So, like, I still have a cold, and it sucks. Friday night I was feeling better, and in fact
didn’t even succumb to the Nyquil-Drugged Sleep of the Damned. Normally the
first night I can go w/o Nyquil is a clear sign that I’m on the mend. Not this
time. I suppose I could’ve been gentler with myself at Darach Anniversary
(which was a lovely, if small, event—the day was beautiful and the friends
wonderful), but really, most of what I did was sit in pavilions and chat with
the above-mentioned wonderful friends. And eat. Whole wheat artisan bread from
Trader Joe’s, Dubliner and Red Dragon cheeses, apples, salami, and then
Mongolian BBQ for supper. Nom.
Whereupon Sunday involved
me largely lying around moaning, too limp and snozzly to even think very hard.
I did manage to do some ebook promo, but that was about it. Oh, and we had to
go to Home Depot. It was tiring.
I’ve been pretty draggy
today, too, and stressed about all the things that aren’t getting done while I
collapse under the weight of icky-sickyness. So, dammit, I’m going to list all
the good things that have
happened/are happening!
- A friend says she’s
snapping up each one of my stories as fast as I’m putting them up. That’s love!
I feel all warm and gooey inside. (No, not that way! Or that way, either!
Sheez.)
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch, a
writer I’m proud to call one of my mentors (and for whom I’ve been a fan-girl
reader for years), listed one
of my stories in her latest Recommended Reading column. I’m…gobsmacked.
- We got tickets to a taping
of Jimmy
Kimmel Live, with Nathan
Filion as one of the
guests! ::cue running around in
small circles, hands flapping excitedly::
- I’ve got not one but two
appearances this week! First, visit my booth at Mom’s Nite Out at the Ventura Harbor this Thursday from 4–7 pm. I’ll
be doing two readings/discussions at 4:15 pm and 6:30 pm. Focus is on romantic
and spicy. ;-) Second, I’ll be part of a panel discussion
and signing A Little Night Music at the Burbank Book Festival on Saturday at the Buena Vista Branch Library.
- OMG! As I was writing
this, I got an email about a story acceptance that made me so excited, I swear
to you I clapped both hands over my
mouth and made a noise I don’t think I’ve ever made before. “Lost Souls”
will appear in Steamlust: Steampunk Erotic Romance, edited by the inestimable Kristina Wright and coming from Cleis Press. Squee-effing-squee!* (Look at that steamy cover!)
- Even though the last 1/3
of it needs work (mostly to fit the world details), the editor really liked my
fantasy work-for-hire story, and I’m looking forward to not only redoing the
ending, but sending him more proposals for that world and another one he’s
editing for!
- Homemade Greek pizza
(pesto, mozzarella, feta, tomato, red onion, whole wheat crust) is in the oven,
salads are ready, and we’re having a date night. Bye, ya’ll!
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*(I’m not sure why I’m
especially excited about “Lost Souls,” although being in a steampunk antho is
pretty exciting on its own. I think I just didn’t have any sense of whether the
story hung together or not, so I had no sense of whether it would make the cut.
So, yay!)
