A Book Deal + My Giant Floating Head

Livin' Large

Do you ever get the feeling that somewhere on the other side of the country people are pushing a giant yellow likeness of your head down the street?

I know. Me, too!

At first, I thought I was just paranoid, but then my dear friend author Beth Kephart shot the photograph you see on your right and posted it on her most excellent blog.

Yup, I thought when I saw it, that's the one. (It's like nothing at all has changed since my third-grade school portrait.)

But, Anna, you might ask, why did Ms. Kephart post a photo of your parade-float noggin on her blog?

News That's Even Bigger Than My Chicken-Wire Head

I'm thrilled to share with you that I recently got a book deal and I am currently putting the finishing touches on a humor book that will be in stores nationwide this October.

The book's title is:

CHICKTIONARY:
FROM A-LINE TO Z-SNAP,
THE WORDS EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW

It's a humorous dictionary that contains hundreds of the words and phrases women use, along with their "definitions." I'm having the best time writing it!

I will keep you posted along the way, of course, and as the publication date nears, I'll also be sharing sneak peeks of some of my favorite definitions.

The totally normal-sized-headed Ms. Kephart (whose highly anticipated 13th book YOU ARE MY ONLY will be released this October as well) very generously posted about CHICKTIONARY on her blog and said some really nice and completely unsubstantiated things about me that I greatly appreciate. For all the details and links, please click through to her post. (BTW, if she asks about the flatbed trailer I borrowed back in February, please play dumb. Thanks.)

In the meantime, huge (and I mean huge) thanks to Betsy Amster of Betsy Amster Literary Enterprises and to Diane Garcia at Adams Media (a division of F+W Media). I am beyond grateful to them both for many, many reasons.

I'd also like to take this opportunity to thank you (yes, you). Thank you for reading, thank you for subscribing and thank you for bringing your particular brand of awesome to my rumpus room. Without you, it wouldn't be any fun at all.