2009 off to an exciting start

[catherineldf]

So New Year's Day I twisted my right ankle horribly during an an activity that shouldn't have led to ankle swellage. Friday, I went to work, driving on the ankle, but elevating it and bracing it once I got there. Saturday, we went to the Walker to see the artist book show, which was okay. We hit the giftshop afterward, which was surprisingly good for a change, seeing as I haven't found anything I wanted there since the place turned into the Angry Robot (thank you, S.N. Arly).
Eventually we went home. Then we went back out. And I went dancing on said ankle! Why, you ask? Well, we were at a formal lesbian soiree, complete with adequate bar band, and it seemed like the thing to do.
Sunday, ankle was very unhappy. I missed my friend's cool annual tea party in the hinterlands of surburbia because I really couldn't drive and my beloved equates the words "tea party" with "eldritch horror." This is what happens when you marry a butch. But there it is.

I did, however, get some useful things done while becoming one with the Epsom Salts. First up, I'm going to be a guest on the the League of Amazing Paranormal Women blog radio show (http://www.blogtalkradio.com/League_of_Extraordinary_Paranormal_Women/2009/01/30/ParaWomenRadio) on Thursday, January 29th at 7:45 EST. I'll be blathering sharing about lesbian ghosts, Haunted Hearths and other paranormal things.

I also finalized a date for a local release party for Night's Kiss; that'll be at True Colors Bookstore (4755 Chicago) in Minneapolis, on Valentine's Day. Time will probably be 7ish, that's TBD. I did just hear from the talented and adorable Nell Stark (http://www.nellstark.com/). She's going to drive all the way in from Madison in dead of winter to join the fun. Nell is the author of several hot romance novels as well as a number of stories in various erotica/erotic romance anthos. There's a third mysterious guest as well; I'll post when she confirms. Yay! :-D

Oh yeah, and I got a good start on my Loft Career Initiative Grant proposal, due in a couple of weeks and on the story I have due this month. And now, back to work.

Comments

[lynnejamneck.livejournal.com]

Awesome - do send me a reminder about that talk, I'd like to give it a listen. Or will they upload it afterward?

[catherineldf.livejournal.com]

Will do - this one is actually live, but they will archive it on the site after the fact. I'm frantically cramming my head with classic women's paranormal lit. So far, Louisa May Alcott pre Little Women is a clear fav. :-)

[haddayr.livejournal.com]

yeowtch! I hope you feel better soon.

[catherineldf.livejournal.com]

Thank you. At least it was fun while it lasted. :-)

[freeimprov.livejournal.com]

Um, you mean 2009, not 2008, right?

[catherineldf.livejournal.com]

Actually, I meant 2007. :-)

[mallory-blog.livejournal.com]

time travelling is NOT YET ALLOWED on LJ

[gavinatlas.livejournal.com]

my beloved equates the words "tea party" with "eldritch horror."
BAH HAH HAH HAH HAH. I nearly fell out my chair. I don't consider myself butch, but anything with manners and etiquette would probably make me feel a bit awkward and unrefined. Setting a table correctly is almost beyond me, but that I think I can manage unless there's more than two forks.

[catherineldf.livejournal.com]

Well, I was going to say it wasn't a formal event but yeah, it sort is. I think it's the wild New Age femmeness that puts her over the top. :-)

[lee-martindale.livejournal.com]

Ouchouchouch. And you went DANCING on it? And I thought *I* was a tough broad.

[catherineldf.livejournal.com]

It's not so much tough as dumb. Next time we hang out, remind me to tell you about shredding the tendons in my knee taking a knife-fighting and self-defense class from the SWAT team instructor, then going back to Tae Kwan Do a week and half later. :-(

[lee-martindale.livejournal.com]

Oh...dear. I'll stand a round of beverage-of-choice to hear that tale.

[jean-roberta.livejournal.com]

Loft Career Initiative Grant? I'm trying to guess what kind of proposal would pry this out of which arts org or branch of government. Is this something funded by the National Endowment for the Arts? Sorry for my ignorance, but I would love an explanation.

[jean-roberta.livejournal.com]

Re women's paranormal lit, would you consider "The Yellow Wall-paper" to be a paranormal story? That's how it was read when it was first published (1890s, I believe), before it was reinterpreted by Second Wave feminism as a realistic tale of psychological breakdown.

[catherineldf.livejournal.com]

This grant is sponsored by the local literary center (and various arts funding institutions) and is only open to Minnesota writers with at least one book out already and a new one coming out in the current year. It has to be used for promotion. I'm applying for all the grants I know about right now because the IT job sitch is not so pretty. :-(
And I figure thanks to the fact that so many people with the big houses got their books bounced or delayed for '09, I might have a shot at this one this year. Not really holding my breath but it feels like progress to keep trying.