Life and so much of it!

Last week was chock full of excitement, mostly good.

• My interview on the Skiffy and Fanty Podcast went live.
• My first Emily Byrne collection, Knife's Edge, is almost done. I should be announcing ARCS within the next couple of days.
• I've had a request for a new Silver Moon edition, a reminder of some specific things to fix and a deadline imposed upon me so that's next.
• Last week was my birthday, which entailed breakfast at the Seward Cafe, a trip to Stillwater, MN to bid our adieus to St. Croix Antiquarian Booksellers (owner decided to retire and got a splendid offer for the building, but Stllwater is now down to 2 used bookstores and 1 new one, which is less than great news. Sigh.) But we picked up some fun books and stopped by Black Letter Antiquarian for some more shopping. Then ate a good lunch and I picked up some new work clothes before we came back home and met friends for dinner. Good time all around!
• Friday...sucked. Weird health stuff, multiple rejections, life.
• Saturday was awesome. I kicked off brunch with a bunch of friends at Abi's Cafe, a terrific woman-owned Salvadoran restaurant on Lake Street in Minneapolis. Great food, really pleasant folks - Cesia Abigail, the owner, even made me a small birthday cake as a surprise. After that, we were off to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts to see At Home With Monsters, the Guillermo del Toro show. OMG, this show is amazing! If you're a fan of any of del Toro's work or horror in general, this is a must see. We're going back to see it again soon! We followed that up with a trip to Uncle Hugo's and Uncle Edgar's Bookstore, where I acquired sundry titles including Alex Well's Hunger Makes the Wolf and Children's Fantasy Literature by Michael Levy and Farah Mendlesohn. From there, we met up more folks at the Midtown Global Market for dinner, then went on to DreamHaven Books to help celebrate their 40th anniversary. It was a splendid day all around.
• I've also signed up for an interesting new event, assuming my sales id turns up in time. I'll be selling some books at the Books and Beer Pop-up Bookstore at Lake Monster Brewing in St. Paul on May 11. More updates as soon as I have them.

Otherwise all is a whirlwind of Press and books and day job and volunteering and such. More news soon.