You know you’re exhausted when someone sends you this link, and you just about fall off of your chair laughing.
Well, the house is a disaster, but I’m in, and will spend all moments not resting and being contemplative this weekend unpacking things. Happy Pesach, Easter, Spring or whatever you celebrate.
Meanwhile, a very fun surprise arrived today via email — as Americans living abroad, we get a weekly email from the U.S. Embassy in London. To be honest, it’s nothing to which I give much of my attention, but this week, the magic words “Young Adult Books” and “race” caught my eye. I clicked through and read an article about the author of Flygirl, Sherri L. Smith!!! You may know that I was privileged to be part of the duo who interviewed Sherri in February during her blog tour, and it was exciting to realize that the reverberations of the discussion we started are still shaking things up. This is really awesome!
Have you checked out The Enchanted Inkpot blog? Also, thanks to everyone who pointed me to Sheila @ Wands & World’s great post about the unsung, off-the-bestseller-list of YA speculative fiction. She’s encouraged us to sing out about the undiscovered gems we love. Go, on over and make an unsung suggestion for 2008 – and thank you, Sheila!
I had no idea – none – that a friend was struggling with the ethics of reviewing my book. She liked it. She felt that she probably wasn’t the best person to talk about it because we’re friends. And then, she decided, “my blog, my rules.” And I got a little sniffly reading what she said. Mille graize, Jackie.
It’s been raining, blowing, and otherwise threatening to revert to winter, but I’ve unpacked all my fleece blankets and am drinking lots of tea. Cheers!
Welcome to your new home! And thanks for pointing to the interview with Sherri Smith. I love the format – you guys went so deep. And what a wonderful blog review!
When I lived in England, the Embassy didn’t give a darn. I don’t think they even knew where I was. How did they get your email? It sounds sinister.
Or possilbly like a pleasant niceness, depending on one’s mood! 🙂
That year in England was one of the loneliest of my life. Even though I had some friends, the foreign-ness of it all got me down. But part of it might have been that I was in a medieval walled city (York), which was lovely, but clausterphobia inducing when you have no car and no money for trips.
Are you feeling at home yet at all over there?
Moving is always exhausting and somewhat demoralizing as you face boxes and have to make decisions about what goes where or nowhere. On the other hand it is always a new opportunity to remake your space, a new beginning. Good Luck and Happy Easter!