Consuela, it's mindblowing sometimes. OK, I'm a professional writer but there are writers out there that reduce me to simper-levels that nothing else can. And I found myself in conversation elsewhere with a very nice woman called Ayelet Waldman, who writes mysteries, and we were chatting away and it turns out she's married to MICHAEL CHABON!
I nearly plotzed. I mean, Wonder Boys Michael Chabon. Kavalier and Klay Michael Chabon. Freakin' PULITZER PRIZE FOR LITERATURE Michael Chabon.
Gibber blench drool. I turned into Twit Central for a minute or two and had to walk around the house to calm myself down.
edit: Marta R edited "Famous Flower of Serving Men" for me, the second one in the current series. Dragged the entire honking thing to Mexico with her and gave me an incredibly in-depth edit while she was on holiday. I owe her hugely, and am hooking her up with an agent friend.
Bwah, Deb. That's marvelous.
And I adored Kavalier and Clay as well. So. Much. Fun.
She's on Readerville, yes?
Three writers, ever, have reduced me to pulp: Mr. Chabon. Robertson Davies (he said something nice to me about Plainsong I swear to Jah, I fucking curtseyed). And John Crowley. The SF Chronicle review of "Aegypt" a few years back? I wrote that. And it was used on the cover.
gloatgloatgloatgloat
She's on Readerville, yes?
Yes indeed, but I didn't know it at that point; I'd come across "The Big Nap" and giggled myself sick, because it's a total charmer. Found her website, found out she was not only funny and smart but married to Michael Chabon, and developed Instantaneous Shyness.
I expect I'd make a thorough fool of myself should I chat with her again, damnit.
I never expected to make connections with professional writers through fandom, and yet it's happening in weird ways. I'm 2 degrees from a number of people I really like. Very cool.
I ran into my sister's father-in-law at a con (actually, at a couple). He's retired now, but man, that was a serious disconnect. I've known him since I was 8, before he wrote sci-fi at all.
Heh. I'm realizing that I'm only two degrees from a lot of writers. Which I knew, kinda, but is making me take a step back and go "whoa."
Yep. She's listed in the Temple University directory. So, Philly.
<perks up>
Neat. I wonder if I have any excuse to email her.
I'm awaiting an email back, to give me Roz's current email addy.
Deb, I have a good e-mail address for Roz if it turns out you need it.
shrift, I'd love it. I pinged Deb Beale (who fixed me and Roz up in the first place) but I don't even know if she and Tad are in town right now.
Deb, e-mail sent to the Yahoo account Dana posted, since your profile didn't have one listed. (If that doesn't reach you, my profile address is valid.)
