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A day in the life with Jennifer Holm!
I grew up imagining that authors lead glamorous lives full of excitement and adventure. You know . . . traveling to exotic places, and meeting all sorts of famous people! Now that I am a writer, I know the real scoop. Welcome to my life!
Wake Up!

(7:00 a.m.) Good morning! Thanks for waking me up, cat. I’m guessing you want to be fed?

Good Morning!

(7:15 a.m.) First cup of coffee of the day and playing with my son. He is obsessed with the movie Cars. He makes me pretend to be Mater, the tow truck. (And I’m starting to get pretty good at it, too!)

Office

(9:30 a.m.) Me in my office. This is actually the first real office I’ve ever had. Before we moved into this house, I always wrote at the kitchen table.

Sketching

 

 

 

 

 

(10:00 a.m.) All right. Finally down to work. Sketching some layouts for Camp Babymouse which will be coming out summer 2007 (geez, that’s a long way off!)

Tossed ideas

(10:30 a.m.) Oh, and those are all the clever ideas that didn’t make it into Camp Babymouse! I am personally contributing to the death of many sweet, innocent trees. Sorry, trees.

Chatting with my Mom!

(10:46 a.m.) Here I am interviewing my Mom for Penny From Heaven via videophone (very cool!). I spend a lot of time interviewing my mom, so we decided it would be easier if I could see her. She was the inspiration for the book, after all!

Keepsakes

 

 

 

(11:55 a.m.) Penny from Heaven keepsakes on my desk -- photo of my mom, the famous "lucky bean", and the receipt holder from the register at the original butcher shop owned by my family (it's called "Falucci's" in the book).

Mmmm. BLTs!

(12:18 p.m.) Lunch break! We love Denny’s—they make the best BLT’s on the planet!

Assistant!

 

 

 

 

(3:05 p.m.) Here comes my office assistant. He’s pointing out that my spelling is atrocious, which it is. Thank-you spell checker!

Drafts

(3:30 p.m.) Okay, you like revising? Well, check out how many revisions I did for Penny From Heaven.

CRASHED!

(4:15 p.m.) Aaah! My computer just crashed and I didn’t save. There goes the Great American Novel! Typical.

Pink Bike!

(6:30 p.m.) I try to get some exercise. This is me on my cool new Babymousetastic bike that I got for my birthday. I am the envy of every kid in the neighborhood. (The wheels make flower impressions in the mud!)

Goodnight!

(9:30 p.m.) Good night!

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