Example:  News that my book was featured on both Vogue Italia (as “Obsession of the Day” – I’ve linked to the English version) and Elle Italy‘s websites and that La biblioteca delle donne, the Italian translation of The Heroine’s Bookshelf, was released by Orme in Italy and timed to coincide with International Women’s Day!

It was the first news I’d had of the Italian edition since the rights sold and my first glimpse of the awesome cover (click to enlarge), so you can imagine my excitement.

Those who know me well know that I’ve had a long-term obsession with fashion magazines…for better or for worse.  Suffice it to say that I am gushing, swooning, dying of fabulousness.  Dying.

Speak Italian?  Ready to be tickled by phrases like “la Blakemore” and “Da Rossella O’Hara”?  Here ya go:

• Fascinating slideshow on Elle Italy’s site, which features other books about women.  Great cover art, if I do say so myself.
• La Goccia
• Donna Moderna
• The first pages of the book in Italian [pdf, per 10 Righe dai libri]
• Tutto Libri’s women’s edition (scroll to page 3):

Tuttolibri n. 1755 (05-03-2011)

Still, sometimes news arrives to sweeten the pot.  Yesterday I found out that Italian rights to The Heroine’s Bookshelf have been sold to Orme!

As I plot the Italian adventures of a book that used to be just me and a blinking cursor, I’ve been keeping (very) busy.  I guest blogged for Jesaka Long on roller derby and work/writing balance, and I even contributed a Little Women-themed page to GalleyCat’s World’s Longest Literary Remix.

What’s keeping your mind in the good life these days?