What's Up Wednesday- May 28th

Bootcamp Finale & Spartacus Lives!

What's Up Wednesday is a weekly blog hop geared toward readers and writers, allowing us to touch base with blog friends and let them know what's up.  Should you wish to join, check out Jaime's or Erin's lovely blogs and sign up with the link widget at the bottom of the post.

WHAT I'M READING

I finished ANYWHERE by the amazing Jen Meyers. It was a very fun read, laugh out loud funny at times and made me want to go backpacking through Europe again rather badly. (Um..yes please.) I'm going to be interviewing her on the YA Buccaneers blog in the near future, so stay turned for that. 

I'm also reading a great new project by one of my CP's of Awesome. It's always so fun to get to read new stuff from my writer friends and then watch it evolve. 

WHAT I'M WRITING

Wrapping up Spring Writing Bootcamp this week! I can't believe how fast those three months went. But I'm happy to report that I made all my Bootcamp goals. (Yay!) It was the kick in the butt I needed to make some real progress on several projects. And seriously, Bootcamp was soooo much fun! I had the most fantastic team (Go Team Vesuvius!!) and it was a blast cheering each other on, having writing parties and basically getting up to all the crazy stuff that the YA Buccaneers do so well. Rumor has it there might be another one in the Fall...so get limber folks. *mighty grin*

WHAT ELSE I'VE BEEN UP TO/ WHAT INSPIRES ME RIGHT NOW

We had the worst scare with Spartacus (aka Best Cat in the World) this past week. He went from a little nauseous to not being able to stand up and his kidneys failing in the space of about 24 hours. It was soooo scary. If you asked me who I loved most in the world, my answer would be Spartacus. (Boy Chris understands because he feels the same way.) So we were beside ourselves with worry and lack of sleep and when he pulled through we were jumping up and down and making silly noises of glee. It's so good to have our boy back at home where he belongs. And now every time he comes for a cuddle I'm like "Thank you for being alive!" and he's all "meow". 
All is right with the world.

What else have I been up to:

• Making Epic Costumes- because it's important for every girl to have 4 foot wide antlers
• Prepping for the Query Trenches (have kevlar bodysuit) (still need to figure our what my Query Prize will be)
• Playing in the garden. My sunflowers are blooming. We're eating fresh strawberries, plums and bocoodles of kale. I want to hire some warrior langurs to protect my baby mangoes from the Racoon Mafia, because I would really like to eat one this year.
• Making the most of my Hammock. (a.k.a. My Office)
• Drinking mango colada smoothies like they're going out of style