Me: Can I beguile you with some cake?

Visiting friend: Oh, no thank you, I’m more a brownies kind of pers-is that German chocolate cake? LET ME RECONSIDER MY HASTY DECISION

Friend, later: As is always the case with everything that Catie bakes, IT WAS THE BEST GERMAN CHOCOLATE CAKE I HAVE EVER HAD.

Me: I’d say you flatter me, but it’s probably also ( Read more... )

My phone was just stolen. And it turns out that although I had it insured, I did not, apparently, have it insured against theft or loss. I could have sworn I did, but it’s not in the policy I’ve got, so…fuck.

So, guys! Support my crowdfund! You get fudge and I get a new phone… :}

It had been such a nice day up until then, too. The worst part is I ( Read more... )

I was downtown this afternoon waiting for the bus, and I saw one of the women who works at the cafe I usually get a hot chocolate ate. She said to me, “You were at the Bon Jovi concert! I saw you on the big screens and I thought, OMG, it’s Mint Hot Chocolate!” *laughs and laughs*

Mom and I went to Ikea before that and spent about 300 hours there in ( Read more... )

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Last night Maura McHugh and Lynda Rucker launched the inaugural Laydeez Do* Comics event in Dublin. It was an enormously successful launch, with 3 excellent speakers (Sarah McIntyre, Alan Nolan and Maeve Clancy) and around 15-20 attendees. I saw people I knew, met new people, and met some people who knew me. :)

As always, going and talking to ( Read more... )

Yesterday morning as I was working in Starbucks, I noticed a woman introducing herself to a man who’d just arrived, primarily because she used the immortal and ear-catching words, “I’m the writer.” I spent the next hour or so alternating between writing and evesdropping as three more men showed up and were introduced.

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The weekend was spent at Octocon, which went very, very well, I thought. I finally got to meet Liz Williams, of whom I’ve been a fan for years and an LJ-correspondent for-well, fewer years. :) She’s a lovely woman, and it was absolutely fantastic to get to hang out with her a bit. I shanghaied her on to at least one, possibly two, panels, and I ( Read more... )

People are buying "Easy Pickings!" I realize that's kind of the whole idea, but having previously only sold internet stuff long before I wrote it, this is very exciting! I've earned out my half of the cover art costs, which is...well, I mean, really, other than time, that's our only cost. So I'm into the profit zone now. It's not huge amounts of ( Read more... )