It's been a week of many parts.
Frothing and bubbling excitement
The release of The Lady's Secret grows ever nearer! Look it's up on the Carina Press website! And on Amazon (US and UK)! And on Netgalley! It is REAL!
Moments of weird and temporary sadness
Yesterday I finished up at the job I've been doing for 16 years. I start my new job next week and am very excited about it but still - it was kinda sad. I had a little mope last night.
Snarling, rage-filled frustration
I have various things I've had to do that are bewilderingly time-consuming to a relative Luddite like me. Last night I was trying to work out how to embed a widget onto my author website. After ranting for about an hour in front of the laptop (using language familiar to a particularly foul-mouthed sailor) my husband eventually begged me to stop with the promise he will fix it for me.
I luff him.
Making good things happen sometimes means a bit of egg-cracking: leaving something behind, losing whole evenings of your life to social media.
Stuff like that.
John Grant has been seeing me through this week with his particularly lovely brand of lush romanticism tempered with straight-faced whimsy. Oh, John! This song is like a perfect statue. It must always have existed inside the marble. He merely discovered it when he wrote the music and words on paper.
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If widgets were like Gromit, you could offer them a nice piece of Wensleydale and they'd sort themselves. It sounds, though, as if they're more like children, and so make repeated (and often highly successful) efforts to avoid being embedded, even when it's well past their bedtime.
I got a copy of TLS from Netgalley and I can hardly wait to read it! I'm so very excited for you - congratulations on your impending release!
I just loved TLS. Can't wait to be able to discuss it with everyone.
Your book sounds wonderful and I'm really looking forward to reading it. Hope you enjoy the new job!
SO excited for TLS! Love that book!!
I love the metaphor for breaking eggs, too. Oh, website stuff can be so hard. As can leaving old jobs.
Laura - I make a point of not swearing at children or dogs...
Tracy - yay yay yay!!
RRRJ - you are too kind. No, really you mustn't ... oh, all right then.
Phyl - aw, thanks!
CJ - you are ever sympathetic. And thank you for the gratuitous 5 stars on goodreads, lol! I got a good review on there though! I am chuffed!
Ooo, thanks for the reminder. That book had sounded interesting, but I hadn't realized it was you. Am trying not to take on too many review commitments right now, but of course I had to request it. -- willaful
Thanks Willaful! I will wait with interest (and trepidation!) to hear what you think...
Oh that's too funny... like willaful, I saw the book at Amazon and thought it looked really interesting (it was with my recommendations), but didn't put it together with you! (I'm still getting used to your name). It must be so exciting, congratulations! I look forward to reading it. :D
Good luck with your new job!
Just finished -- congratulations on a lovely debut! It managed to be original while also being exactly the kind of book I love. ;-) Nathan is... exquisite. So fully realized. -- willaful
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