If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me
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Best of luck, TB.
I think I must have collected some wild, free range ~ma. I have four job interview lined up for this week, including two today! After being out of work for Reasons so long, it's really gratifying to get such a response.
So if you don't mond throwing whatever extra ~ma you may have lying about, I would appreciate it.
So. Out of the blue, I need some quick legal advice regarding an unhappy doggy lama client who has gone off the deep end. I can pay a little bit and would deeply appreciate some reassurance/advice.
My profile addy is good!
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So, I talked with a lawyer this morning who says the client has no case, but could file a small claims suit...that would either send us to mediation, or be thrown out.
This evening, the client has called my home number 5 times in 5 minutes (at 9pm) with a voicemail threatening to call the city, the BBB and more. Thankfully, no threat of physical violence, but he sounds unhinged and everyone knows where I live.
Please. Safety ~ma and calm-the-hell-down ~ma for this guy.
Mom~ma requested. My sister called at 4:30 this morning. Mom's heart had stopped. They restarted it and she was on the way to the hospital. So I am out the door. It is about 3 hours with picking up my sister and getting to the hospital. She is 95, so tricky.
Mom passed away tonight. Seriously I know I hit the Mom jackpot, and having her into my own 60s was incredible. She was the kindest most uplifting woman. She assured us continuously that we were brilliant and beautiful and was supportive in all ways. I never heard her say a hateful thing in her life. I will miss her all the days of the rest of mine.
Hey folks - just noting that I have changed my board name from my real-world nickname (arr ay kew) to Volans.
That unspecified work-ma I requested 2 weeks ago came through! Thanks, folks!
Okay, here we go...
Today, a year after our failed Kickstarter launch, we are pitching our project in a meeting with the CEO of Marvel and the EVP/Head of Licensing for Disney.
While my team is making the presentation in NYC I'll be sitting here biting my nails and taking care of a feverish Matilda.
This is our second meeting with Marvel, and they are the ones who brought Disney into the meeting so we think we might have better than a coin-flip's chance for a sale here.
This is our last shot. But it's also our best shot, and it would be the biggest score.
The presentation is polished and rehearsed. It's one the hardest things I've ever worked on, but very gratifying too. And this would be a life changer for my family as I have an equity stake.
So friends, Romans, Buffistae...lend me your -ma at 2pm EST/11am PST.
Coming out of lurkerdom for another brief moment to share some news I've been sitting on for a while (and that many of you might already have seen on FB): my novel, BETWEEN HERE AND GONE (which some of you critiqued parts of Way Back When, including Ginger ::sigh::), has been selected as one of Publisher's Weekly's Best Books of 2016. To say I'm over the moon would be putting it mildly.
Actual Proof Here
um, Barb, I clicked on your link and read about your book - congratulations! - but when I clicked on the "buy this book" link for Amazon, it says the page can't be found. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but if you could get someone to correct it, it would be good.
It's been a long time since I hung out at b.org regularly. There are a lot of folks who probably don't remember me and there are a lot of folks who joined after I went dormant. I dunno what it is but I feel like with how the election is coming out, I need to reach out for community differently. And it would definitely be nice to become active again in a community that's on its own server.
Lots has changed with me. Lots has changed with y'all, I'm sure.
But here I am again, dipping my toe in the waters of Buffistadom. Please be gentle.