Y’all I just finished a book and sent it off, so I am el pooped to the maximo. I can’t think of a single creative thought to blog about. I had all sorts of Valentine’s Day advice to give, but I will have to save it for another day as my brain is fried like a cafeteria hamburger. Please try to carry on in your weekend of love without my wisdom.

Congrats to Robyn for winning the Fray’s newest CD! Robin, shoot me an email with your home addy.

Giveaways are fun because you get to see some of the lurkers come out. And there are a lot of lurkers, right? : )  I love it when someone new speaks up! I’m totally a lurker on blogs though. I rarely comment, so I totally relate. Not too long ago I commented on a blog then immediately regretted it. It was some hot topic, and I wrote the author and begged for them to delete my comment. I’ve done that twice now. So lurking? Totally understand. But I love to have people join the conversation. I loved the romantic movies! Great lists.

I’m going to see this movie this weekend.

As I was writing this third book in the A Charmed Life series, I really talked to a wide variety of people. I realized tonight I’ve had to get information from a mortician, a fireman, and a policeman. I’ve had to ask about burial laws, forensic practices, what death by smoke inhalation is like, and what the tidiest death-by-sword would look like. The weird thing? Not one person has even blinked at my questions. I don’t think it’s that they’re like, “Oh, this must be for a book.” I think it’s been more of a matter of, “Oh…this is Jenny. She’s being weird again–nothing suspicious about that.” But it’s also made me realize what a liability writing can be. I mean, if there was a murder this weekend that involved grave robbing, stab wounds, wrestlers, unicycling circus clowns, and lots of smoke…guess who would be the first one in the interrogation room? Can I really afford this burden? I don’t know. I must think on this.

I love finishing a book. “Done” is the best thing ever. Usually after a book I buy myself something. With the very first book, In Between, it was a new desk (great purchase). With the second, a new laptop (satan-made piece of electronics). With the third I tiled my bathroom (nothing says sexy like a new floor around your toilet). Now…the magic seems to be gone. After this book, I bought myself an L.L. Bean travel case to stick my shampoo in. I think this means I’m officially a bore. When it came in the mail today, I was like, “Why in the heck did I buy this thing? This won’t even hold a can of hairspray.” I think I just ordered it because I could get it monogrammed. But when I saw my name on my travel case, I thought, “Who the crap gets their own name on tiny pieces of luggage?” So now I’m not only a bore, but I’m a total dork.

Okay, must go set the recorder for Dollhouse on Fox, the new Joss Whedon series. And when I say recorder, I mean VCR. Because I am cool like that. Be jealous.

Tired and Randomly Yours,
JEN

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