We’re running a very exciting contest on my Junior Celebs blog. I came up with the idea, up late one night with Lincoln, and decided to do it with my partner in crime, Disney Society.

We invited our readers to submit videos of them singing, acting, and/or dancing. Then we’re opening up the voting to the public (idol-style) to find the winner.

We received approx 15 submissions for singing, and 3 for acting. Not too shabby! We’re currently in the voting stages for round 1. Check out the videos and voting status here.

Long time since I’ve had an update. Let’s see… I now run a JuniorCelebs.com website through b5media. It covers all the latest news and updates for junior celebrities - including Miley Cyrus, Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Dakota Fanning, and more!

Check it out at JuniorCelebs.com.

Lincoln Katz was born on May 26th. He was 8 lb 13 oz, 21.5 inches long. He’s a sweetheart!!

I just got back from my second year attending the Southern California Writer’s Conference. It was a great learning experience and I met a bunch of talented authors. This year I found myself more focused on the business aspect of publishing and garnered additional information for sending out my manuscript. It seems that “platforms” are big right now, not only for non-fiction as I would have thought. Even in fiction, the more you can do to sell your book, the better! I’m lucky in that being on the board for our local parenting organization I have access to all of the high schools and bookstores for any book signings I’d be interested in holding. Hopefully that’s a step in the right direction.

The baby.

Not the agent who is waiting, dying to represent my book.

But I’m still trying! The last two months have been a blur of parenting, being sick, and the holidays. But now I’m back on task, sending out queries (just got asked for a partial), working on Power Play, and I’ll be attending the Southern California Writer’s Conference in February.

My New Years Resolution: To write a minimum of a page a day, five days a week.