tick tick tick

This is it. My final deadline for the children's book I'm writing is Friday. I'm out of town on Wednesday, so that leaves four days.

I'm in good shape, but only if I bear down. So you'll understand if I'm mostly absent from comments this week.

Comments

  1. Marnie18 July 2005 at 05:11

    Good luck! We all expect to be mentioned in the dedication ...

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  2. David Cho18 July 2005 at 07:32

    I will be rooting for you to kick JK Rowling's a**.

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  3. BarbaraFromCalifornia18 July 2005 at 08:49

    All best wishes in meeting your dead-lines. We will say we knew l-girl when.

    Thank you for all your kind comments and support on my blog.

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  4. laura k18 July 2005 at 14:46

    You guys are so funny. I'm as famous as I'll ever be. Fortunately fame was never my goal. I'm pretty happy to be a working writer, took me a damn long time to get here!

    Barbara: you are most welcome. My heart goes out to you.

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