9 May 2008 @ 11:49 AM Sunless Tanners? edit | +mem This is weird and random, but can anyone recommend good ones that don't make you orange? 4 Hits | Hit Me Up!

8 May 2008 @ 4:16 PM Randoms edit | +mem 1. My mom just got a computer. For the first time ever. On the phone today she goes, "Oh, we love it, anytime we don't know something, we just look it up!" Sigh. When I asked her what she's looked up so far, she said something about if Stuie (?) on The Family Guy's family could understand him? And something about only the dog being able to? I don't watch that show, so I don't know. So then I asked her about my sister and how her speech for the wedding is coming along, and my mom said, "I dunno, but I read something about that on your blog!" 2. Only one other person besides me went to book club last night! But the joke's on them, because now I get to pick the book I want everyone to read for next week. And it can be anything I want. I could make them read War and Peace. Or a cookbook. Or the dictionary. 3. There are a couple of books that came out recently that I want to go pick up. Which means maybe going to Borders tonight, fun! But the Borders is right by Coldstone. And I am doing so well. I have not had ice cream in what seems like years. But is really only maybe a couple of weeks. And it is nice out...So maybe? No. No. No. No. 4. I found out the sequel to Devon Delaney will be out in Fall 2009, and my next book, Samantha Carmichael's Rules for Secret Keeping (tentative title, since my titles tend to get changed), will be out in Fall 2010. Yay for release dates! I also have due dates now for those books, but, um... those are not as fun to talk about. 5. My new editor seems so nice! I am so excited to be working with her and everyone at MIX. 6. Ditto my agent. 7. The guinea pigs are sleeping right now, and I feel like going over there and waking them up. But I won't. Because that would, you know, violate their trust and sense of security that we've worked so hard to build. Even though they still won't let us pick them up. 8. I made a delicious macaroni salad for dinner. I know it's delicious because I already took one bite of it to make sure. 9. I really, really, REALLY want a Wii. I think we are going to take some of the book money and buy one. 10. One week until the wedding!! We're going to NYC after, and we booked tickets for two shows, and made breakfast reservations. My fab agent sent me a list of good places to try in New York, since every time we go we always end up at the touristy places. Back to editing my new YA proposal.. More later, xx 6 Hits | Hit Me Up!

6 May 2008 @ 3:13 PM No Love From My Sisters edit | +mem ME (9:14:09 AM): have you started working on your speech? KELS (9:14:30 AM): yes ME (9:14:36 AM): is that a lie? KELS (9:14:42 AM): yes ME (9:14:47 AM): sigh KELS (9:14:52 AM): dont worry KELS (9:14:54 AM): ill do it KELS (9:14:57 AM): and itll be great ME (9:15:05 AM): hmmm ME (9:15:06 AM): i dunno ME (9:15:07 AM): like ME (9:15:12 AM): don't you need it, you know, planned out? KELS (9:15:18 AM): hah! ME (9:16:07 AM): what are you getting me for a wedding present? KELS (9:16:18 AM): a speech ME (9:17:03 AM): yeah, but what else? ME (9:17:09 AM): like money...or giftcards? KELS (9:17:15 AM): dont be greedy ME (9:17:30 AM): kels ME (9:17:32 AM): it is my day ME (9:17:34 AM): to be a princess KELS (9:17:37 AM): ughhh KELS (9:17:43 AM): krissi said its her day.. ME (9:17:54 AM): well she's in for a rude awakening ME (9:18:01 AM): because there can only be one princess bride!! KELS (9:18:06 AM): WOWWWW 1 Hit | Hit Me Up!

5 May 2008 @ 9:52 AM Monday edit | +mem Twitter is very addicting. I think everyone should go and sign up for it, so we can all be twitter friends! Yay! Here are some other things of note: 1. We are watching 30 ROCK on DVD now. We picked it up at the video store this weekend, and we love it. Yay for new shows on DVD! 2. We also got this very good movie called IRA AND ABBY. Really funny and cute. Except I did not really like the ending all that much. I won't spoil it, but I like my romance endings to be happy and unrealistic, with everyone riding off into the sunset together. This one was sort of like that, but with one small thing I didn't like. 3. It's supposed to be a nice day today. Maybe I will go for a walk. And then I can twitter by text message from my phone! Fun! 4. Today is Robyn Schneider's birthday. About a month after I met Robyn for the first time, we ended up in NYC celebrating her birthday. It was so much fun -- we'd just been to a YA book reading in New Jersey, and I remember being in awe, thinking about how soon I might be having book readings of my own. I will always remember that time right after I sold my book as being weird and crazy and magical. And Robyn was such a big part of that. Happy birthday, Robyn! 5. Most of the wedding stuff is done, except for a few small things. I am soooo glad we decided to keep it small and stress-free. I'm very much looking forward to the day. I can't believe it is going to be here in less than two weeks! Eeeek!! 6. Today's GCC book is THE SECOND VIRGINITY OF SUZY GREEN by Sara Hantz. Suzy Green used to be one of the coolest nonconformist “almost-Goth” party girls in Australia. That was before her older sister Rosie died and her family moved to a new town. Not even her best friend would recognize her now. Gone are the Doc Martens and the attitude. All she wants is to be like Rosie—perfect. The new Suzy Green makes straight As, hangs with the in-crowd at her new school, and dates the hottest guy around. And since all her new friends belong to a virginity club, she joins, too. So what if she’s not technically qualified? Nobody in town knows . . . until Ryan, Suzy’s ex, turns up. As the past and present collide, Suzy struggles to find her own place in a world without her sister. Read an excerpt on www.sarahantz.com Check out Sara’s blog on www.sarahantz.com/blog Happy Monday, everyone! 2 Hits | Hit Me Up!

2 May 2008 @ 10:16 AM Twitter edit | +mem I'm trying it, if you want to add me: www.twitter.com/laurenbarnholdt Hit Me Up!

1 May 2008 @ 5:08 PM IT'S OFFICIAL!!!!!! edit | +mem Lauren Barnholdt’s sequel to The Secret Identity of Devon Delaney, and Samantha Carmichael’s Rules to Secret Keeping, about a tween entrepreneur who runs a clandestine middle school operation, passing secrets from one classmate to another, until she finds herself privy to a scoop that’s more than she wants to know, to Kate Angelella at Aladdin, in a very nice deal, by Alyssa Eisner Henkin at Trident Media Group. They are doing Samantha Carmichael in hardcover, which is so exciting!  I heart my agent, she's amazing, and I am so lucky to be working with her... Yay! 45 Hits | Hit Me Up!

1 May 2008 @ 4:23 PM From The Inbox -- SQUEEEEE edit | +mem Dear Lauren, We’ve been hard at work rehearsing and are VERY excited to announce our initial tour dates to our nkotb.com members FIRST! NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK LIVE IN CONCERT! Check out the below dates for AMERICAN EXPRESS cardholders pre-sale and general public on-sale information! VIP TICKET PACKAGES will be available starting Friday May 2. Visit nkotb.com for more information. Don’t forget to tune in to The Today Show on Friday May 16! ___________ I am not posting the tour dates, because, hello, it says to nkotb.com members FIRST. And that means, ME, ME, ME!! They even wrote "Dear Lauren." God, I love those boys. And....I might be able to announce my news any minute now..There is just one very small thing that has to be settled..Yay! 3 Hits | Hit Me Up!

30 Apr 2008 @ 8:56 PM Recos edit | +mem We want to buy a treadmill and/or an elliptical. Any recommendations? Bonus points if it is: a) cheap b) able to be purchased online c) easy to put together. 3 Hits | Hit Me Up!

29 Apr 2008 @ 9:32 PM No Kids For You edit | +mem I had lunch with the fabulous bostonerin today. We had sandwiches and talked about writing and scandals. Although I did forget to tell her one of my scandals, but oh, well. Sigh. Next time. Right now we are watching NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN. Actually, The Boy is watching it. I am blogging. I don't like movies with blood and violence and guns. This movie has all of that. Of course, it also has Josh Brolin, so I was very torn about whether or not to watch it. I have loved Josh Brolin ever since GOONIES. But just now when I glanced up at the TV, a man had a big gaping wound on his leg and was tending to it by himself with some tweezers. So, um, no thank you. Tonight I had the following conversation with a friend, which makes me realize I am definitely not ready to have children anytime soon. Me: Yeah, cause, like, last night? We drove all the way to Manchester just to have dinner, because we could. It was fun, we just took off. We couldn't do that if we had kids. My Friend: Yeah, I know what you mean. We have a dog and even that's hard sometimes. Me: Yeah...Except with a dog, at least you know that, like, as long as you pay, SOMEONE will watch it. My Friend: True. Me: They should have kennels for kids! Like Kid Kennels! I am a horrible person. ETA: Turns out Kid Kennels already exist. This makes me not a horrible person, but one who was a little late on a great idea. Sigh. Also, Josh Brolin dies in this movie, which makes me very glad I did not watch it. 9 Hits | Hit Me Up!

28 Apr 2008 @ 2:18 PM Nailpolish And A Cool Book Trick edit | +mem The Boy was supposed to be getting out of work early today, but now I'm not sure if he is. I am so bored that I made another video. Although I forgot about the fact that I was supposed to work on my lighting. So it's all murky. And I'm too bored to reshoot it. In other news, there are a few more details to iron out, but hopefully I'll be able to announce my news in the next couple of days. Yay! Nailpolish and Cool Book Tricks from Lauren Barnholdt on Vimeo. 2 Hits | Hit Me Up!

26 Apr 2008 @ 7:58 AM edit | +mem Last night's dinner was sooo good. The Boy and I went to this really amazing Asian restaurant, and we decided we were going to get whatever we wanted, since we were celebrating. We even got two desserts -- a chocolate and vanilla gelato thing with a cherry in the middle and a chocolate shell, and black forest cake. Sooo good. I think I'm still full this morning. Tonight we are going out to dinner again with friends, so I think probably no dessert for us. In other news, the finale of Big Brother is tomorrow night. THANK GOD. I was way too wrapped up in this show this season. I definitely needed an intervention. First, it's on THREE TIMES a week. That's a big time commitment. Plus, every night on Shotime, you can watch the houseguests for three hours. AND there is the live 24/7 internet feeds. (Although I did just find out that you can download ten free songs a month from SuperPass on your Real Player when you have the feeds, so I will def take advantage of that.) Anyway. I haven't decided yet if I'll be watching season ten, which starts in just a few months. Three things: 1. Any recommendations for good summer songs I can download? I'm in the mood for fast songs right now, but slow songs are fine, too. I need some good new (or just new to me -- older songs are fine) music. 2. A video for anyone else who watches Big Brother (I didn't make it, but I think it's funny): 3. Have a great weekend! 7 Hits | Hit Me Up!

25 Apr 2008 @ 4:52 PM Purple edit | +mem I decided I needed a change, so I painted my fingernails and my toenails purple. Usually I do pinks only. The purple is definitely not a good look for me. Maybe it's just the shade of purple I picked. It's a little...I dunno. Shiny? Metallic? I definitely need a softer purple. I only buy fast-drying nail polishes, because I have a very hard time waiting for my nails to dry. I get too impatient, and end up smudging my nails and getting nail polish all over everything. The Boy had to work late tonight (he's finishing up a big project at work), so I'm just messing around online and working on revising a new YA proposal. When he gets home, we're going out to dinner to celebrate my good news from yesterday, and him wrapping up his project. I think two things to celebrate = two desserts. Yay! 5 Hits | Hit Me Up!

24 Apr 2008 @ 1:23 PM NEWSSSS!! edit | +mem I just got the news I was waiting for!!! YAYYYY!!! I think I will have my own private dance party now...Starting with this: More soon.. 7 Hits | Hit Me Up!

24 Apr 2008 @ 10:43 AM Thankful Thursday edit | +mem I've never done Thankful Thursday before, but I have a lot to be thankful for today, so I figured I should. Things I am thankful for: 1. Both REALITY CHICK and TWO-WAY STREET have been nominated for the ALA/YALSA Popular Paperbacks list. Very, very exciting. 2. THE SECRET IDENTITY OF DEVON DELANEY is in its FIFTH printing. Go, Devon! On a related note, I am also very thankful that I was kind of dorky in junior high/high school (as opposed to now, haha, when I'm still...hmm, kind of dorky) and maybe kind of sort of accidentally did something similar to what Devon does in this book. I'm also thankful that I did not get caught, the way Devon does, because then maybe I wouldn't really want to write about it, since it might be traumatic and/or scarring. 3. It is GORGEOUS out. Finally, it's spring! It's been over seventy degrees here for the past few days, and sunny, and everything is starting to bloom. 4. I'm going out for Mexican food tonight. Mmmmm. This is my latest attempt at "internet friending." Those of you who do not know what internet friending is should be clued in on it. It's like internet dating, only with friends. I have had success with internet friending, and I am going to step up my efforts, since I am starting to get to the point where I'm not that new to the area anymore. I hope these girls aren't the type that don't want more free tortilla chips for the table when they run out. I'm always too embarrassed to be the only one asking. 5. My wedding is in 21 days. I'm starting to get really excited. And not stressed out at all, I think mostly because we've set it up to be so low-key. The moms are getting very excited. They keep calling about the cake and what they should wear. I'm like, "It doesn's matter what you wear, just as long as you are theerreee.. So come on, every guy, grab a girlll.. everywhere arounddd the world.." No, just kidding. I don't say that. I just tell them it doesn't matter what they wear. And then I sing the rest of it in my head. Happy Thursday, everyone! More later, xx 13 Hits | Hit Me Up!

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