Having postnasal drip and a sore throat were not in my plans for today. Neither was being awake at 1:30 am and trying to explain to an 11 year old that “I’m afraid of the dark” is no longer an acceptable answer. At age 11 she is old enough to recognize fear of the dark as an indicator of some unresolved issue lurking in her brain. She is old enough to see the indicator and go hunting for causes rather than sitting in the dark afraid. It was a good conversation to have, I like her being able to seek out and destroy her own monsters, but I wish it could have taken place at an earlier hour.
The pace toward the Schlock book mailing days continues to increase. Today I have to stamp return addresses on many many mailers. I also have to fill out many customs forms. I have to print postage. I have to print labels. And through it all I have to pay enough attention to the kids that they don’t melt into puddles of neglect. All of this with a head cold and too little sleep. Whee.
If anyone I’ve met can pull that off, it’s you…
I’m sorry I can’t make the party this time… I’ll have to fight to see about Book 3 (or maybe book 4, if it’s in the summer?)…
Darn college classes…
If anyone I’ve met can pull that off, it’s you…
I’m sorry I can’t make the party this time… I’ll have to fight to see about Book 3 (or maybe book 4, if it’s in the summer?)…
Darn college classes…
It would be fun if you could come, but school is more important. Book 3 is anticipated in the spring and book 4 in either late summer or early fall.
It would be fun if you could come, but school is more important. Book 3 is anticipated in the spring and book 4 in either late summer or early fall.
I am still utterly amused that Laurell K Hamilton of Merry Gentry and Anita Blake fame is writing the foreword.
I am still utterly amused that Laurell K Hamilton of Merry Gentry and Anita Blake fame is writing the foreword.
You know, reading your LJ makes me wonder what my mom’s LiveJournal would have looked like, if she had kept one while I was growing up. Would I be surprised by the amount of thought she put into raising me and my brother? Or how in tune she was to our moods?
It’s always a pleasure . . . and as a young woman in college who hopes to have a family some day, I have to say that you’re an inspiration to me.
You know, reading your LJ makes me wonder what my mom’s LiveJournal would have looked like, if she had kept one while I was growing up. Would I be surprised by the amount of thought she put into raising me and my brother? Or how in tune she was to our moods?
It’s always a pleasure . . . and as a young woman in college who hopes to have a family some day, I have to say that you’re an inspiration to me.
Book 4, I’m so there… Summer work will put cash in my pockets, and mean I’m able to show up for the work days…
Heck, might even be driving then…
Book 4, I’m so there… Summer work will put cash in my pockets, and mean I’m able to show up for the work days…
Heck, might even be driving then…
My mom’s would have turned into insane ramblings about the time I turned 10…
ADD, PLUS authority issues… Too smart, and too smartMOUTHED…
I broke mom DECADES ago…
My mom’s would have turned into insane ramblings about the time I turned 10…
ADD, PLUS authority issues… Too smart, and too smartMOUTHED…
I broke mom DECADES ago…
She’s got an Anita Blake comic-book series out now. She has fingers in multiple pies, and this was a close fit.
–Howard
She’s got an Anita Blake comic-book series out now. She has fingers in multiple pies, and this was a close fit.
–Howard
I agree with you about the older Anita Blake stuff but the new stuff and Merry Gentry books just seems rather too outre for Schlock.
I agree with you about the older Anita Blake stuff but the new stuff and Merry Gentry books just seems rather too outre for Schlock.