Yeah. I don't really know how to process it either.

My week two weeks ago was filled with hospital trips: if my mom was going, so was I. I only didn't make it once. The first time I saw her, she wasn't very coherent and it was scary. Thankfully, due to some steroids to help reduce the swelling in her brain (she has four brain tumors...), she's been much more herself.

I haven't seen her for a week, but we'll be going to see her again soon. It's been hard, because while on the one hand it's nice to be able to say goodbye, there is so much pressure to make every moment profound, just in case it is your last one.

She's just too young, at least it feels that way, and that's what I keep coming back to. The unfairness of it all. This isn't right.

I know eventually it will be easier. But I can't even fathom the idea of a life without my grandma in it. I love her so much.

Please be praying for me and my family.

Hello friends!

As I write this, Hall of Fame is playing on my iPod, I'm exhausted, and it is precisely 12:31 AM.

However, I have something much more important to share with you today!

As some of you know, a few years back Georgie Penn and I started a blog thing for writers titled Beautiful People. Every month we'd post ten questions for you to answer about your characters. The purpose was to help you get to know your characters better.

Due to insane life circumstances, Beautiful People was put on indefinite hiatus, which made it come to a halt. It's been about two years since we stopped, and after doing my BP post for Kess, I started missing it. A lot.

All that to say...? I'm sure you may have figured out where this was going already.

Ready for this?


Georgie and I can no longer host it together because Georgie is crazy-busy working, and she also doesn't have internet at her apartment. Because of this, I wondered who I could find to be my co-host. Why, Cait from Notebook Sisters, of course! (She kindly agreed.)

We've been bursting with excitement to announce this, and we've been plotting together for a few weeks now as well. The general format of BP will remain the same, but as you can see we're rebooting the graphics, some of which is still in the works!

But back to the 10 questions every month. That's where you come in. We need you to submit questions! If you have any questions off of the top of your head, or any questions that have worked especially well for you in character development in the past, please leave them in a comment on this post, or Cait's blog post, and we'll do our best to work them in! You can also email them to us as well. (Here, and here.)

The tentative date for the first round of Beautiful People is June 5th! Mark it down, and spread the word!

Don't forget to check out Cait's post about Beautiful People here. Her post also contains our shiny new FAQ--with much thanks to Cait for helping to polish it up!

And now, stay tuned and send us any and all questions you have! We can't wait to get started!