I wonder...

I've seen the inside pages of A NEED SO BEAUTIFUL--totally exciting. I've seen the cover. I've looked through the Advanced Reader Copy--even read a few pages. The final jacket was gorgeous as I tried it on my other books to daydream about what my real live book would someday look like. I've wondered....

Until now. YAY!! A NEED SO BEAUTIFUL is ALIVE!! Not really, but I got a finished author copy and she is so pretty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love her.





It's small moments like this, holding your finished book--that make it real. All the rest is just blog posts and guesses. So I'm going to take a moment to cuddle my book, and in 32 days A NEED SO BEAUTIFUL will be on a shelf near you.

A NEED SO BEAUTIFUL is also part of Teenreads.com Beach Bag Contest and here you can read a three-chapter excerpt from the novel. If you want...