Books, Babies and More!

Life in the Kawaii household has been a maddening whirlwind of changes, events, growth and expansion.

Age/Sex/Location is now deep within the publishing process, and I am very excited that Brighton Publishing is handling the grunt work in making the novel ready for the commercial market. Right now it is being combed over by an editor or two, and I look forward to getting recommended edits back in the next few weeks.

Along with the new novel in my life, it appears that there is a new reader on the way too! Mr. Kawaii and I are expecting our first little reader, and he/she should arrive sometime mid-May. Trying to figure out pregnancy, what kind of parents we want to be, and how we are going to juggle kids and managing our own businesses adds a new set of weights to an already delicate balancing act. Hopefully we'll figure things out and come out the other side no worse for wear.

I hope that all of you are doing well in your own lives and that you are growing, learning and expanding along with us. Stay tuned... I'm sure the ride will get a whole lot more exciting, unpredictable and interesting as we keep marching forward in this crazy, awesome life.

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Getting Ready...

... for my very first author appearance in November. It's exciting! It's nerve wracking! It's a great opportunity! It's terrifying! It's going to be a great way to kick off the holiday season! I've got some books on order so there will be copies of both Age/Sex/Location: Love is Just a Click Away and A Giraffe In The Room available for sale. This is my first step into taking my writing on the road - maybe 2014 will include a book tour if this goes well...?

True Midnight Ramblings

Ah, July. Normally a time of constant celebration, this month has been especially trying and filled with sleepless nights and wandering days. I am looking forward to August when friends return from far off places, grief will be a little closer to subdued, and life will begin to return to normalcy (I hope). In a fit of sleeplessness spurred from a sorrow filled day on the horizon, a late-night emergency and lots of random thoughts and feelings I decided to hover around the internets a while until my eyes start to feel a little more heavy. I had received a notification that there have been some updates here on Blogger/Blogspot and so I decided to check them out now that I am left with very little to do for the next 8 hours or so. You may notice that this blog, as well as my other two blogs ( A Smaller Bottom and Meet Your Marker ), has received a sudden face-lift. I was really surprised at the new backgrounds and customizations on the templates toolbar, and had a lot of fun putt

Becoming a Featured Contributer

A lot of growth has been seen on the writing front these last few weeks. As I mentioned last week, I have been accepted as a writer for Examiner.com but I've also seen some great forward movement in my other writing. As Associated Content has become merged into the Yahoo! Contributer Network , I decided to go out on a limb and apply for one of their featured writer positions. I am happy to announce that I have been accepted as a Featured Travel Contributer! What this means for me is more consistent writing assignments, more money (hopefully) and greater exposure on the web. I'm very excited by this, even though it is taking me some getting used to the new content guidelines that Yahoo! has put together. I'm sure that with practice I will catch on soon though. For a quick trip through the travel articles that won me my Featured Contributor title, please feel free to click the links below. And the next time you're looking for a vacation, give one of them a try!

Quiet Keystrokes and Midnight Ramblings

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