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We'll start with full disclosure: I love Rainbow Rowell. I just do. Technically, I don't know her. But after reading 3 of her novels, I kinda feel like I do. Regardless, I adore her. So, now that that's out in the open...   Carry On is Rainbow Rowell's newest YA book. She took a brief departure from YA with Landline (which I haven't read yet), but she's back. And not only is she back to YA, but she pulled two characters from her previous book, Fangirl, (loved it!) and wrote a book about them. What makes this even more interesting is that the characters she pulled from her book Fangirl , were actually characters in a book in Fangirl . As Rowell puts it, Carry On is "inspired by fictional fan fiction of a fictional series." Seriously. But this part is only interesting if you've read Fangirl . And you should, too...but you don't need to to enjoy Carry On . Here's my favorite description of the book: Carry On is a ghost story, ...

I have not been posting much lately on MamaManagement. Not that anyone really noticed. But I've been feeling a bit...uninspired...in the blog post arena, of late. And it isn't going to get any better because I'm about to launch into the busiest month of writing there is: November. That's right, folks, t-minus 9 days and counting until the big kick-off of National Novel Writing Month 2015!! I am super psyched for NaNoWriMo! And a little bit scared. This will be my third year participating. And, hopefully, my second year finishing! If you're not familiar with NaNoWriMo, here's the basic premise: Write a novel in one month. Well, sort of. The objective is to write like a maniac and finish 50,000 words in 30 days. That's 1667 words per day. Sound tough? Yeah, well, it's not as easy as it sounds. 50,000 words will get you a solid shorter novel or the beginnings of an epic. Last year I wrote two shorter early grade children's novels which ...

It's October 2nd and everyone is planning their fall activities...I know I am! So I thought I'd re-share last year's post on Family Outings for the Fall. We'll be doing all of these again this year...including the Family 5k tomorrow morning (and it's supposed to rain again!). What are you planning for this beautiful time of year??? Yesterday morning I awoke to a very cold house. Then I walked to my daughter's bus stop thinking, seriously, it's freezing out here...where are my gloves?!?! I came home and looked at the calendar and was shocked to find that it was, in fact, October. When did that happen??? (I know, about a week ago.) Looks like it's time to turn the heat on. Looks like it's time to get out the warm coats. Looks like it's time to finalize the Halloween costumes. And, it looks like it's time to fill the calendar with fun fall outings! (Woot!) We got things rolling this weekend, with our first Fall Family Activity: a 5k c...