KATHRYN R. BIEL: AUTHOR

I know, I know. I've been terribly remiss with my blogging lately. It is just another thing to add to my list of things I should be doing. Here's what's on the list so far: Cleaning my house for company that is coming in a few days Finalize summer camp plans for the kids Plan a summer vacation Fold and put away laundry Editing novel #3 Reading a book for review Writing novel #4 Wrapping teacher presents Sleeping (because that has not been going so well lately) Writing bloggers asking them to review my books Marketing, marketing, marketing What I have been doing: Wrapping up the school year Dance recitals Playing Candy Crush Watching World Cup Soccer School carnival Cleaning out rooms of the house Book signing at the library Watching True Blood (I was a season behind and may have binge-watching) Swinging in the hammock Playing Bubble Witch Saga and other assorted time suck games PTA stuff (I'm winding down my 2 year term as treasurer) Mark...

I'm sorry for being AWOL lately. Things have just been busy here. Nothing exciting, just busy. I'll try and catch up this weekend. Bear with me. And speaking of bare, I'll just leave you with this...

Color me shocked today when I found out that Kindle Ninja had nominated me for a Very Inspiring Blogger Award. It sounds totally cool and prestigious right? Right. This was how I felt... The Very Inspiring Blogger Award is given by bloggers to bloggers.  Here are the rules:    1. Link back to the person nominating you for the award 2. Display the Very Inspiring Blogger logo 3. Reveal seven things about yourself 4. Nominate seven others to receive the award   So, again, a shout out to  Kindle Ninja  for thinking that I am even remotely inspiring. Here are my seven things: 1.  I like nothing orange. I can tolerate the occasional shredded carrot, but I find any orange food (or drink) pretty much repulsive. Even the smell of oranges makes me want to wretch. 2.  If I had a better singing voice, my career aspirations would have been to be on Broadway. I originally wanted to be a Rockette, but it was pretty apparent by the age of 13 tha...

My day today is about balancing out the positives and negatives. (-) Raced like a mad woman attempting to break the sound barrier to get from one place to another for a meeting. When I got there, I found the meeting had been rescheduled. For the second time. (+) During my drive, I got to belt out Meatloaf's "2 Outta 3 Ain't Bad" AND "Paradise by the Dashboard Lights." "Paradise" plays a roll in my upcoming book which I am currently editing, so hearing that on the radio made me happy. Winner: (+) Meatloaf (the artist, not the meal) makes everything ok. (-) I didn't get to the market yesterday, which meant I would have to race through after work today, which just makes the day long. (+) Above cancelled meeting meant more time for marketing, plus I picked up a rotisserie chicken for dinner so I don't have to cook. Winner: (+) See above: I don't have to cook. (-) I got a negative review for Hold Her Down . (+) I got a positive re...