Thanks Consuela - that is wonderful to hear. Thanks, Strix!
And I wonder, what possible catastrophe came crashing down from heaven and brought this dashing stranger to tears?
Drusilla ,'Conversations with Dead People'
The Great Write Way, Act Three: Where's the gun?
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hippocampus - Sep 20, 2012 2:19:07 am PDT #5416 of 6690
not your mom's socks.
Gudanov - Sep 20, 2012 5:39:52 am PDT #5417 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
Congrats Sox!
If I manage to sell Cog, I'll be thrilled to give you an (probably not very exciting) interview :). I'll waiting on edits from my agent right now so I've still got plenty to do before Cog gets subbed.
Liese S. - Sep 20, 2012 8:31:57 am PDT #5418 of 6690
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I love it, Sox; it's really, really good.
hippocampus - Sep 20, 2012 11:00:26 am PDT #5419 of 6690
not your mom's socks.
I'm really glad to hear it, Liese!
Amy - Sep 20, 2012 11:47:24 am PDT #5420 of 6690
Because books.
I just found it -- it's here -- and it's really beautiful. So spare, but really emotional. I loved it.
Beverly - Sep 20, 2012 2:13:57 pm PDT #5421 of 6690
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Sox, spare is right, elegant, almost poetic in the way every word earns its place. And very hard-hitting in that way that you can't look directly at some things, but they nevertheless leave your accepted world view in shards.
hippocampus - Sep 21, 2012 2:17:51 am PDT #5422 of 6690
not your mom's socks.
Thank you Amy and Beverly - your comments mean a great deal. I am glad that the details and especially the emotion came through, even though it was very pared down.
I was more nervous than I'd usually be (which is still a lot) because Analee Newitz pilloried a Nature story from a few weeks ago on Twitter and Facebook - her prerogative, entirely, and she was not wrong. Still holding my breath a little.
Anne W. - Sep 21, 2012 2:35:13 am PDT #5423 of 6690
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Sox, that was wonderful - so quietly and gently heartbreaking in many ways.
SailAweigh - Sep 21, 2012 5:50:43 am PDT #5424 of 6690
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Can't agree more. That really had me with a lump in my throat. I understand the urge to hold onto family history that's based in the land, but at the same time, if it means you can't have a family, then it's time to let go and homestead somewhere else.
hippocampus - Sep 22, 2012 3:47:55 am PDT #5425 of 6690
not your mom's socks.
Thank you Anne and Sail.