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Just FYI, I've started a blog under the pen name I'll be using as I move towards publishing more adult works than The Line series: http://annbenjamin.wordpress.com/ Or my facebook group for my nom de plume, Ann Benjamin: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ann-Benjamin-Author/341252325902871 However, if you need some marching stuff, there's always the Tumblr I run dedicated to the marching arts: http://marchingartsphotos.tumblr.com/ Hope all is well!

As it's been close to a year, it felt time to update the ol' DA journal. Major news: 1.  New book published, Confessions of a Teenage Band Geek (yay first person!).  Find it in a lot of places, but always good to start on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Courtney-Brandt/e/B002BLOXRM/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_2?qid=1320480177&sr=8-2 2.  Moved to Qatar (only 'Q' country in the world!) 3.  Started a Tumblr account and am closing in on 1500 followers.  It's an addiction!  Find me here: http://marchingartsphotos.tumblr.com/ 4.  Finished a second draft (finally!!) of a big project. 5.  Am currently 56K into a NaNo attempt...hope to finish an rough dra

So, here it is: the end of an era.  The Line series is complete and published. I'm not sure where or how I thought things were going to go, but the journey has been a pretty spectacular one. For a self taught, self-published author, I can't say there are many changes I would make in the process. While I could've waited and maybe ended up going the traditional publishing route, I'm glad I didn't.  I've met amazing people (in person or virtually) in the past four years and this series has given me a specific goal to work towards. With a few last things to do (mostly, get all the books available on Nook and iPad), it will be bittersweet to fin