What I Learned

Well, I wasn't sure if I was allowed to say anything yet, but seeing as they announced it in their blog...

Belle Bridge Books is going to publish my middle school novel, What I Learned About Being a Cheerleader.

Here's what was reported in Publisher's Marketplace:

Feb. 19, 2010

Reported in today's Deal News:

Adrianne Ambrose's WHAT I LEARNED ABOUT BEING A CHEERLEADER, the humorous, endearing diary of a middle school geek who wins a spot as a cheerleader that changes her life, to Debra Dixon at Bell Bridge Books, in a nice deal, for publication in July 2010 (World).

So, hooray! I'm excited that they want to get it to press so quickly. Belle Bridge Books have been nothing but pleasant so far. Plus, they yanked my manuscript out of their slush pile, so I'm definitely complimented.

If all goes smoothly, it looks like the fabulous Ted Naifeh will be illustrating the cover.

Here's a little Ted art to keep you happy:

Fraggleified

A friend sent me this link and I found it very bizarre:

LINK

Yes, I'm now officially part of the Fraggle Wiki. Weird. And someone read my blog to fill in the info about my favorite Fraggle (Traveling Matt). Very strange.

I definitely do not like reading about myself online. It makes me feel a bit itchy, like I've unintentionally eavesdropped on someone talking about me.

And now, for your viewing pleasure, and because it's hard to let a good theme die, another child in a goat cart:

More Fraggle Action

I got the green light last week that I'll be writing the lead story for the third issue of the Fraggle Rock comic. My story will feature the Doozers. So, I've got to get on my Fraggle game-face and start writing.

The bad news is that my Traveling Matt story got bumped from issue one to issue two. This is disappointing, but apparently can't be helped. But when they compile all four Fragglicious issues into one graphic novel, I'll have two stories in there, so that's pretty good.

Now I've got to watch some TV. It's research, I swear! Get down at Fraggle Rock!

Get Down at Fraggle Rock

Hey, hey! Looks like Archaia and Henson are spreading the news about Fraggle Rock.

Here's an article and link:

THE JIM HENSON COMPANY AND ARCHAIA ANNOUNCE THE DEBUT OF ‘FRAGGLE ROCK’ COMICS

STARTING IN APRIL, GOBO, MOKEY, RED, WEMBLEY AND BOOBER STAR IN ALL-NEW ADVENTURES, HIGHLIGHTED BY THE ‘MOUSE GUARD’/ ‘FRAGGLE ROCK’ FREE COMIC BOOK DAY FLIP BOOK IN MAY!

For the full article, please go here.

Bezzerwizzer

If you think the only fabulous thing to come out of Denmark is the Danes, then think again. There's also this wonderful board game, bezzerwizzer, which means "smarty pants". It takes the best parts of Trivial Pursuit and amplifies them.

Okay, I'm not a completely impartial judge, seeing that my darling Dane and her husband were key to the creation of the game, but it is pretty darn fun and they managed to land distrabution through Mattel, if you can believe it. Wowee!

Glamazon

Happy 2010!

To get the new year started right, I've set up my Amazon author's page and, hopefully, linked it to this blog. It won't show any of my old posts, but should receive my updates from here on out. So, if you found this blog via my Amazon author's page and are now reading about me launching my page... That's really too meta to deal with so early in the year.

And now, for your viewing pleasure:


Which leads to the question, why did goat carts go out of fashion?

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From your Aunt Clara

She always makes you such nice things.

My friend Dale modeling fashions from A Christmas Story.