http://www.dianarowland.com/weblog Writing, Life, and the Stuff in between Sun, 04 Jul 2010 13:47:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well, after a week of hard battle, the cold I was trying to fight off won, and I finally succumbed to the usual joy of sinus headache, sniffles, and cough. I’m not sure why I even bothered to fight it off, because the actual cold took less time than the ... http://www.dianarowland.com/weblog/?p=491 No working out today. Felt cruddy in the way that one feels cruddy when a cold is trying to take up residence, i.e. scratchy throat, cough, nonexistent energy. Plus my legs are pretty achy, so I’m taking today as a rest day, slamming the vitamin C, and will dive ... http://www.dianarowland.com/weblog/?p=490 I’d make the excuse that my life hasn’t really been exciting enough to blog about lately, except... well, that's not really true. I mean, it’s not like I have a double life as a secret agent or anything thrilling like that, but life has been good and fun and incredibly ... http://www.dianarowland.com/weblog/?p=489 Yes, I know that yesterday I said that I'd post my Romantic Times schedule "later today." I, of course, meant a Mercury-length day. Ahem. Sorry. Anyway, here's where to find me this week: WEDNESDAY: 11:15 - 12:15 MYSTERY: BAD GUYS WE LOVE TO HATE What makes a villain compelling rather than cartoonish? How do writers create ... http://www.dianarowland.com/weblog/?p=488 Digging out from under my terrifying to-do list... So, last week I made a trip up to New York City for meetings with my agent, my editor at DAW, and my editor at Bantam (though not all at the same time!) It was an enormously productive trip, and lots of great ... http://www.dianarowland.com/weblog/?p=487 Bianca F and Nicole L, I haven't heard back from you yet, which means that either my email to you went astray, or you're trapped under a piece of heavy furniture. Either way, please email me as soon as you can so that I can get info from you re ... http://www.dianarowland.com/weblog/?p=486 Yes, finally, the panel of unreliable judges has come through with the winners. Yay! By the way...Holy Crap, this was hard to judge! From the simplest entries to the most complex, every single one was fantastic and delightful, and I'm incredibly grateful to all of you for taking the time to ... http://www.dianarowland.com/weblog/?p=485 The good news: The panel of unreliable judges has finished judging, and we have Winners! The bad news: I was tied up with family stuff all day, and don't have all the winning pictures formatted all purty-like just yet. But, I have a significant chunk of time blocked out tomorrow for ... http://www.dianarowland.com/weblog/?p=484 Unfortunately, this was the self-imposed one that had to do with announcing the winners of the Demontastic contest. [wince] Sorry!! Today was stupid busy, but I PROMISE I'll announce the winners tomorrow!! (It doesn't help that there were so many AWESOME entries! Curse you all for ... http://www.dianarowland.com/weblog/?p=483 Wow, y'all are seriously creative!!! Thanks to everyone who participated in the Demontastic Contest To Hell! The contest is now closed, and I'm planning on announcing winners this Friday. And the cool news is that there are other neato special offers going on RIGHT NOW on other highly ... http://www.dianarowland.com/weblog/?p=482