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March 18, 2007
Just say NO to woo woo - or, maybe not?
'cause the woo woo might be GOOD
Oh, boy, has it been crazy around here this week!! ATLANTIS RISING hit bestseller lists all over the place, at Waldenbooks, Borders, Barnes & Noble, and even the very elusive USA Today bestseller list!!!! Yes, Navy Guy popped the champagne when we heard that news. Thanks so much to all of you who followed me into my new dark and twisty adventure!!
But all the excitement, plus the launch of Lani's AMAZING NEW BOOK THE FORTUNE QUILT made me think about angels. Specifically, the guardian angel who must curse every day of the week that she got stuck with me.
I have a tendency to leap. We're talking really BIG leaps. Quit your job on the strength of one book sale? Sure, no problem. Pack up my entire life and move across country at the drop of a hat because, hey, it might be fun over there? Sure. Why not?
And my G.A. just sucks some more gin out of her coffee mug and follows along. Have you ever had that moment where, just at the last possible second, some mysterious force bails you out of a desperate situation? Your car died, there's no way you can come up with the $1500 to fix it, and lo and behold, you get a royalty check you didn't know was coming. And it's for $1535, so you can fix the car and buy lunch?
Yeah, that kind of mysterious. Well, in Lani's amazingly fabtastic new book, there is something a lot mysterious about a certain quilt. You can check out the excerpt here, but seriously, just head straight over to Amazon and pick it up. Or rush to your nearest book store, where it's up front prominently displayed on the NEW AND NOTABLE FICTION table. 'Cause this book? It rocks the house. Woo woo and all.
Please tell me a story of when your own guardian angel stepped in to save you!!
hugs,
Alesia
This blog was brought to you by The Fortune Quilt, Lani's novel about family, psychics and quilts... and what happens when they all collide at once.
Posted by Alesia at 1:02 PM | Comments (8)
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No guardian angel story, unfortunately, but Lani's new book sounds fantastic.
And Atlantis Rising was superb!!!!!
Posted by: NicoleH ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.literarychicks.com/nav-commenters.gif)
at March 18, 2007 4:09 PM
Congratulations!!
I have had a lot of situations where my guardian angel steps in to help me out. My guardian angel plays games with me though.
I get the unexpected check (rebates, tax returns, insurance money from when my storage unit was broken into, etc.) and I sit and think about what I'm going to spend it on. New clothes? Something new for the house? Day at the spa? Something for the little tyke? It is at this point in time my guardian angel plays the trick. Something crops up that I need that money for. My transmission went out on me once. My ex-husband didn't pay some bill he was court ordered to pay and the collection company calls me. Grrrr....
Posted by: Jo at March 18, 2007 6:47 PM
Thanks, Nicole!!
Posted by: Alesia Holliday at March 18, 2007 7:00 PM
At times I really do feel like there is a guardian angel looking over our family. Both times deal with sick family members. The first our eldest who got mysteriously ill at our Purim Carnival at our temple (kidney stone was the first thought). He was home from school for days and ended up having a tutor and doing finishing up the year. We got the diagnosis of Crohns. Not great but hey.. he is lucky and meds seem to work. He even made it to summer camp (my dh thought he would not make it.) Mom's positive thinking and our family G.A.
The second time G.A. was very busy was when dh suddenly got ill. He had the presence of mind to cancel his meeting for the day and leave a message at work as I'm driving him down to the emergency room. Kidney stones was the first thought. Nopers. He needed major gastro surgery and was in the hospital for over a month. That was when I really learned the value of friends and prayer. Busy G.A. keeping me in one piece.
I've thrown our G.A. by encouraging dh to take the jump of a new job down under. Every G.A. needs a change of scenery. :)
Posted by: Ann M. at March 19, 2007 5:13 AM
I love the idea of your Guardian Angel glugging down the gin. I think my G.A. is a Vodka sort of a girl . . . and one with a very whacked sense of humor.
Posted by: Whitney at March 19, 2007 8:38 AM
Congratulations, Alesia! You deserve it. :)
Posted by: Amber at March 19, 2007 2:30 PM
I just got around to purchasing Atlantis Rising last night. I went to Walden's specifically to purchase it. I was so excited when I walked in the door because right there at the front of the store was Atlantis Rising!! Bestsellers bookshelf. Wooo hooo.
I ended up staying up until after midnight (that is a huge deal when it is a work night). I absolutely LOVED it!! My husband laughed at me when I was gushing to him how much I loved your book. It made me laugh out loud several times. You sucked me right into the book so that I didn't even finish the laundry I was planning to do last night. Even my husband knows when I am reading a great book because I won't put it down for anything.
Thank you Alesia and Congratulations!!
Now hurry up and get the next book out please. I can't wait until November!! :)
Posted by: Jo at March 20, 2007 8:44 PM
Wow, Jo, thank you SO much!!! Didn't finish the laundry AND kept you up too late - those are the highest compliments you can give an author!! :) And you don't have to wait till November! Bastien's story is out in May in WILD THING and they've bumped Ven's book ATLANTIS AWAKENING up to October, based on the crazy success of A.R. Thanks again!!
ps I have excerpts of Bastien's story up at my website www.alyssaday.com. Check it out!
hugs,
me
Posted by: Alesia Holliday at March 23, 2007 8:58 AM
