If I stay on the NYT bestseller list for 1 more wk, my hubby sez I can adopt a kitty

[Wheezy]

Don't you think every writer needs a kitten/cat?

My books, WAKE and FADE, are the first two in a trilogy (GONE, Wake bk 3, comes out spring 2010. Published by Simon & Schuster). They are about a 17 year-old girl who gets sucked into people's dreams. There's a bit of romance, too.

WAKE spent a week on the NYT bestseller list last year. FADE just came out a few weeks ago and has been on the list, steadily climbing from #10, to #8, to #7.

Two weeks ago my hubby and I made a deal -- if I can make 5 appearances on the list, I can adopt the kitty I've been wanting since we moved to AZ 4 years ago.

I only need one more week!!

So. If you like to read or know someone who does, please check out my books if you get a chance. My audience ranges from teens to adults, both female and male. S&S says 14+ due to language. My daughter's 12 and she was fine reading it.

Here's the link to both on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Lisa-McMann/e/B001JS4S28 . If you can buy locally at your neighborhood indie bookstore, even better.


Thank you!!

xox
Lisa

[babylonsister]

1. I think if you can write a book, you deserve a kitty. Tell your hubby

to chill. And congrats!

[panader0]

2. Wow! Very impressive! I'll check them out.

Where in AZ? I'm in Sierra Vista.

[Wheezy]

13. I'm in Mesa. :) n/t

[walkaway]

3. congratulations on your success...

but maybe you should get yourself a cat. Why can't your husband deal with adopting a pet like a normal person.

[RufusTFirefly]

4. Wake? Fade? Gone? Do you have a problem with syllables?

;-)

Congratulations, and good luck!

[Mrs. Overall]

5. Congratulations! That is wonderful! And yes, every serious writer needs a cat or two

to sit on your piles of papers, to purr on your stomach as you're trying to balance the laptop, and to sleep on your desk.

I just adopted a new grey and white kitten a few weeks ago, and I can't believe the fun and serendipity she has brought into the household.

Good luck!

[Double T]

6. I think you deserve several cats/kitties. Congrats on your accomplishment.

With cats, the more (to a point) the merrier!!!

[Solly Mack]

7. You deserve the kitty and the kitty climber!

[Nordmadr]

8. Seems a little silly to me and that this is just blatant self

promoting. Just my opinion.

Congrats on your success nevertheless.

[Wheezy]

11. Thank you.

This is the DU Marketplace. I have something to sell. Not sure why you have a problem with that, but thank you anyway! :)

[Nordmadr]

15. 'Cause I'm an idiot that didn't look at what thread area I was reading.

My sincerest apologies. I wasn't even aware that we had a marketplace. Again, mea culpa.

Nordmadr

[Wheezy]

17. No probs!

I forget these things go on the latest page, so peeps aren't necessarily looking at how it's categorized -- I've made the same mistake before myself.

It's all good. :)

[Booster]

9. Get a kitty no matter what happens. You deserve it and so

does the kitty. As for your husband, a little unreasonable, doncha think?

[asjr]

10. I have the perfect kitty for you. His name is Ecuador

and is a year old. He plays fetch with us. He is beautiful and has green eyes. My daughter raised him because his mom was run over by a car. She has too many cats.

[Wheezy]

12. Hubby confusion -- he's not the bad guy.

My bad, folks. My hubby is not a bad guy here, but I think I inadvertently made it sound that way.

We have a small home, two kids and a dog. I've wanted a cat, but we decided together that our house was full enough. Recently I began thinking about giving it a try again, and he, knowing I like a challenge and an incentive, came up with the plan. I agreed to it. And am trying to make it fun.

So sorry about the confusion there -- I feel badly that I painted him that way. He's the best guy in the world.

Many thanks to all for checking out the books!

xoxo

Lisa

[RaleighNCDUer]

14. You do know that there is a downside to writers with cats?

http://www.rhymeswithorange.com/2008/09/take-your-cat-to-work-day/

[Wheezy]

16. rofl!

[RaleighNCDUer]

18. Confession:

I do have a cat - and 4 unpublished, and one unfinished, novels.

[Thor_MN]

19. Congrats Lisa, but wouldn't the kitty that you've wanted for 4 years now be a cat?

:)

[joshcryer]

20. So did you get your cat?

[joshcryer]

21. So did you get your cat?

[Wheezy]

22. UPDATE! (Thanks for the nudge, Ilsa!)

It's been a whirlwind -- FADE is still on the bestseller list for the the 11th week! YAY! Thanks to all for your awesome support.

And I got the kitty! She was a stray that was found hanging around a gas station, about 10 months old at best guess. She was scheduled to be euthanized but a rescue organization saved her. We named her Captain after a character in the books, because she's tough and she thinks she's in charge of all of us, including the 80 pound dog. :) She is a muted torti, soft orange, gray, and white. She was all skin and bones when we got her, but she's plumping up nicely now.


Thanks again to all!

xoxo
Lisa

[sandnsea]

23. Pics please!

And I do not even know how you manage to not be floating in the stratosphere with your success! HUGE Congratulations!!!!

[Wheezy]

24. Thanks! Here are some pics

from my blog.

http://lisamcmann.blogspot.com/2009/03/i-has-nyt-bestselling-kittehand-she.html

[onestepforward]

25. So cute! Congratulations!

[OneGrassRoot]

26. She's beauuuuutiful.... :)

Huge congratulations to you. Here's to your continued success!!!

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