Okay, I gave in and finally set up a Twitter account. I have to admit I don’t really get it. But I did it. You know, the peer pressure and all.
If you are so inclined, you can follow me at http://twitter.com/kimberlyrpauley
Though honestly I’m on Facebook more. 
So…ever wonder who that girl is on the cover of Sucks to Be Me? Well, her name is Taylor. And she just got done with the photoshoot for book #2! (yay!) I thought it would be a fun time to interview her. I’ve got some questions, but how about you? Do you have anything you’d like to ask her? Post your questions here or email them to me directly!
So…I’ve change the look of the website so I can better accommodate information about more books. What do you think? More details about book two will be coming soon and after that I imagine I’ll be stressing out over my next project (first up: picking which thing I want to work on next!).
Anyway, I’d love to hear what you think.
Also…check out the new sneak peek at book 2!! Just posted it!
I’ve been so bad about posting! Not just here either…I’ve been a total slacker. But I am happy to report that the sequel to Sucks to Be Me is officially written! It’s with my editor now (next up: editorial revisions). Overall, I think I’m pretty happy with it right now though I’m sure Nina (my lovely editor) will help me make it even better.
Also, the paperback version of Sucks to Be Me is coming out on August 11th and it will have a sneak peek in the back of book 2!! Woot!
And the Spanish version is moving along though I don’t have an actual date yet. I just know that all of the contract stuff has gone through okay.
In other, non-STBM news, I’ve got an idea for a new book. It’s a non-vampire book and I can’t really say more than that because it’s still in the beginning stages in my head. However, I’d love to hear some ideas for character names. In particular, I need two guy names. So, post your favorite guy names and tell me WHY they are your favorite. I’ll pick a winner or two (depending on how many submissions I get) after the end of July and give away your choice of a t-shirt or a signed hardcopy of Sucks to Be Me. You can even enter more than once if you like — as many good names as you can think of!
I’ve officially started the group up! Everyone who originally responded, please check your email for an invitation to the group (I put it on Google as a closed group). If you signed up and didn’t get an email, let me know so I can resend the invitation.
I’ve also posted the first “Homework” and some ground rules. I’ll post the schedule/calendar soon and also create a discussion thread for it so you can request months.
Happy writing!
UPDATE: For all the pending ones, it won’t let me resend the invite. Grrrr. So, if you haven’t rec’d your invite and you can’t find it in your spam or bulk mail folder, try clicking the Visit This Group link and see if you can sign in that way.
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Thanks to everyone who signed up for the writing camp! I’ll post more information soon. I need to get a site set up on either Google or in Yahoo Groups so that we can post things in a secure location and send our critiques and what not back and forth. I figured we can get started in June (honestly, I have no time until then — going to finish the book this week!!).
If you signed up and would like to volunteer to be the first guinea pig, send me an email and let me know! It can be either the first chapter of something you’ve been working on or a short story. Or, heck, everyone who signed up email me and let me know your preference for the coming months and I’ll put a schedule together. Remember, it’s one person a month.
This is totally unrelated to anything at all, but I have a friend (who is just the funniest guy you ever met…if Hardy ever decides to write a book, it’d be the funniest thing ever) who is in a competition and right now he’s coming in second with votes. If you are so inclined, please vote for Hardy. Note: you have to put in an email address and actually confirm the entry, though I understand that they will not spam you.
Thanks if you do!
Some new questions in that I thought would be fun to answer (and besides, I need a little break from writing…):
Do you have a Playlist for Sucks To Be Me?
No, not exactly. I mostly just either listened on random to my own collection (about 10,000 songs and counting) or to Pandora. There were some scenes that I listened to specific stuff (like Morcheeba when they were playing Truth & Dare in the pool). I like almost all kinds of music, except for whiny country (stuff like There’s a Tear in My Beer).
Have you Ever read the Mortal Instruments Books by Cassandra Clare?
Nope, but I’ve heard really great things about them and they look really, really interesting. I hope to read them someday.
Have you Ever Been To a Pow-wow?
You know, I’m not sure. I kind of vaguely think I might have when I was younger. But I’m not sure. On a related note, my family has some Arapaho blood. Though I’m mostly Chinese (50%).
Do you thinks These Questions are Random.
Nah. 
So, according to Amazon, the paperback version of Sucks to Be Me will be out on August 11th! It’s going to have a sneak peek of the sequel in it as well, so be sure to check it out! In fact, I just heard from my editor today that the art director at the publisher was working on the title layout. Cool, eh? I can’t wait to see the paperback.
When you see one, snap a picture for me and I’ll post it!
In writingish news, I’m currently in the middle of chapter 23 of the sequel. There will probably be around 34 or 35 chapters, so you can see about where I’m at. It’s coming along pretty well (whenever I can find someone to watch Max for a little while…he’s almost 14 months now and he’s getting into everything!)
I got a bunch of great questions, so I thought I’d answer them here instead of in the comment thread so they’d be more obvious.
Oh and I have some questions about Mina in the second book… Since in the fisrt you talk about how she is the star french student… Will she be speaking any french in the second book?
Not really in the second book, though she does have some opportunity. But if the series goes into a third book, yes…
Does George speak any other lang.?
George knows Spanish from taking it in high school. He also picks up some Portuguese in the second book…
What did ever happen to Raven?
This you’ll find out in the second book. It’s actually really important to the story, so I don’t want to give anything away here. But boy, let me tell you, she’s not at all happy with Mina!
Do you have a title for the next book yet? Pss. If not, I’m full of ideas. Psss. Maybe you could make another thing like you did for this one, but make it for ‘what should the title be?’
Yes, after talking with my editor, we’re looking at: “Still Sucks to Be Me: More All-True Confessions of Mina Hamilton Smith, Teen Vampire” I think that’s pretty final now. The Hamilton is crossed out because of the VRA (Vampire Relocation Agency)… But I’d love to hear your ideas too!
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