Yep. I know. I have been slow in responding to your blog comments. I have been absent from other people’s blogs. I stink.
I do have an excuse, though. This is my silly season. Not a day has gone by where I haven’t appeared somewhere to talk about Sarah Gives Thanks. It has been fun – really fun in most cases – but exhausting, too, and I’ve found myself with little time for much else.
But I see the light at the end of the tunnel.
When Thursday arrives, I will give thanks – and this year I have A LOT to be thankful for (i.e.: my tolerant family, my fast-selling book, my new blog friendships).
Then I will eat myself silly, go sleepy, and awake maybe 14 hours later – fully refreshed.
Then I will burrow into my WordPress Reader, catch up on your blogs, and return to writing about writing. Yes, I’ll miss the book tour, but it will be replaced with something that I find to be every bit as personally rewarding.
Have a joyous Thanksgiving everyone! ‘Till soon!
Hey, Look! A Writer Fellow! 
Happy Tryptophan Day, Mike!
You too, Sarah!
My eyelids are getting heavy just thinkin’ about it.
Hey, good to hear from you! Sounds like a great thing to be busy with though!
When you do get a chance to catch up, you don’t want to miss my post from yesterday because you get to watch a video of me singing, oh yes! Here’s a link to it to save you having to try and retrieve it from your reader later – http://vanessa-chapman.com/2012/11/18/this-year-ive-been-an-exhibit-in-a-gallery-and-so-has-my-patio-furniture/
(And if you’re reading this Carrie, no, I’m not putting links to my blog on EVERYONE’S posts, just yours and Mike’s…for now).
Way to self promote, Vanessa!
Actually, fellow bloggers, I did check this film out and was hooked from the first frame.
Happy thanksgiving Mike
You too! Have a great one!
Go you! I can’t help hearing Gloria Gaynor singing in my head…”I will survive…I will survive…hey, hey!”
Happy Thanksgiving!
How about Root Beer Rag? That’s about the pace I’m running now:
We will forgive you for promoting your most excellent book. Just read it again and loved it all over again. Go, Sarah!
Go hibernate and celebrate, and we will catch you on the other side. ; )
Thanks, Anne. I do miss reading your blog!
Having seen Mike in person at one of his promotional events, I can personally vouch for the excellence and energy of his presentational style! Mike, you deserve the one day break, without a doubt. And yes, I am writing for you, not just surfing the web in my office.
Oh, you!
I would love to hear one of your speeches, Mike. Don’t worry about blogging, we’ll all still be here. I’m going to give thanks by buying your book. Take care!
I would looooove to do my spiel in Canada. I love Canada.
Hey, there’s always next year!
:0)
Have a happy thankful thanksgiving!
You, too, Lauri!
After all the crazy is over, I’d love to buy you a coffee.
You get bonus points for having an old-school typewriter and a Cat in the Hat on your desk. No wonder you’re tired, it sounds like you’ve been on the go nonstop. Happy Turkey Day, Mike—eat lots of turkey, stuffing and pumpkin pie, and enjoy!!
Thank you, Weebles. My home office is full of crap like that. I do so love the whimsy.
Have a wonderful holiday, my friend. Take care and be well.
Been an awesome year, Mike! So glad you’re in high demand, knew you would be…I notice your list doesn’t include shopping after Thanksgiving, hehehe!
Happy Thanksgiving and thank you for giving us Sarah Gives Thanks!
namaste 😉
Gaaah! Don’t mention Christmas shopping!
You tryin’ to give me a coronary, Roxie?
nah…eat, rest…repeat!
Congratulations on all of your success, Mike! Take care of business and family first; we’ll all be here when you get back. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Thanks, Maddie! Enjoy the holiday!
In celebration of all this busyness, which is in such a good cause – may your book continue to sell speedily and abundantly! Thanks for touching in and giving us the chance to send some appreciative energetic vibes your way.
Oh, Harula, I am so delighted you are the HACKS Exec. VP.
Your good vibes are sincerely appreciated.
This is a great reason for being absent. I’m so inspired by all this activity surrounding your book! .Here’s to more success Mike! Take your sweet time getting to other blogs.
Thank you so much, my friend! I really miss reading your blog. I can’t watch to catch up.
Margarita is on board, by the way! Can’t wait to break bread with your guys in December!
If you’re referring to getting together — fabulous! I look forward to it for sure…
Groovy.
Just make sure your next best-selling book takes place in an alternate season, so you’re not on back-to-back holiday book tours!
Gobble, gobble!
I’m hoping I can sell a book that is NOT seasonal. It’ll allow me to space out my appearances and keep me from collapsing every night.
Have a great Thanksgiving, Cathy! Don’t forget to mix Marshmallow Fluff into the sweet potatoes!
Happy Thanksgiving and get some much deserved rest!
Thanks, Letizia! You too!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Thanks, Wendy!
By the way, thanks to you, my wife, son and I are now Ivy & Bean addicts. I just bought a new adventure yesterday.
🙂 Excellent!
Glad to know your book is doing so well! I’d rather have you on a book tour looking all successful than hanging round here – but, here is fun too.
Are you kiddin’ me? I love hangin’ around here! I have some of the kindest, wittiest, smartest blog friends around!
Happy Thanksgiving! Eat, Drink, Sleep, and then make merry! xoxoM
Will do! Though I would like to replace “make merry” with “go to sleep.” I’ll make merry on Friday or Saturday, OK?
Have a wonderful Turkey Day!
Hey, I didn’t say HOW to make merry. To each his/her own! 😉 xoxoM
That’s the beauty of the Internet; it hangs on until you have time to read it. Get sleep, get rested and I hope you and your family have a good Thanksgiving.
Thank you kindly, Eagle Eye.
By the way, I want you to consider joining my new club. I’d like a few editors on board to class up the joint: https://mikeallegra.com/2012/10/05/boycott-celebrity-childrens-books/
hihihihihi, i know you will! Happy thanksgiving! 🙂
I’d wish you a Happy Thanksgiving, too, but I know you fine folks in Greece don’t celebrate it.
I would like to wish you a happy something, though. Do you have a November holiday?
Hmmmmmmmmm November is holiday free…. Well, there’s a local religious holiday tomorrow about the young virgin Mary, it’s called “Esodia”. So you can wish me to that! 🙂
Happy Esodia to you! 🙂
Awe, catch up and feel better. At least you’re tired for a good reason. Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving to you, too. And do tell the Little Blue Lady that I wish her a happy holiday, too.
Awe… I think she actually blew something up last night. The whole house shook. Either that or it was an earchquake. Havta check the news.
Sounds like she needed a second helping of turkey. It’s hard to blow things up when you hafta take a nap.
Oh! Keep turkey around… I have to remember that. Good idea!
You are blessed with a full life!
That I am! Happy Thanksgiving, Eliza!
Eat, drink, and be thankful. And don’t even bother stopping by my blog! You deserve a break. 🙂 I hope Sarah Gives Thanks did well this season!
I never need a break from your blog. Just a break in general.
Sarah did very well, I’m pleased to say. Even the publisher wasn’t prepared for the number of backorders. So I am thankful indeed!
I hope you and yours have a wonderful holiday, Erin!
Glad your book tour and sales are going well. Time for some well-deserved rest and relaxation. 🙂
Amen, my friend. Amen!