Comments | mary_j_59: My first official writerly event! (crossposted from my other blog)

mary_j_59

My first official writerly event! (crossposted from my other blog)

Apr 11, 2013 22:26

A small one, but I'm still thrilled - and nervous. As some of you know, I had a poem published in the "Westchester Review" this autumn. Along with five other authors, I've been invited to give a reading at the Village bookstore in Pleasantville, NY. It's at 7:00 this Saturday, April 13, and, if anyone's in the area, I'd be very pleased it you came ( Read more... )

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litlover12 April 12 2013, 03:40:01 UTC

How exciting!

mary_j_59 April 12 2013, 14:10:28 UTC

Thank you!

jongibbs April 12 2013, 08:30:17 UTC

You'll be magnificent! :)

mary_j_59 April 12 2013, 14:11:58 UTC

Thanks, Jon! I hope so.

mary_j_59 April 24 2013, 03:43:41 UTC

Update: I don't know that i was magnificent, but I had a lot of fun, and it went well. Both my sisters came, and also a friend and her husband.

jongibbs April 24 2013, 09:40:47 UTC

'...I had a lot of fun'

Excellent! :)

anne_arthur April 12 2013, 23:30:25 UTC

A bit far for me to make it - but hope it goes well!

mary_j_59 April 13 2013, 01:30:59 UTC

Thanks very much! I'll let you know how it goes - and Deirdre wanted to know if there was a chance of your coming over to visit? How is everything with you?

anne_arthur April 13 2013, 19:41:35 UTC

Do give my love to Deirdre! I'm afraid that I'm unlikely to be over this year - my job will finish next February, and we're working flat out to get the dictionary done by then. It has also been a condition of my employment for the last year and a half that I don't get any pay rises, while the cost of just about everything is going up and up . . . I don't know what I will be doing after February, but if I have stable employment next year, then I will definitely look into it then.

How are you?

mary_j_59 April 24 2013, 03:46:15 UTC

I know what you mean about pay raises! It's the same over here. We'll keep our fingers crossed that the work goes well and that you get something good after the dictionary is done. As I said to Jon, above, the reading went very well, and it seemed like a real boost to me. It was nice that there were only six of us reading, and also nice that everyone was worth listening to. And there was a good, supportive, crowd, including both my sisters.