I had a brand-spanking new Creative Spaces interview to post last weekend, but then we had an unfortunate turn of events with our beloved dog Jack. We had to say goodbye to our old friend, and all things blog related were shelved in the back of my mind. Jack lived a good 11.5 years. He was a rescue puppy and a sweetheart of a dog. He had this bellowing howl that he gave to friends and strangers alike. He went on nightly skateboarding runs with my husband and loved to trot around our court visiting neighbors (howling his greetings, of course).

After our sad Sunday night, I woke up Monday morning to an extremely exciting email: Ammi-Joan Paquette wanted to be my agent! Joan and I have been corresponding for two years. She actually found me through this blog and emailed me because she liked the premise of my middle grade novel. I’ll write a more detailed post in the future about signing with Joan, but for now I am doing happy dances.

And as if those two things weren’t enough for one week, we also bought a new house. So it’s been a busy and surreal week, to say the least. An emotional roller coaster for sure.