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catherineldf) wrote2022-03-02 09:15 pm
catherineldf) wrote2022-03-02 09:15 pm
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So I see that the whole...
posting a couple of times a month thing is going well. Sigh. Like everyone else, I've been watching events elsewhere and like most people not collecting a side gig paid in rubles, I'm rooting for Ukraine and the Ukrainians. In case that needed saying.
What else has been going on? It's been very lively. I sold our second car, my solid, sturdy Corolla which we've been driving around since 2005 because we are down to one driver in the house. it is off to go live with the college-age daughter of friends of friends and I think it will serve her well. I've started some attempts to deal with some the various issues that have come up around me being the only driver in the house.
I wrote and submitted a new Weird West story on Monday. This is significant because I haven't sat down and blitzed through 600 words of new fiction in a week in far too long. Is it any good? Well, I like it, so there's that. I got to go to the "Supernatural" show at the Minneapolis Institute of Art with a friend and really enjoyed it. I introduced another friend to "Black Sails," so that's all good. Apart from getting sick yesterday, we've been relatively healthy. I'm making keffir in the yogurt-maker I got for Xmas and dehydrating herbs and fruit in the dehydrator. Taxes are in progress to go to the account. We have enough to eat and people who care about us and no one is doing anything really terrible in our vicinity, so that's all good.
Other things:
What else has been going on? It's been very lively. I sold our second car, my solid, sturdy Corolla which we've been driving around since 2005 because we are down to one driver in the house. it is off to go live with the college-age daughter of friends of friends and I think it will serve her well. I've started some attempts to deal with some the various issues that have come up around me being the only driver in the house.
I wrote and submitted a new Weird West story on Monday. This is significant because I haven't sat down and blitzed through 600 words of new fiction in a week in far too long. Is it any good? Well, I like it, so there's that. I got to go to the "Supernatural" show at the Minneapolis Institute of Art with a friend and really enjoyed it. I introduced another friend to "Black Sails," so that's all good. Apart from getting sick yesterday, we've been relatively healthy. I'm making keffir in the yogurt-maker I got for Xmas and dehydrating herbs and fruit in the dehydrator. Taxes are in progress to go to the account. We have enough to eat and people who care about us and no one is doing anything really terrible in our vicinity, so that's all good.
Other things:
- I have a story in Vol. 4 of Sherlock Holmes and the Occult Detectives edited by John Linwood Grant and the Kickstarter is doing pretty well. 20 days left to get your mitts on some fine Sherlockiana and bonus Carnacki stories.
- I'm looking forward to 13 Gears Steampunk this weekend. First in person event of the year! I'll be tabling with Michael Merriam and Patrick Marsh and there'll be deals on Alex Acks's steampunk books and our tea! Also, crafts, music, tea dueling and other fun.
- Next Wednesday (the 9th), I'll be on Querying Tips, a Q&A hosted by Dot & Dash with author Jenna Miller, literary agent (and Queen of Swords Press author!) Jennie Goloboy and a publisher (me). Register if you want to join us.
- After that, I'm Author GOH at Marscon here in Minneapolis. It is in person and promises to be fun! Come join us if you can!
- Then, on the 15th, Jennie Goloboy, Michael Merriam and I will be guests on Write On! Radio on KFAI Radio talking about ta-da, Queen of Swords Press, and our work as authors. It will be streamed on the web too!
- Then, we wrap the month with SMOLFair, an online small press book and zine fair. We'll have an FB Live event and do a book giveaway and a virtual table and all that other fun stuff.
- Finally, Queen of Swords Press author, Rem Wigmore, has had a couple of stellar interviews this week. Here they are on Hannah's Bookshelf on North Manchester 1066 FM (U.K.) - streaming link is at the bottom of the page. And on the Queer Words Podcast, also out this week. Listening to people excited about writing and books and their work is a balm.