Today I created a new layout for my Bebo account. www.JamieLeighHansen.bebo.com It looks so beautiful! I’m feeling incredibly productive. I like playing with graphics.

It took about 11 hours yesterday and a couple today, but every page has received an update and is in full working order (I hope). I have also added to the Scriptorium the cover, back blurb and a link to the prologue and first chapter of Cursed! I hope you enjoy. Please feel free to comment if you want to discuss the excerpt or pretty much anything.

Damned Writing Progress:

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We have a cover and a release date! Woohoo! I am so excited. And currently adding new info all over the website, so stay tuned. In the mean time, what do you think? I wish I knew who this model was. The man has gorgeous eyes!

December 2, 2008

First, history: growing up, I went to 15 schools. 5 elementary, 5 jr high, 5 high school. I wish a parent in the military was the excuse, but no. I never stayed at one school for more than one year. Twice were 3 schools in one year. Then I stopped at the last high school and announced, that was it. I had 2 years left and I wasn’t freaking budging. I didn’t care who was pissed about it.

So my last 2 years were the longest I’d ever stayed at any one school. Today, while doing research for my next book (because the series is based in Spokane) I went to my old high school’s website and alumni, hoping to find a few uniform pics. Here’s what I found:

http://www.spokaneschools.org/lewis_clark/alumni/distinguished-alumni.htm

I am still teary eyed. I belong somewhere. And, I’m distinguished.

PS: Writing news! The proposal for Damned is complete, being polished and ready to mail tomorrow! Yippee!

My daughter informs me emo guys are the hottest. Scary. Not because they aren’t hot (dramatic looking with the hair dye, makeup and piercings), but because emo apparently combines goth looks with depression and cutting. Cutting. Seriously. Do these kids even realize the kind of diseases they can give themselves? Maybe along with Aids classes they should give kids a talk about things closer to home. Depression and the self-damaging things it can cause, like cutting.

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