Seriously? Don't engage too much with the energy creature, because you can't argue with crazy. The good thing is that eventually the craziness she's trying to spread gets sussed out as such.

The fact that it's the First of such probably makes it worse feeling, but seriously? A small kerfuffle will only add to your publicity.

(BTW, I ordered the book through my local small independent bookstore, so that will be a double mitzvah, helping to publicize it at a venue that is right for it, and patronizing such an establishment.)

Awesome photo set taken from the top of the Oakland Bay Bridge: [link]

Gorgeous day for the pictures too.

I got one from a fan who got all weepy about the Nilly story, which tickles me because I sort of still just think it's only emotional for us.

I've been pondering that if the book hits any kind of zeitgeist (and I think it might), Nilly may become famous beyond these virtual walls. Sadly, there will also probably be some cynical people who doubt the veracity of the story. I mean, I was here when that happened, and I met Nilly, and I can't believe we did that.

When all the James Frey shit hit the fan, I went through the book and said, "can I prove this happened?"

I recently found two errors; the name of a party venue, and the year something occured (I was off by two months, DOH) which have been eating at me.

I keep telling myself I'm allowed those sorts of mistakes, as long as they are few and far between.

But that I'm lying about things I've done and said? I can't have that in my world.

I expect some people will hate the book, thing the writing is bad, think I'm an asshole and such. And that will hurt my feelings and all, but it's the way of it and I'm a big girl.

A liar I am not.

The part that really chaps my hide is that I told this woman all of this when it occured in 2004, and she's still spreading the crazy.

Oh yeah, she's just crazy.

Aw, fan mail! And crazy!nasty! fan mail. That part sucks.

My favorite was a woman who wrote to upbraid me for using naughty language, but made it clear that she had READ THE WHOLE book anyway. Um, okay.

crazy and not our kind of crazy. PLUS, the two good letters are SO GOOD! You made a teenager feel better about the lonely! THAT right there is 100% AWESOME. I am not above texting you that fact 10X a day missy.

Allyson, I finished the book yesterday. Since I read it ONLY on the subway and few pages in the work elevator, I hope I spread knowledge of it a bit. I can report two subway readers twisting about to get a good read of the cover. Also several smiles after reading the cover.

Thanks to all for the advice/comments last night. It is hard for me to report on the symptoms to my Dr. because with Fibro and a high stress job and stress of mac medical, I stay in a pretty constant state of achy and joint pain.

Ugh, Allyson. Yeah, there are some people you just have to give up engaging with.

Hey, what fruit is in season now? I mean, if I wanted to make a pie what could I get at the peak of its freshness and splendour here in LA?

in CA, isn't all (domestically grown) fruit in season all the time? (not being sarcastic, that was my impression)

There's a SoCal chart here: [link]