Yes, I know I’m a bit late. Eight days to be exact. But one of my new year’s resolutions was to try to relax and not run so hard, so much of the time, and enjoy my life a bit more. Hence: less blogging. More princess games. You know the drill.
Still, I AM excited about 2012. I am back to writing (early stages, can’t talk about it, terribly superstitious/worried about jinxing myself) which makes me REALLY happy. Mostly because by the end of the book tour I was so tired I was convinced I could never write again. Amazing what some sleep can do. Like Mariah Carey said, back during HER breakdown, “Sleep deprivation is real, people!” Indeed.
I will say that January is not my favorite month. Nor is February. But at least new shows are coming back—30 Rock returns this Thursday!!!—and we’ve had some lovely not-winter like weather to spoil us. All good.
In my spare time—what’s that, again?—I opened a Twitter account for my rooster, Foghorn, simply because he is SO glorious. I mean, look:
It was really just a silly, stupid thing to do. But now he has over 700 followers! He already has WAY too much attitude. I think I will have to limit his Tweets so it doesn’t all go to his already large head. (He’s at @FoghornNC if you are on Twitter and are so inclined.)
Finally, I am still trying to find the balance with blogging and the rest of my life. I don’t like doing regular entries, because it becomes work, not fun. But I miss doing entries at all. I’m thinking this blog will become quick, little entries, when they strike me, with the pressure off for longer ones. It’s either that or go back to Tumblr, which, if I am honest, I don’t really understand. Sound good? I mean, I like to disappear and just be, you know, Snow White with my kid. But I also want to be able to tell you totally cool stuff like my rooster being on Twitter, or John Green’s new book—THE FAULT IN OUR STARS—-going on sale this Tuesday. Balance, people. Even as a clumsy person, or maybe because of that, I’m always hoping for it.
Have a good night, everyone!
I am so happy for you that you got some sleep and that you are ready to write again! Please let us know how its going when you can and what you can tell us! And you are definitely right! Don’t schedule blogging! Blog when things happen & you absolutely have the urge to blog about it! (Like beginning the first steps of writing & that amazing rooster!)
Agreed, blogging should be fun! And your rooster is gorgeous! I’m following him on Twitter
Blog whenever and whatever you feel! Don’t think you have to do long, meaningful entries all the time!
Here, check out this link. I have the banner on my blog: http://www.tartx.com/blog/?page_id=233
I think Foghorn’s Twitter is hilarious! Is his full name Foghorn Leghorn Dessen?
I tried out tumblr, and i was EXTREMELY confused with it. Haha. Still trying though.
dont feel the need to write long blogs… Relax and have fun with Sasha. I know i love to spend time with my kids. 
Can’t wait for the first book of 2012 Sarah!!!
Hi, Sarah! It’s Lisa (aka your biggest fan lol). I’m really excited to hear from you again. I hope you have an amazing, and relaxing 2012! Because hey, you deserve it. Blogging should be an enjoyable and fun thing, and you know what, I’m okay if you don’t blog reguarly. You have such a loyal fan base, Sarah, they can wait patienly for you to blog. Just like your fans can wait for your new book to come out. Your fans love you, Sarah. Your writing is soo good, it’s the worth wait.
So excited that you’re writing again! Eeeek! Sad to say but that little fact just made my entire day! Aha, have fun with the princess games and…HAPPY BELATED NEW YEAR!
Hey!
So glad to hear that you have gotten plenty of rest and are back to writing. You are definently my favorite author and I have and read every book of yours and I was look forward to a new one, you are definently my favorite author by far. Keep healthy keep up on your rest and I look forward to your new book
happy new year..hope you have a good time with your daughter… And, YES, you should slow down and relax a little..Great resolution..I still don’t have one.
I am also trying to figure out the blogging thing as well — the balance of it, that is. Yours is one that I have bookmarked and check in on semi-regularly so, in my book, you’re doing something right. I know people who blog Every. Single. Day. … and I can’t do it. I don’t WANT to do it. Both my book-writing (newish to me) and my screenwriting (old to me) would suffer. Six months or so into the blogging world, I’ve come to this: I’d like to post two (ish) times a week, but I’m not on a set schedule. No specific posting days. Just aiming for a couple times a week and if I make it — awesome. If I don’t — eh, I’ll be better next week.
In the meantime, I totally enjoy your posts. Partially as a writer, partially as a juggling-everything mom, partially as a North Carolinian (now a transplant to L.A.).
So, thanks. And happy new year. And, uh, nice rooster.
Confession. I just found you on accident. I was cleaning out my nightstand, and at the bottom, a book. I am a crazy reader and books are everywhere, and I borrow them from people but rarely lend (I’m mean. I know it. I even write my name and the date/year when I got it inside). Anyway, I looked inside the flap and noticed it was a goodwill lend to me, from a girl at my church. I can’t believe I never read it. I had read everything in my house and even had gone book shopping, and read those. I am catching up FYI. So, I read ‘Lock and Key’. And I get zero sleep. I am 43 yrs old by the way. I completely got absorbed in the book and read it all the way through. I was so there, in that book. And you handled the people so great.. they were realistic, not too wigged out one way or angelic the other, but I was there, in that book. So, I looked all over the city to find more of you, and had to go to the library and get what I could. Again, a little guilt. Asking where the teen section was. But oh well! You are a treasure. I can see you love balance, because you should be marketed and promoted all over the place, not as a pat on the head token teen writer. You eclipse some of the fanged writer chicks, I think anyway! So, since the latest book was checked out, I will wait for it, but as a desperately want to write myself girl.. I will actually purchase your new book. It’s only the right thing to do! Hope you enjoy the rest, the fam, and know that you are just a doll! Glad I cleaned my room!
Although your blogs usually make my day, I LOVE your books. So balance is good and getting to read another book from you is amazing. Good luck with the writing, playing princess and the occasional blog!
Yay!
So glad you’re back, and that you had a good New Year’s. Your rooster is simply gorgeous, and so well behaved that he posed for that picture. I will follow him on twitter!
I love your idea of more short blogs. Anything to be able to have you blogging more is all we fans want! Have a great new year.
one more thing, i love reading your books because i can totally relate to them in my life and i often find myself dissolved on your novels. Plus, they help me find a little piece of myself. I am 13 yrs. old, and my birthday is friday, and even if i don’t get ANYTHING i know that it will still be great because i am finishing up ” the truth about forever” and i absolutely LOVE IT!! Sarah, You are SO stinking inspiring!
I made a Facebook for my dog, but it’s really my brothers. Just my dog’s name!
Hey Sarah!! I have to say your books are really great! I have read Along for the Ride, That Summer, and I am in the middle of reading, Lock and Key. I plan to read all of your books! You are on my top list of favorite authors by the way, and I absolutley love your style of writing! Keep writing Sarah!:)
i made a facebook for my burrito once
I’m hoping your second twitter account won’t take away from your writing. Can you go back to your Someone Like You-This Lullaby days and step away from Along for the Ride and What Happened to Goodbye. Please give me a chance to fall in love with you again.
i love your books, keep up the good work and have a great year. i do have to say my favorite book is The Truth About Forever, you see my name is also Avery and i was also born on the 4th of July so.. yeah i think it was just a coincidence:) once again have a great year and keep up the good work im looking forward to reading your new books.
I like ur blogs and reading them
i absoloutely adore all of your books! you are so talented! I actually write novels too! so far ive written thirty and my longest one is 665 pages and its called Broken promises
my favorite book by you is Just Listen. i saw it at the store and i was like “hmmm…this looks pretty interesting i just have to read this!” so i got home and dove right into it as soon as i sat down and just couldn’t stop reading it! i finished in a day and now i have read it like ten or eleven times and i have it pratically memorized now. i love Whitney and Annabelle the most though becuse whitney, yeah, shes had a hard time and is sort of one of those characters you just feel like you understand and she is really cool. I hope i can become a writer soon becuase i have written so many novels and they weigh down my bag alot so ill be walking to my classes (im in the eighth grade) and im slugging almost becuase my bag wieghs twelve pounds. i used a scale to wiegh it lol. you inspire me so in one of my novels, i wrote your name in my acknowledgments. you rock! have a great day and oh… HAPPY LATE NEW YEAR!
I LOVE YOUR ROOSTER TOO.
I dont understand tumblr at all! Im so glad i am not alone.
And just saying, I love your blog. After a pretty bad week filled with tests, tests, tests, i loved catching up with you. So please oh please dont stop
I don’t understand tumblr either,
but maybe that’s because I’m from the Netherlands.:$
Very cute rooster.
YES IT IS OMG!!!!
Hey Sarah!
You are absolutely my ALL TIME favorite author!(: I I love your style of writing, so much! Your books are what got me into reading. And now, I’m obsessed. I have read all of your books and they are all amazing! I can’t even choose my favorite, because they all are my favorites! I hope that sometime in the future you will write another book that I can add to my collection. Hope you enjoy the rest! HAPPY LATE NEW YEAR!
Hi Sarah
i am so excited to read your new book. I live in Vermont and we have 0 snow on the grown. by now we always have a least 3 feet of snow, or even more. i Ski, and this year has been the worst skiing EVER!!!! Do u get snow where you live? i really hope to hear back from you!!
From Kayla
age 13
Hi Sarah,
I saw your name on a dairy, and i tought, who’s that? So I’ve searched on your name, and I found this site. I love your blog! And your books also.
But I just want to know some things about you, like, where do you live (America, I think, because of the GMA), how old are you… etc. I’m living in the Nederlands, and I have never heared about your books! I’m fifteen years old, and female.
Btw, I found something nice for Foghorn’s Twitter. It’s below all this.
Are your books also translated in/at(?) Dutch?
I’d love to read them, because I can’t speak, read and write Englisch very well, as you can see…
I hope you’ve got time to replay!
Bye! Greets, Marthe
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PS: I’ll do the picture with the dairy and your name as my twitterbackground! xoxo
personally, i think you deserve to know how inspiering all of your books are. as a young adult i am inbetween the awkward teen years and the thriving thirties. your writing is so easy to relate to in many ways and i think that is very important in a book. i actually have every book you have written (well im sure you have some that are written and not published from maybe your younger years and whatnots) it’s really cool because i reread them all the time, they make me think outside the box. and there are so many good quotes that pertain to life. when im feeling in a sour mood i know i can pick up one of your novels and get in a girly giggly mood, and on top of that i get pumped up and excited for life. you and emily griffin books make me truely believe (as corny as this sounds) that i can do and be anything i want. and i know this all the time but i guess it’s a bit if reassurance. and i love that. Thank you. =] your writing matters.