Hey everyone!
So, I didn’t technically do anything to ring in 2012. No crazy parties. No funny hats. Heck, I didn’t even stay up until midnight. I crashed at 5pm because my jetlag coming back from Africa absolutely flattened me.
But 2012 may very well go down as the best year in Marni History.
For a few reasons, actually. 2012 is the year I will graduate from college. It’s the year that I will make all sorts of big exciting decisions (like where I want to live and what I want to do professionally). It’s also going to be the year I finally learn how to drive!
Unless I can convince someone to drive me around in one of these, of course!
But I’m sure when I look back at 2012, the first thing to come to mind will always be that on January 1st, my debut YA novel AWKWARD was released!!!!
HOORAY!!!!!
See, that’s the best way to kick off a year.
It doesn’t feel real. I know that my book is in stores…sitting on shelves in Barnes & Noble just waiting to be purchased…and yet, every time I read a review it comes as a shock that someone else has read it. That Mackenzie, Logan, Jane, Corey, Chelsea and the rest of the gang no longer belong exclusively to me. And I’m thrilled because I’ve wanted to share them for quite awhile now.
So to celebrate the release of Awkward, I created a book trailer!
Feel free to comment and share it with others! The more the merrier!
Creating this video was one of my 2012 resolutions and I’m incredibly pleased that I can cross one thing off the list. Here’s the rest of my goals:
Resolution 1: Get on the Ellen DeGeneres show.
Resolution 6: Be happy.
I feel quite confident that this resolution isn’t going to be hard for me to maintain. Even without the release of Awkward, I’d be happy because my life includes so many wonderful people who inspire me every single day.
So I wish you all a very happy 2012!
Love,
Marni
Marni Bates 
I finally got my drivers license over Thanksgiving! If I can do it, so can you!
Or alternately, provide me with a car and a paycheck and I’ll be your chauffeur. That works too.
Brilliant idea! Why didn’t I think of it earlier? That would solve everything!
I didn’t get my license till a couple years after college, so you’re ahead of me. =) And I was just wondering what the status on your Ellen campaign was, so good timing on that update.
I’m going to try to learn within the next few months. If I move to LA then it’s essential (sadly) and I’ll be unable to procrastinate on it any longer. Although riding the buses in LA is an adventure. A homeless man called me a robot on the way back from Burbank. He also said he was sick of the USA so he was flying to Vegas. So . . . you don’t get that in a car 🙂
I loved awkward, I got it on Tuesday so I’d have something to read after I finished my exams the next day, but I couldn’t put it down that day. I finished it at like 5 yesterday after I got home from school. You’re an amazing writer and I can’t wait to read others books from you.
Thank you so much! I’m thrilled that you enjoyed reading Awkward! My next novel is called “Decked with Holly” and it comes out in December. I can’t wait to hear what you think of that one!