Series and Readings and Such
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lydamorehouseFor those of you interested in my writing bits, as it were, you can head on over to SF Novelists today to read my take on "Committing Series."
I had a great reading/signing at Dreamhaven Books & Comics last night. On a whim, I decided to bring along my laptop and I read the first chapter of Tate's current novel DEAD IF I DO. It was received very well -- in fact, it proved a tough act to follow. (It's actually a scene I'm very proud of -- Garnet introduces Sebastian to her parents and manages to blurt out that he's a vampire). I ended up also reading a huge portion of "Fire and Ice and Linguine for Two" from the MANY BLOODY RETURNS anthology, as well as little bits of the book for sale ROMANCING THE DEAD and Lyda's work in progress RESURRECTION CODE. Normally, I don't like to fill the whole hour with the droning sound of my own voice, but I tried to stop reading "Fire and Ice..." several times, but the audience egged me on.
So it's their fault.
I dressed up for the gig, but it was too damn cold to try to squeeze my a$$ into a miniskirt, so I ended up with tuxedo tails, vest and tie. Personally, I thought I looked absoultely fabulous, but my partner described my get up as "incorrigably silly."
The reading was moderately well attended (probably a dozen or more people not related to me by blood), given that it was at an awkward date and time: Monday night at 6:30 pm. But I left "late with increased energy" so I'd call it a win. If you're local and you still want to catch me live, there's a signing scheduled at Uncle Hugo's for Saturday, May 10 at 1:00pm to which I cordially invite you to attend if you happen to be in Minneapolis.
In other news, one of our guppies died suddenly and unexpectedly. I'm beginning to think that the upstairs tank is actually an omen, because on the day the fish started acting funny we got a call. Turns out one of Shawn's relatives has a cancerous breast lump. Unf***ing believable.
Shawn left Mason and I to our own devices for four hours on Sunday, and we immediately ran out to Petsmart and bought a female guppie, who Mason named Sierra Leone (continuing the African nation theme). I also ended up changing their water several times in the last couple of days, because I suspect that a high salinity might have contibuted to the death of the guppy. I need to get a salt level guage, but in the meantime, since guppies can live in fresh water (though they prefer some salt), I've determined not to add any more salt.
Mason will be off school for the entire month of May, so my entries here may be somewhat spotty. Also, if you want a chance to win a signed, manuscript copy of the first chapter of the next Tate book (DEAD IF I DO, 2009) check out the contest running on Tate's blog on Friday, May 2.
I had a great reading/signing at Dreamhaven Books & Comics last night. On a whim, I decided to bring along my laptop and I read the first chapter of Tate's current novel DEAD IF I DO. It was received very well -- in fact, it proved a tough act to follow. (It's actually a scene I'm very proud of -- Garnet introduces Sebastian to her parents and manages to blurt out that he's a vampire). I ended up also reading a huge portion of "Fire and Ice and Linguine for Two" from the MANY BLOODY RETURNS anthology, as well as little bits of the book for sale ROMANCING THE DEAD and Lyda's work in progress RESURRECTION CODE. Normally, I don't like to fill the whole hour with the droning sound of my own voice, but I tried to stop reading "Fire and Ice..." several times, but the audience egged me on.
So it's their fault.
I dressed up for the gig, but it was too damn cold to try to squeeze my a$$ into a miniskirt, so I ended up with tuxedo tails, vest and tie. Personally, I thought I looked absoultely fabulous, but my partner described my get up as "incorrigably silly."
The reading was moderately well attended (probably a dozen or more people not related to me by blood), given that it was at an awkward date and time: Monday night at 6:30 pm. But I left "late with increased energy" so I'd call it a win. If you're local and you still want to catch me live, there's a signing scheduled at Uncle Hugo's for Saturday, May 10 at 1:00pm to which I cordially invite you to attend if you happen to be in Minneapolis.
In other news, one of our guppies died suddenly and unexpectedly. I'm beginning to think that the upstairs tank is actually an omen, because on the day the fish started acting funny we got a call. Turns out one of Shawn's relatives has a cancerous breast lump. Unf***ing believable.
Shawn left Mason and I to our own devices for four hours on Sunday, and we immediately ran out to Petsmart and bought a female guppie, who Mason named Sierra Leone (continuing the African nation theme). I also ended up changing their water several times in the last couple of days, because I suspect that a high salinity might have contibuted to the death of the guppy. I need to get a salt level guage, but in the meantime, since guppies can live in fresh water (though they prefer some salt), I've determined not to add any more salt.
Mason will be off school for the entire month of May, so my entries here may be somewhat spotty. Also, if you want a chance to win a signed, manuscript copy of the first chapter of the next Tate book (DEAD IF I DO, 2009) check out the contest running on Tate's blog on Friday, May 2.