I’m going to do my New Year’s Day book tally a little differently this year. Last year, I read 110 books total; this year it came to 98. It’s my first year since I’ve been keeping track that the number went down. I’m not surprised; in fact, I was surprised it hadn’t come down further. […]
So many days since I last blogged! It’s no longer a daily habit with me, though I do come to LJ every day and read my friends list. More than once a day. I’ve kind of given up on the Twitters again too. It’s just…not my natural form, short-and-witty. It’s impossible to keep up with,
Tomorrow the Mom and the Stepdad arrive. They’ve already texted from Grants Pass, more than halfway (and stopping for the night). The house is not entirely clean yet, but it’s getting there. The yard is being worked on too, which in December consists of cutting down and digging up dead things and putting them in
So. (How many of my entries start with “So”?) We have had long-scheduled a gathering at our house today, with some dear relatives of Mark’s, who live hereabouts. An assortment of them, from here and there more-or-less locally. So this morning dawned, well, rainy. Quite rainy. It’s Oregon! What’s a little rain? “It’s awfully rainy,”
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So we dashed up to Seattle and back, and had a lovely reading at the University Book Store. A very friendly crowd, and wine afterwards, so what’s not to like? Okay, wine beforehand too. Did you think I wouldn’t? Scarlettina graciously hosted us; it was so very nice to see her, and to spend some
So…Our Lady of the Islands has received a second starred review! This one from Library Journal. Behold! ★ 12/01/2014 An unexpected gift from a god throws businesswoman Sian Kattë’s world into chaos. Her life had settled into a comfortable if unexciting routine: maintaining her loveless marriage to Arouf, directing the public-facing areas of their cloth
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Yes, indeed, there WAS weather on Thursday. My reading at Powell’s was well-attended anyway–though I know of at least half a dozen people who stayed home because of the weather. But it was a good crowd, and the drinks afterwards were even better. 🙂 After the reading, I checked my phone and found a message
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Thing the first: Our Lady of the Islands is featured on John Scalzi’s The Big Idea today! Some very nice comments there, too. Thing the second: My first reading from Our Lady is TONIGHT, at Powell’s bookstore in Beaverton, 7:00 p.m. I hope you can come see me! Unless, of course…the weather. We’ve been watching
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Our Lady of the Islands is officially out today! You can buy it in a variety of your favorite formats, and you should even be able to find it in bookstores. If they don’t have it, ask them to order it! The best present you can give an author is to buy her books. 🙂
We were actually in California a little longer than I let on, but I couldn’t be public about it, because it was for a Secret Surprise. My dad turns 70 later in December, but he’s going to be in Hawaii (lucky dog) and we won’t. But his work planned a surprise birthday party for him