I’m taking a much needed break and heading off to England for spring break. I’ll be staying with a writer buddy of mine and her wife in the beautiful (so I’ve heard, and I’m sure it’s true)Cotswolds area. I know March ain’t the best time to be heading over there, but I always try to take my spring breaks as far away from Florida as I can! I hope to post some pictures upon my return, but in the meanwhile I’ll be over there hanging in the mother country!
Great News – My young adult books will be included on the textbook list this summer (2010) for a graduate course in “Contemporary Young Adult Literature.” Dr. Amy Cummings wrote, “Barbara Clanton [is] an important young adult writer who addresses lesbian issues in a favorable fair way.”
Thank you Dr. Cummins! Go Fort Hays State Tigers! 
It’s Devon’s Story this time. HOT DEAL: “Quite an Undertaking: Devon’s Story” is coming out (*pun intended*) in November, but is available for pre-order at RCEDirect.com now. 
I had a great time writing about journalism geek Devon’s teenage trials and tribulations as she deals with the death of her grandmother, but falls for the undertaker’s daughter at the funeral home. I hope you all enjoy this Young Adult Novel.
A friend just posted this on Facebook:
“To know you have enough is to be rich.” – Tao Te Ching
I’m sitting here on overly hot and humid Sunday afternoon with a cold from hell — the kind of cold that cold medicines barely touch and tissues hang out of each nostril just to stop the flow. And my girlfriend is away visiting her folks back in New York, so there’s no one to take care of me. Poor me, right? Nah, I know how richly blessed I am. I have a loving partner, a wonderful family, fabulous friends (I could call any one of them and they’d be over here in an instant with chicken noodle soup!).
So even when life throws me those pesky little curve balls, I keep swinging knowing I have a good support system to catch me if I fail. Thank you friends, family, and readers. You’re all part of my strength.
Ahh, there’s nothing like holding the final product in your hands. From the germ of an idea, through outlining, writing, editing, writing, editing some more, off to Beta readers, back from Betas, editing, editing, editing, proofing, and then the manuscript is finally off to the publisher. But then what do they do? They send it back for more editing and proofing, but finally, once all of that is done and a cover has been created and approved by all, we wait for what seems like a lifetime. Finally the box from the publisher arrives on the doorstep with the book. Ahh, there’s nothing like holding the final product in your hands.
My children’s book ,”Bases Loaded” from Bedazzled Ink is finally out. Happiness.
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