-brown tummies. This sign, spotted at a coffee shop in New Jersey: "Fat snowmen last longer." My luggage tags, which say "I'm going around in circles" and "I'm a mess on the inside." The fact that my fellow writers and email buddies Donna Freitas and Marie Rutkoski are Publisher's Weekly 's "Fall Flying Starts" along with me. Naps on airplanes. Time with family AND quiet time alone after time with family. Something I have been too shy to say before: Graceling is a Fantasy/SF bestseller in Australia. :o)