In every blog I’m writing lately, I talk about how excited I am.  Today is not an exception.  I’m all over the Internet this week.  On Monday I was at Mysteries and Margaritas, talking about my journey to indie publishing. Today (Wednesday), I’m doing an interview at Lori Brighton’s blog. She asked me just the right questions, and it has an excerpt from Cattitude that I haven’t posted anywhere else. And I’m giving away an e-copy to two commenters.

On Thursday, I’ll be at Marilyn Brant’s Brant Flakes blog. She asked great questions, too, that are different Lori’s. Again, I’ll give away a free book to two commenters.

My BIG news is Friday. I’m having a release party at Magical Musings. It starts on Friday and will last through the weekend!!! The amazing Amy Atwell helped with the Event invitation. She sent it to out from the Writing GIAM Facebook page yesterday. Later today, I’ll send it to my Facebook friends. Everyone is invited. Here’s the invitation:

Come party with award-winning author Edie Ramer at Magical Musings to celebrate the release of her e-book Cattitude.

This is your chance to answer the question: Is your pet a character? Hero, villain, or even comic?

Find out how to get a photo of you and your pet on Edie’s Facebook page.

Prizes: Amazon or Barnes & Noble gift cards
E-copies of Cattitude (Click here http://edieramer.com/books/ to read an excerpt)

Readers, Writers & Pet Lovers welcome! Please pass this invite on.

I’m really, really excited about it. (There’s that e-word again.)

I also have exciting news about other writers. Zoe Winters is having a HUGE contest that includes a Kindle giveaway (and maybe two!). You can read about it on her website.

The brilliant Michelle Diener helped build a website for the talented Dale Mayer, who just finalled in the Brava contest. Yay, Dale!!! You can read about it here.

Another fabulous friend and writer, P.J. Alderman, put her RITA-final book, A KILLING TIDE, on Amazon — FOR ONLY $2.99. I read the book and thought it was riveting. You can read my review on Amazon.

Lastly, Beth Ciotta is giving away a signed copy of her newest HQN book, Into the Wild, on Elle J. Rossi’s blog. I won a copy in a different blog. I got it yesterday and took a peek at it … and was drawn into it, even though I knew I was too busy to finish right then. I hated to pull away. So, if you’re looking for a great read, hop over there and comment. Maybe you’ll get lucky, too.

I hope to see you all at Magical Musings on Friday, Saturday or Sunday!

The post title says exactly what I’m going through right now. It’s summer. Relatives are visiting. (Sleeping as I type this. My beagle is snoring behind me. My English setter is downstairs. Husband is kayaking with my brother. The cat could be anywhere.) When I have free time, I’m frantically working on what I hope is one last revision of CATTITUDE. I’m more than halfway done. (Yay!!!!) My visitors will be leaving today, then returning on Friday. I’ll try my best to finish the revision by then.

For my revisions, the story structure is the same (thank God!), but I’m changing and deepening motivations. I’m rewriting every scene one secondary character is in. (EEEEEK!) I’m making other changes along the way, but they aren’t as major. I’m paying attention to each sentence, because sometimes it’s easy for my eyes to slide by and not realize that, oops, it doesn’t fit the new version.

The changes should make the book stronger, so I’m glad I’m doing it. I joined a new online group too. I’m trying to participate, but it’s hard to find time. Later I should do more. Right now family and CATTITUDE are my priorities.

And I’m excited because I’m going to the RWA National Convention in Orlando!!!!! Yay!!!!! I’m traveling with an awesome friend and staying in a timeshare with her and some other fun writers. I won’t be registered, so you can probably find me in the bar. I’ll bring my new Kindle and will be reading on it. We’re planning to go to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park. It’s going to be fun. I feel lucky to have great friends.

I have great books too that I’m reading. One on Kindle and one in paperback. I’m stealing time to read them, but they’re worth it. Both are written by friends! (Friends and family seem to be a theme of this post. Also, excessive exclamation marks.)

All in all, this is a crazy busy and crazy fun summer. How is your summer doing?