Things I'm grateful for today:

1) Having great friends, so many of whom went out of their way yesterday to tell me my Twitter account had been hacked. Ugh. Hackers irritate me no end; it's such an inconvenience (took me almost TWO HOURS to sort out the mess, let people know the Direct Messages with dodgy links were not from me, change all passwords, etc.), but apart from that I just wonder what these people are really trying to achieve with this crap. As I said: ugh. But yes, I am thankful that people like stacia_kane and many others were quick to give me a heads up and sent me links to Twitter's advice page on what to do if your account has been hacked.

2) Talking of friends, I just want to say how grateful I am to them for all their love and support in my life. Right now I'm thankful to many of you so I won't namecheck anyone, but you know who you are. ♥

3) My editor at Flux, Brian Farrey. I had such a great conversation with him last night re. my editorial letter (coming next week!) for THE IRON WITCH. He had some seriously brilliant insights into how we can make the book stronger and, even though there is a lot of work involved, I am onboard with the changes and excited to start working on them. I know that writers often say this, and maybe deep down inside are thinking: Oh noes! I don't really want to change anything about my precious book! But honestly, I am open to any ideas that are going to transform this from a 'good' book into a GREAT book.

4) I'm grateful that when I went for lunch with lilifae on Tuesday and her wallet was stolen from right out of her bag while we were talking, that nothing worse happened. I'm thankful that it was a 'silent' crime where nobody was hurt, even though it was horribly inconvenient for Liz... Even though it now makes her feel jumpy and suspicious of her local Starbucks where she's always felt safe. *hugs Liz* If you want to know more about what happened, you can read about it on her blog.

5) Last, but by no means least, the fabulous Adele from Persnickety Snark forced invited me to post a guest blog about how she converted me to the joys of Friday Night Lights. My post about my feelings after watching the pilot, With a Little Help from My Friends, was great fun to write and I'm looking forward to much more FNL viewing in the future. Thanks, Adele! :)