RAVE: Friday is critique group, so I'm posting R&Rs on Thursday night.

RANT: MY new manuscript will be under the gun tomorrow. Eek!

RAVE: I stole a book someone loaned Sherri to read -- Dewey, The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World. It's delightful. I hope she doesn't notice it's missing off her stack before I finish it.

RAVE: Survivor was pretty fun tonight. That Russell. He is so gonna get his ass whooped.

RANT: Glee has ended for this year. Only one more episode of SYTYCD. Is there a dancer on Earth better than Jakob? I don't think so.

RAVE: (RTV spoiler.) Remember how I predicted after the first episode that Michael would win Top Chef? Call me psycho.

RANT: How will I make it through Christmas without my RTV?

RAVE: Rage: A Love Story was nominated for the 2010 Amelia Bloomer Project for feminist literature by the GLBTQ Roundtable of the American Library Association. Whew, that's a mouthful.

RAVE: It was finally warm enough today to shovel the driveway. So grateful to have a hearth and home when the temps drop below zero. I'm thankful to have a home at all.

HIGH: Sherri and I are going to see Spring Awakening on Sunday. Soooooooooo excited.

HIGH: We went to see Precious last weekend. Tough movie, but absolutely fantastic.

LOW: Sherri slipped on the ice and cracked her head open. Yikes. So much blood. She has a big knot on the back of her head and a mild concussion, plus she's sore all over. She fell right on her wallet, so she has this square bruise on her butt. (Kinda funny, but don't tell her I said that.)

HIGH: I finished the revision on my book for 2012. It's titled, She Loves You, She Loves You Not... More about it in the coming years.

LOW: Books take FOREVER to publish.

HIGH: Sher and I took advantage of all the sales and bought an HDTV. We're still trying to figure out how to use all the features. Way too confusing instructions for me. Show me the on/off button and I'm good to go.

LOW: We've overspent our entertainment budget by beaucoup bucks.

HIGH: It doesn't mean my favorite charities will suffer because I always budget generously for them.

HIGH: If you missed all the promotional junk I put up this week, here's the week in review:

Excerpt from By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead is on my Web site: http://www.julieannepeters.com. MySpace won't allow a direct link (poo poo heads), but I trust you'll find it.

Trailer for By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead

Rage Booksigning and Interview with Eden Lane

HIGH/LOW: The holidays are bearing down. I'm not a big fan of Christmastime, so all I want to do is make it to 2010 with my sanity intact.

Here it is. For everyone who's been dying to see "the pink cake" booksigning and interview for RAGE: A LOVE STORY, and even for those who have no clue what I'm talking about. Featured are the amazing Noelle and Nikolas. The show lasts about 30 minutes.

YAY: It's Friday, a beautiful sunny day in Colorado, and all I plan to do today is read.

YAY/NAY: I'm off to Philadelphia for a conference this weekend, which means schmoozing with English teachers and publishing peeps, but I'll miss the Broncos game and The Amazing Race. Bummer.

YAY: Sher and I are going to the Starz Film Festival to see Two Spirits, the story of Fred C. Martinez, Jr. FC was a trans teen who was brutally murdered in Cortez Colorado, and the person to whom I dedicated my book, Luna. I'm thrilled to know FC's story lives on.

YAY: Then we're going to see The Blindside. You know how much I adore Sandra Bullock.

NAY: (RTV Spoiler). Sherri and I were both unhappy that Irina won Project Runway. Not that her talent is lacking in any way, but her collection was so BLACK. She totally ignored Tim's suggestion to add some color, and she comes off as such a snot. I thought every outfit looked exactly the same. Oh well. I'm glad I don't have to judge -- or wear those clothes.

NAY: The Mentalist last night was a shocker. When, oh when, will they catch Red John?

YAY: I finished Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol and I don't care what anyone says about his books, I find them intelligent and thrilling. Whew. It's hard to catch your breath after that one.

YAY: By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead will be out before you know it. Ask for a bookstore gift card for Christmas so you can run to B&N or Borders or your local Indie bookstore on January 5th to pick up a copy hot off the press.