Flea Markets and Editors and MySpace

This past weekend, my grandmother drove with my aunt and uncle to sell her costume jewelry at the flea market. My mom set up a booth and we spent Saturday hocking jewelry. It was fun in a strange sort of way. I learned that teenage girls are the number one buyers of jewelry. But oh, after standing on my feet for two hours, I was dying. When I’m teaching, I’m on my feet all day but it’s different because I’m constantly moving. And I wasn’t even selling for that long!

One of the things that impressed me was the participation by the local churches. They gave away bottles of chilled ice water for free, watermelon, cotton candy, and popcorn. Another group sold hot dogs, Cokes, and chips for 50 cents each. Now that was reasonable pricing!

But the highlight of the weekend came unexpectedly when the editor at Mills & Boon wrote to request 3 chapters and a synopsis of my newer book. I had intended to pull the older version, but she wanted to see the new one. Yay! She wrote a nice comment about my medieval novel that they’re considering, and I was just a little ball of happiness all weekend.

So, my niece tells me that MySpace is the hottest new thing. I’m not quite sure what it is, but I went ahead and made a little spot for myself. Those of you who are active, what’s it all about? What’s different than just regular blogging? And if you have a MySpace account, maybe pop on over here and let me add you to my list of friends? ‘Cuz I’m feeling kind of lonely over there.

Have a great Monday!