Tablets. Opinions. Hit me ( Read more... )

That's what we all decided, right?

1. Work. Have been working super-long six-day weeks for... um... weeks. I guess. I've lost track. Even my co-irkers commented on how it was no longer rare to see me working a Sunday or a Monday these days. And when I say "working" keep in mind that I mean I am on my feet, interacting with customers (which is ( Read more... )

What a week, and then a week, and then yet another week... followed quickly on its heels by yet another weerk.

So the super seekrit project very quiety launched its first thing. And now we have at thing, a thing that exists in the world ( Read more... )

I've posted recently about my friends from the Book Cellar who lost, well, we're not sure how much at this point, in an apartment fire last week.

Dudes, Neil Gaiman is even getting in on the action.

You can find more details here and a specific things they might need. I did mention that Amelia is pregnant with their Wee Small Person who is due at ( Read more... )

Hey! You like books don't you? Of course you do, you're friends of mine. So it stands to reason that you also like bookshops, right? And if you like bookshops, you're usually quite fond of the people who work in them, especially if they're working at a locally-owned independent bookshop, even more so if it sells wine too ( Read more... )

So there's this thing I've been working on with cynstress, majea, and the lovely pescana. Two of them have already spilled the beans, but here it is:

Red Queen PressWe've formed a publishing company. It's a small press are we're taking baby steps, rolling out the books we've got going one at a time ( Read more... )

I wrote a book.

It's in the talented hands of my editor right now, being shoved and pushed and dragged into a readable structure against its more nefarious and base desires and egregious comma splices.

But I wrote a book. I wrote a book.Welcome back to the world, I have conquered my writer's block (with a ridiculous amount of support and hand ( Read more... )

Last night, La Cyn and I had Discussions about Ideas regarding the Secret Project of World Domination. Which led to more exciting ideas and inspiration. I really love that I live with people who inspire me daily.

I've been suffering with a head cold that seems to require All the Snot in the World. Enough so that this was my morning:
I was so out ( Read more... )

... pation

My friend at the bookshop special ordered All Clear for me the other day, and it arrived yesterday. I stopped in and picked it up after work today, had a nice chat with my friend about the difference between people who love books in a courtly manner, and people who love books carnally. I go back and forth, it really depends on the book ( Read more... )

One of the very first customers to make friends with me at work when I began last year was Lee. In his time as a writer and raconteur, he'd worked his fair share of retail jobs and could tell at a glance when I was having a trying day.

It wasn't long into our acquaintance that Lee mentioned he'd be having a book published soon. Turns out, it's a ( Read more... )