Don't forget this week's contest--let me know who inspires you!

I got a couple of cover flats in the mail yesterday, thanks to my amazing editor, and now I can share what the front *and* back cover of bloom look like. It's too large for me to post (and besides, I'm not a fan of even remotely largeish images posted to blogs--takes forever for them to load), but you can see it here. I think it's so pretty, and the quotes from Deb Caletti and Michele Jaffe still make me smile. (And always will!)

There have been a bunch of great blog entries about writing recently:

Justine Larbalestier on writing speed

Lynn Viehl on getting the most out of your writing time

"I'm saying, open the door that excites you, not the one you think you have to."