I'm back from Kansas City after being the featured speaker at their Komen affiliate's Pink Promise Brunch. The weekend before, I picked up the "Survivor of the Year" award from the St. Louis affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. I love the folks at Komen and feel so grateful for both honors. There's nothing like being in a roomful of survivors and co-survivors to boost my energy level!
I'm now officially done with book events for the year as I need to stay home and finish revisions on The Truth About Love and Lightning, plus I'm writing a short e-book for HarperCollins called In the Pink: How I Met the Perfect (Younger) Man, Survived Breast Cancer, and Found True Happiness After 40. It'll be released in October for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. It's the first nonfiction ebook in their Impulse line, so I'm feeling a little like a trailblazer! Love and Lightning will be out in February of 2013. I've also got my young adult mystery to revise for Random House this year. Oh, yeah, and I'm due to give birth to baby Emily in mid to late June! Busy busy busy!
Speaking of baby Emily, I was on "Great Day St. Louis" (KMOV Channel 4) on Wednesday, May 9, talking about being pregnant over 40 alongside my obstetrician, Dr. Christine Ladd. It was such a fun segment to do! Here's a link if you want to check it out.
Although I won't be traveling for the rest of the year, I am set up to Skype. So if any book clubs outside St. Louis are interested in arranging a discussion of Little Black Dress, The Cougar Club, or any other of my titles, I'd be happy to do that! My "Pretty in Pink" contest, celebrating the upcoming arrival of Emily, is nearly ready! I should have the basket ready soon. So check back for that in the next week or two.
That's about it from here right now! I'll keep you updated with The Truth About Love and Lightning and Miss Emily in the weeks and months ahead. And more on the contest shortly!
Please visit me anytime at Susan McBride Books, Facebook, the Stiletto Gang, and the Girlfriends Book Club!
