Actually not needing validation right now, but thank you.

Buffy ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'


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deborah grabien - Sep 22, 2004 3:19:18 pm PDT #6776 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.

Allergic

Their voices are coming from very far away.

Clear!

What happened?

Aunt Dolly, it was a bee, or something -

Clear - antihistamine - her heart's cutting out - hurry up!

Deb? Her eye, what's wrong with her eye, Alice, Felicia, what happened?

It was a bee, or a hornet, it flew past and stung her face, this didn't happen when I got stung, oh god is she dying?

Clear!

I remember noise, buzzing, somehow angry. Then a flash of light, no saliva in my throat, and now they're fading, voices, faces.

Deb?

My eyes close. The family becomes mist.


Allyson - Sep 22, 2004 4:40:23 pm PDT #6777 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

Maya and I are working out the details for a weekend with Suz Brockmann to kick off her book tour. There'll be some workshops for writers of romance and signings and Q&A and such. We're lining up a couple of other authors for workshoppy things.

It's sort of like a mini-romance writer con.

I'll post the info as soon as everything is solid, but it'll definately be mid-January.


Betsy HP - Sep 22, 2004 4:56:06 pm PDT #6778 of 10001
If I only had a brain...

Let me know when you're ready to start promotion. I'm on a big list of Jennifer Crusie fans, many of whom are also Brockmann fans and writers. They'd be glad to know what you're up to.


Amy - Sep 22, 2004 5:13:52 pm PDT #6779 of 10001
Because books.

Scary, Deb. My brother is allergic to bees like that. It was so frightening when he was little.

Allyson, this mini-con will be in California, L.A.? God, I wish I could come -- I love Suzanne Brockmann. She gave the luncheon keynote address at a conference a few years ago, and she's a fantastic speaker.

dcp, I thought the drabble was fine the first time around, but the revision is good, too.


Allyson - Sep 22, 2004 5:29:58 pm PDT #6780 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

It's either Orlando or Atlanta. We're just waiting for the proposals to come back from hotels. It'll be MLK weekend.

ETA: Oh, thanks Betsy. The last one we did was a bed and breakfasty type place in Texas, IIRC. We're planning for 100-125 attendees at this one.


Amy - Sep 22, 2004 6:39:43 pm PDT #6781 of 10001
Because books.

It's either Orlando or Atlanta

East Coast venues! Hmmm. This may be a possibility.


Ginger - Sep 22, 2004 6:41:42 pm PDT #6782 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

That's cool, Allyson. Let me know if you need anything in Atlanta.


deborah grabien - Sep 22, 2004 9:53:12 pm PDT #6783 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.

Allyson, ought to be a hell of a con. Once it's set, can I pass this on to Jenn (my agent)? She has a nice stable of romance writers she reps.


Amy - Sep 23, 2004 8:40:25 am PDT #6784 of 10001
Because books.

Deb, there's a nice review of The Real Minerva, your friend Mary Sharrat's book, in the new BookPage (which is usually free at local libraries). It sounds like a lovely book.

And I know this should probably go in Lit, but Deb doesn't hang out in there anymore.


deborah grabien - Sep 23, 2004 8:53:58 am PDT #6785 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.

Amy, I'll pass that on. Mary's doing a thing at Lafayette Books, and our friend Susan Ito is hosting a book party for Mary at her place in the East Bay on 4 October.

Oh, and I have the Bay Area booklaunch party at M is for Mystery all arranged, and will post in, what, press? Beep Me? one of 'em, anyway, as we get closer.

I want to do something back east, damn it.

And right now, I also want to work on vampire book, and can't until Nic takes me for a drive in the LA hills this weekend; I can't write them until I have the setting. And it's driving me fruit.