An Announcement and apology

From Kat at Tender Graces and Angie at Gumbo Writer:

You are cordially invited to attend an "open house" beginning Wednesday, October 14, in honor of the newly renovated Rose &Thorn Journal: http://www.roseandthornjournal.com

Drop by, sign up for the newsletter, check out the new digs (and blog!), follow us on Twitter and Facebook, leave us your comments/thoughts, and wish us well!

Rose &Thorn is a quarterly literary journal featuring the voices of emerging and established authors, poets and artists.

Now...go enjoy the open bar and appetizer spread!

Angie Ledbetter &Kathryn Magendie
Co-Editor/Publishers
Rose & Thorn Journal



As for an apology, I'm going to be really busy today so I might miss some of your blog posts. Just wanted to apologize and let you all know that I'm still following you and will be back in blogaholic mode by Friday. I hope you're able to check out the Rose & Thorn!

Comments

Tabitha Bird said…
cool, thanks for the link and invite. Will do...
October 14, 2009 at 5:29 AM
Larie Carlice Proverbs 27:19 said…
I was hooked when I read the word appetizers! :)

smooches,
Larie
October 14, 2009 at 6:04 AM
Jody Hedlund said…
Sounds great! And hope you get lots of work done! See you soon.
October 14, 2009 at 6:33 AM
Angie Ledbetter said…
Thank you for the PSA, kind lady friend!

I've been AWOL a lot lately too...mostly getting stuff ready for the "open house." :D
October 14, 2009 at 7:22 AM
Linda Kage said…
Yum. Appetizers DO sound good. Of course, any food sounds good right now!! Thanks for the invite.

And you're too sweet. You don't have to apologize or explain if you need to be somewhere else.
October 14, 2009 at 9:12 AM
Wendy Paine Miller said…
Cool. I like Angie's Gumbo Writer blog. I'll have to check out the other.
~ Wendy
October 14, 2009 at 12:25 PM
Tana said…
I'll check out their blog. You're so sweet Jessica, enjoy your day!
October 14, 2009 at 12:36 PM
Tamika: said…
We'll be missing you! See you Friday.

Happy writing...
October 14, 2009 at 1:17 PM
Elana Johnson said…
Kewl! Thanks for the links!
October 14, 2009 at 1:52 PM
Unknown said…
Hey Jessica - glad to hear I'm not the only one who occasionally gets behind on responding to comments and just being a good 'blog-buddy' in general! Have a fantastic day away from the computer! :)
October 14, 2009 at 2:13 PM
Stephanie Faris said…
I'm way behind on everything this week. Writing, reading blogs, etc. Sometimes life just gets in the way!
October 14, 2009 at 2:48 PM
Jennifer Shirk said…
Get some stuff done for both of us! :)
October 14, 2009 at 2:52 PM
Kathy said…
It's so hard to do it all. I try to juggle writing, blogging, reading blogs, housework, kids, husband, errands and all the little emergencies that come up.

Good luck on whatever you're working on!
October 14, 2009 at 3:40 PM
Katie Ganshert said…
Thanks for the invite. Hope your busy day went well!
October 14, 2009 at 7:24 PM
kah said…
No apologies necessary. Great links! Thanks :)
October 14, 2009 at 8:33 PM
Pen Pen said…
Their journal looks fabulous! R u submitting any shorts to them?! I wish I could go to the open house! I only know one other writer in Houston! :(

And- BE SURE you enter the cookie giveaway post I have up! I'm gonna keep linking to it on my new posts so everybody has a chance to win the cupcake cookies! :)
Have a great time!!!!!!!
October 14, 2009 at 9:46 PM
Janna Leadbetter said…
Hope you have a great week, Jessica!
October 15, 2009 at 9:51 AM
Julie Dao said…
Thanks for the link Jessica! I checked it out and read a couple of the stories and they were great. Hope your week is going well!
October 15, 2009 at 3:29 PM
Angie Muresan said…
We forgive you Jessica. No need to apologize.
October 15, 2009 at 4:39 PM
Jessica Nelson said…
You guys are all sweet and I'm catching up now, thank goodness.
:-)

Hope you all checked out that journal!
October 19, 2009 at 12:07 PM
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