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Jul. 20th, 2010 02:57 pmI apologize to my friends and family who use this blog to make sure I'm still alive and breathing. I am. I've just been, you know, busy.
Yesterday, I had to scurry home to wait by the phone like a love-lorn teen, waiting for Mary Ann Grossman from the Pioneer Press to call. The Pioneer Press still employs actual reporters who, like, do research and stuff. I've been interviewed by Mary Ann before, but she never fails to impress me (though I think I managed to insult her twice. Once, by trying to bring up events that involved her direct competator _and_, at another point, completely confusing staff of the Press for those over at the Star Tribune.) But, unlike me, she was both prepared and charming. It was clear she'd read BOTH Honeymoon and Almost, and, you might thing that would be required for someone doing an interview, I can tell you for a fact it is NOT. Anyway, despite my couple of gaffs, we had a lovely half hour conversation about St. Paul, vampires, and the writer's life. All the while I could tell she had her phone on speaker, because I could hear her fingers clacking on her keyboard. The sound of which sort of freaked me out. It was like being able to HEAR someone taking notes. Anyway, if all goes according to plan, you should look for the interview in the Press on Sunday, August 1.
Then I took off for Uncles to meet up with my potter friend Frank Gosar and his wife Denise. They were in town visiting relatives over the weekend, and I happened to get their email in enough time to meet up for bookshopping and lunch. Both of which are marvelous. Frank was the first bit of fandom I ever experienced, because he ran a science fiction book club I attended in LaCrosse. Now he's a professional potter and a volunteer radio show host. I've actually mentioned Frank by name in one of my novels. It's in one of the first Garnet books (maybe even _Tall, Dark & Dead_, though I may be mistaken.) Garnet laments having lost a hand thrown goblet made by her friend Frank in Oregon.
That chewed up most of my day, though one of the things I bought at Uncles was "Dr. Horrible's Sing-a-long Blog," which I watched last night for the first time. Now I really want to get into the Evil League of Evil. I have to say that one of the things I'm re-appreciating about Joss Whedon, having finally seen this, is how much he trusts me as a viewer. In this case, he probably didn't care if a massively popluar audience got how funny-yet-accurate the Evil League of Evil sounds to a long-time comic book reader. I mean, I grew up thinking nothing of the fact that Magneto must have said to himself, "I know, I think I'll call my organization, The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants."
Today, I've been getting ready for my radio show tonight. Don't forget! If you happen to be near a computer at 7:00 PM tonight (or are local and can get in either 90.3 FM in Minneapolis or 106.7 FM in St. Paul), tune in to KFAI's "Write On! Radio" show (the live streaming button is on the sidebar at www.kfai.org/writeonradio. I heard from my host, who informed me that I will be on in the second half hour. So, if you can't be there exactly at 7:00, you haven't missed me!
I'm going to be reading from both ALMOST and HONEYMOON and hopefully be my usual bubbly, goofy personality.
Anyway, I have much more to tell you all, but it's going to have to wait. I have to go pick up Mason from school.
Yesterday, I had to scurry home to wait by the phone like a love-lorn teen, waiting for Mary Ann Grossman from the Pioneer Press to call. The Pioneer Press still employs actual reporters who, like, do research and stuff. I've been interviewed by Mary Ann before, but she never fails to impress me (though I think I managed to insult her twice. Once, by trying to bring up events that involved her direct competator _and_, at another point, completely confusing staff of the Press for those over at the Star Tribune.) But, unlike me, she was both prepared and charming. It was clear she'd read BOTH Honeymoon and Almost, and, you might thing that would be required for someone doing an interview, I can tell you for a fact it is NOT. Anyway, despite my couple of gaffs, we had a lovely half hour conversation about St. Paul, vampires, and the writer's life. All the while I could tell she had her phone on speaker, because I could hear her fingers clacking on her keyboard. The sound of which sort of freaked me out. It was like being able to HEAR someone taking notes. Anyway, if all goes according to plan, you should look for the interview in the Press on Sunday, August 1.
Then I took off for Uncles to meet up with my potter friend Frank Gosar and his wife Denise. They were in town visiting relatives over the weekend, and I happened to get their email in enough time to meet up for bookshopping and lunch. Both of which are marvelous. Frank was the first bit of fandom I ever experienced, because he ran a science fiction book club I attended in LaCrosse. Now he's a professional potter and a volunteer radio show host. I've actually mentioned Frank by name in one of my novels. It's in one of the first Garnet books (maybe even _Tall, Dark & Dead_, though I may be mistaken.) Garnet laments having lost a hand thrown goblet made by her friend Frank in Oregon.
That chewed up most of my day, though one of the things I bought at Uncles was "Dr. Horrible's Sing-a-long Blog," which I watched last night for the first time. Now I really want to get into the Evil League of Evil. I have to say that one of the things I'm re-appreciating about Joss Whedon, having finally seen this, is how much he trusts me as a viewer. In this case, he probably didn't care if a massively popluar audience got how funny-yet-accurate the Evil League of Evil sounds to a long-time comic book reader. I mean, I grew up thinking nothing of the fact that Magneto must have said to himself, "I know, I think I'll call my organization, The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants."
Today, I've been getting ready for my radio show tonight. Don't forget! If you happen to be near a computer at 7:00 PM tonight (or are local and can get in either 90.3 FM in Minneapolis or 106.7 FM in St. Paul), tune in to KFAI's "Write On! Radio" show (the live streaming button is on the sidebar at www.kfai.org/writeonradio. I heard from my host, who informed me that I will be on in the second half hour. So, if you can't be there exactly at 7:00, you haven't missed me!
I'm going to be reading from both ALMOST and HONEYMOON and hopefully be my usual bubbly, goofy personality.
Anyway, I have much more to tell you all, but it's going to have to wait. I have to go pick up Mason from school.
