So, guess what? I totally had to stop doing NaBloPoMo (that’s “National Blog Posting Month” for those of you following along at home) because it was sucking the funny out of life for me. As it turns out, The Funny which is the subject of Funny Strange has to reveal itself to me in its own time, and if I try to force it, I end up being really, REALLY not funny, and this is sort of painful to me. Because I didn’t want to subject you to me attempting to strain the funny, I decided to just concede that this blog was probably not meant for an exercise like that. I did enjoy the ritual of sitting down every day and giving attention to this blog, until it became painfully obvious to me that I was not going to be able to write something amusing every single day, and that if I tried to continue this, I was going to go to my dark place and start talking about depressing things like “What is the meaning of life?” and “How come The Secret only works for people who sell “The Secret?”
And so on. The good news is that it’s December and I’m back with a fresh perspective and a big announcement—my new novel came out over Thanksgiving!
In case you don't know, it’s called “The Dirt” (some of you might have known it as ‘that YA book I’ve been working on for a couple of years), I’m excited about it, and I think you should definitely check it out, especially if you liked Hollywood Car Wash. In fact, if you liked that novel and have ever said “When is your next book coming out??”, then this post and this book are for you. In fact, if you like "Gossip Girl" or "Pretty Little Liars," then this book is for you.
I’m all about saving trees, so I think you should definitely get the eBook (Kindle/ NOOK/ etc) version, but who am I to say you can’t have a paper copy.
Here is the description of the book, which is set in my hometown of Palm Desert. Fellow desert natives will find it especially funny, as it makes references to everything from Highway 74 to The Nest to the McCallum Theatre and everything in between.
Lucy Whitley cannot wait to get out of Palm Desert. It’s not a place for a frizzy-haired science nerd, particularly when her fashion-obsessed older sister Sloane is the head of a clique of pretty girls who rule the school – and practically the whole town.
Fortunately, life is about to change forever. Lucy’s dad is getting re-married, and then she can transfer to a boarding school in Connecticut, escaping all the mean girls and the endless whispers about the Whitley family scandal. Everything is going to be perfect – as long as the wedding goes smoothly.
I’m really excited that people are finally reading this book! Yay! I will of course share details about how the book is doing, and if any Hollywood people decide to option this book and actually make a movie or a tv show out of it.
As always, thank you to everyone who contributed to the book, and to everyone who is nice enough to keep reading my stuff. I appreciate every single one of you!! Oh, and one last thing– in case you want book-related updates (for all of my books), I do have a Facebook Fan Page dedicated to that sort of thing.
