Congrats to Kerri Ann who won a copy of Therese Fowler’s Exposure.
From the 2011 Debs…
Deb Kim is off to a huge conference, one of the best in the country, for autism. www.autismone.org in Chicago. I’ll see Jenny McCarthy and countless friends who are now part of my family. They live stream a good portion for folks who can not attend. Generation Rescue has made the conference FREE this year through a generous donation. I’ll be signing books in the GR lounge.
Deb Tawna just got word from the publicity director at Sourcebooks that Advance Reading Copies (ARCs) of MAKING WAVES have arrived. She should be getting her copies in the mail within a few days and will squeal with joy when she gets to hold it in her hands for the first time.
Deb Dish — The Worst Trouble I Ever Got Into As a Kid Was…
Deb Elise
The weird thing with me was that I received wild, baroque, stay-in-your-room-for-the-rest-of-your-life punishments for things like a report card saying I didn’t turn in homework (but still got an A), and there wouldn’t be major repercussions for things like, oh, scratching my nails down my sister’s back until she bled, or crashing my car three times in as many weeks.
Deb Eleanor
My sisters were always ratting me out for reading under the covers with a flashlight past my bedtime. I swore if I ever had children I would never be mad if they stayed up reading!
Deb Kim Which time? Let’s see, I was suspended from the boarding department at my high school for pulling an “in and out.” I signed OUT of the dorm but did not go home, I went to a girlfriend’s house. That was a no no. And then I drank a few too many kamikazes with a certain boy at the beginning of my book and got caught tipsy (blind drunk) on campus. That meant a detention over Thanksgiving holiday for the two of us. We spent a day in the empty school building “cleaning.” I was at my reunion just last weekend and gave a smile and tiny thumbs up to the sound booth in the auditorium. It was very dirty and we spent a bit of extra time there, er, cleaning up.
Deb Sarah
On the day that I got my very first car–a green, 1969 VW Beetle–my dad said to wait until he got home to drive it. Well, what did I do? I grabbed the keys and my little brother and went for a joyride. A mile later, up a big winding hill, I couldn’t figure out how to get the car in reverse. Um, yes, big trouble. The short of it: I got the car stuck. My brother almost rolled down the hill. And, yup, I think I got grounded.
Deb Tawna
My freshman year in high school, I got caught sneaking out of the house with my boyfriend. I’m still grounded.
Funny! Deb Kim wins (just in case this is a contest, and I’m judging–hah!), but it’s nice to know you’ve led real lives… I’m sure it helps with your sense of humor.
Whoa! Deb Kim, you were a wild one! You have my undying admiration. 😉
Deb Tawna, yay for your ARCs! Know you can’t wait to hold one of those puppies in your hot little hands. 🙂
I had to smile at Eleanor’s comment about reading under the covers. The dedication in MAKING WAVES reads:
For my parents, Dixie and David Fenske — for looking the other way when I read under the covers with a flashlight past my bedtime.
Tawna
Awww…that’s so sweet.
Of course, it’s probably the reason my vision sucks and I have to wear glasses now! 🙂
Elise: Sounds like you had a tough life.
Punished for a behavioral problem; talked too by loving parents who didn’t want to terrify you over the accidents. They sound like real bitches.