YES.
To any of the following questions, you have now received your answer:
- Are you still alive?
- Are you ever coming back?
- Are you still working on your revision?
- Are you still getting random ideas for your SF story in the middle of your revision?
- Had you heard about Justine Larbalestier’s repetitive motion injury?
- So, does that mean you’re getting out of your chair at times to get exercise?
- Are you still slightly panicked about your Google Video chat with Oakwood School’s 6th grade Language Arts class?
- Did you see that great Darcy Pattison thing about how to do lighting for your vid chat?
- Are you already panicked about what you’re wearing to ALA?
- Are you still having nightmares about the speech?
- Have you heard from The Taskmaster lately? Did she remind you not to slack off?
- Do you still love your job?
Yes, yes, yes.
March appearances look like they’ll continue to be a bit sparse, seeing as I somehow agreed to write an essay for the Hunger Mountain Journal and begin editing my church’s newsletter again, am doing long-distance book chats, still revising and writing and still getting all kinds of squirrelly new ideas for new books that I don’t need quite right now, and I’m trying to finish baby hats and baby blankets in my copious free time since everyone on the planet seems to be popping out a bairn, and I’ve fallen behind.
The essay I’m writing? Is on depictions of race on young adult book covers. I read this, and felt slightly ill.
I shall return. No guarantee whether or not I shall be sane at that time.
Bonne weekend.
Don’t worry, I knew you were still there. 🙂
You will be AWESOME at your speaking engagements. I know it. Just the fact that you’re doing them leaves me in awe.
I hope it all goes well! But that what to wear worry….tricky. Although I guess it’s a good worry to have!
I need a nap after reading your to-do list. 😯
Your speech will be great. Your speech will be great. Your speech will be GREAT!