Congratulations to Toni McGee Causey on the publication of her first novel, Bobbie Faye's Very (very, very, very) Bad Day from St. Martin's Press. From the looks of the videos promoting the book on Toni's site, this novel will be a hoot. (And this is yet another example of publishers and writers turning to video to promote their books.)

Toni was instrumental in helping us put together Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans last year. Blogger supreme Colleen Mondor introduced me to her, and I spent the first few days after the levee broke riveted to her blog as she wrote heart-wrenching accounts of happenings at the LSU triage center. Those writings ended up as "Where Grace Lives" in Do You Know. Toni also introduced me to fellow bloggers Ray Shea and Juliette Kernion. Plus she helped us promote the book in her hometown of Baton Rouge.

We at Chin Music wish Toni and Bobbie a lot of luck. Can't wait to read about this "bat shit crazy" heroine from Baton Rouge.