Today is my birthday. Yay! And, overall, it’s been a really good day.

Here are a few highlights:
1. Took my son to his first ever Toddler Storytime at the local library.
2. Had two cakes. One was an ice cream cake and one was just pure yummy.
3. Got books. Score! 🙂 Actually, here is a list of the books I received: The Element Encyclopedia of Secret Societies (should be great for research), Amanda Quick’s The River Knows (should just be great), The Writer’s Guide to Self-Promotion and Publicity, Author 101-Bestselling Book Publicity, and Publicize Your Book!-An Insider’s Guide to Getting Your Book the Attention It Deserves.
Ahem. Yes, there is a bit of a publicity theme going on with some of these books. I want to get as ready as possible for my book releases next year, so I plan to do lots of research. I’ve got two stories I want to finish before I dive into these books and start my PR planning (yep, I said two, I’ll discuss more about that in my next post!). I will post reviews of these PR books for any other writers who may be interested in picking them up. Now, back to my b-day list.
4. Received a lovely bouquet of flowers from a sweet friend.
5. Had the pleasure of viewing some great e-Cards from more very sweet friends.
6. Got to make two birthday wishes because, well, see item number two above.
7. And then there are all the other great gifts. Glitter lotion, chocolate, fun!

Unfortunately, there were a few incidents that marred my perfect birthday joy and the incidents were:
1. My Beta fish died. Died!!!! I was attached to Mr. Fish. Super attached. I’d been promised he would live for at least a year. Did he? No! Barely four months and now he’s gone. Extremely depressing.
2. My garage door came off its track. Since my house is currently on the market, this was so not cool. Hubby spent an hour working on it, though, and it’s now back to working order. (But that whole incident still sucked!!)

Okay…end of birthday recap.

…is up on the Brava Authors blog! I’m talking about “Keeper” books over there–so if you have a favorite, please let me know!

Have a great weekend!

Today was Nick’s birthday, so for dinner, we went to Stix and enjoyed the Hibachi Grill. After we ate, I received a fortune cookie with this message: “Ambition is the incentive that makes purpose great and achievement greater.”

Now, normally, I don’t think much of fortunes found in cookies, but I liked this one because it made me pause for a moment and think about my writing career. Without my ambition, well, there would be no career to talk about on this lovely blog. Ambition drives me. It makes me write when I just want to call it a day and sleep. It makes me plot when I’m tempted to catch an episode of CSI. I think a healthy dose of ambition is in the blood of most writers. If you don’t have it, well, then you’d never be able to finish one book.

And speaking of finishing a book, ahem…got to go!

Okay, I’ve finally done it. With help from my hubby (thanks for the web assistance, Nick!), I’ve got a MySpace page.

If you want to friend me or just take a look at my little old page, visit me at myspace.com/cynthiaeden.

Let me know what you think of the page!

Okay, I’ve been a bad blogger lately, but I have a good reason for the lack of posts–truly. Nick and I have been house hunting. Grr.

We’ve decided to put our house up on the market and look for something with a little more room (for the baby’s million toys). So, since I am the Queen of Clutter, there’s cleaning to be done. Organizing. The dreaded “staging” that real estates agents talk about all the time.

Then I have to find a new home. One not too far away–my mom wants to visit frequently with her grandson, after all, and I want to be close to the central hub of the city.

And I have to finish my book. No, I don’t have any deadlines looming in the immediate future, well, just my self-imposed ones, but I’m halfway (Yay! Actually on p. 230) of my succubus story, and I’d like to finish at least the rough draft on this baby in the next few weeks.

So if my posts are a bit…ahem…on the short side, do forgive me. Now, back to my writing.