Diana the ditz and cover gods (no, not Fabio… or me)

I was thinking of getting my hair lightened, but I’ve recently realized I’m already teetering on a dangerous edge where gray matter is concerned, and I probably can’t afford to poison any brain cells with peroxide. Note the following:

I’m now a columnist for Romancing the Blog. Do I remember signing up? No. Am I thrilled about it anyway? Hell yeah. First posting is February 27th. Let’s pray that I remember that part. (Do I have a sneaking suspicion that The Kates might be gaslighting me? Well yeah, but there’s that pesky paranoia thing going on, too.) And, seeing as how this posting date is exactly one day before my proposal for SOCIETY2 is due, I think I already have a topic in mind.

Second ditzy move:

The whole point of yesterday’s post was to introduce a new industry blog. However, you’ll note, that I got sidetracked into a little Ranty McRantrant about SASEs and forgot to introduce it. So, without further ado, the blog of literary agent Kristin Nelson: http://pubrants.blogspot.com/

I love Kristin. Not only is she the agent of several of my drinking buddies (seriously, I think I’ve partied with half of her client list), which proves that she has positively exquisite taste, but she also negotiated the deal for Jennifer O’Connell’s (Jen, I swear, every time I type your name I have to keep myself from typing Jennifer Connelly. Do you get that a lot?) Everything I Need To Know About Being A Girl I Learned From Judy Blume, to which I am a contributor. So glasses up to Kristin. And go check out her blog.

Moving from Diana being a space cadet to Diana being observant, we’ve got:

A lot of people are getting their covers this week. Check out Golden Heart and Stiletto Winner Gemma Halliday’s Spying in High Heels (Dorchester). (The blog belongs to Janice Lynn, but I can’t access Gemma’s website). Isn’t it gorgeous? That brick color? That font? Go, Gemma! Also, the fabulous Gena Showalter’s cover for Oh My Goth (MTV Books). As per usual, Gena has finagled some fine ass covers out of those cover gods. Makes a girl wonder how she swings it…

I’ve now seen several of these MTV teen chick lit book covers. Plan B (which I LOVE, Miss Connelly), The Pursuit of Happiness, Life as a Poser and Everything She Wants (scroll down), and I’m kind of into the look of the imprint. You can definitely tell it’s an MTV book just by looking at it. Now, when I try to imagine the cover of Cara Lockwood’s Wuthering High or Caridad Ferrer’s Adios to My Old Life, I can see what sort of look the publisher will be going for. By the way, I am SOOOO excited about WH, and if a certain agent wanted to send me an ARC of it, it would get a fine, fine reception here. Just saying…