catherineldf | New essay, new hijinks and more (Reply)

Well, this month is proving to be the proverbial mixed bag. So far:

I fell in the basement last weekend (tripped over the steps into the crawlspace) and got very banged up. Nothing broken, but lots of big, swollen bruises that really slowed me down for a few days.
J had a mysterious bout of projectile vomiting and I discovered a. the closest urgent care clinic to us had closed and b. If you put a quilt and multiple pairs of jeans in our washing machine, it creates much unpleasantness. Short version: by the time I got everything cleaned up and the washing machine bailed out, she decided she felt better, so I got to work late to make up time.
My car's tire pressure light went on, which shouldn't be that big of a deal, but it is a. difficult to find functioning air pumps around here (I will be buying one soon) and b. for whatever reason, I am startlingly inept with them, which is why filling the tires was something Jana used to do. Big shoutout to the nice young man with the neck and knuckle tattoos at the local garage, now under new ownership, who dealt with the problem before I could make it worse. I tipped him well for his help and everyone ended the day on a much happier note.
Other stuff happened, including my good glasses breaking in my hand when I put them, and it was a long, grueling week.

On the jollier side:

My essay, "Gothic Queer, Edward Gorey and Me" is out in Divergent Terror: At the Crossroads of Queerness and Horror edited by W. Dale Jordan (Off Limits Press) is out! This is my Edward Gorey made me a queer Goth biographical essay, for those wondering. :-)
I got a bunch of the release work for Wolfpack by Rem Wigmore (Queen of Swords Press's January title) underway and preorders up on the website.
I'm working on a new f/f pirate/spy story set in the seventeenth century Caribbean.
I submitted a proposal for an academic article on early queer speculative fiction writers.
Jennie Goloboy and I have been invited back to team teach another class at the Loft Literary Center in the spring.
I've been invited to give a talk at the library in Eau Clare, WI, in January, about which more coming soon.
The Sherlock Holmes exhibit at the MN History Center is pretty fun and I heartily recommend Slash/Back (group of 14 year old Inuit girls stop alien invasion, movie on Shudder and elsewhere).
And, on the bright side, despite a very grueling day, I managed to set up our table for the MN Women's Art Festival for tomorrow without injuring myself and had a decent dinner.

Now to rest up for what will hopefully be a good sales day tomorrow.