Send the love...

Today is Valentine's Day (a silly holiday but one I personally like, in small doses). If you're so inclined, take 5 minutes out of your day to send a valentine to a writer you like, in the form of an online review (Amazon, B&N, Goodreads, etc - wherever you frequent).

Hell, send two, or three, or a dozen. Writers are happy to share the love. And trust me, they WILL feel the love.

(naturally I'd be thrilled if you did this for one of my titles, but embrace it as you will...)

(image via The Reader Organization/ Poems By Heart)

I must be getting adulty....

I had, on my monitor, two tickets to the Springsteen show in Albany.... and I let them go (several times over) because I couldn't get seats I felt were "good enough."

Honestly, I love Bruce. Y'all KNOW that. But I've been to enough shows that I can close my eyes and BE there, in my memory. So getting stuck in the upper tier (for over $100/ticket) is actually cause for me to say "do I really NEED to be at this show?"

(and since my usual partners-in-Bruce can't commit to the show, I'd be buying on hope, not fact. Yes, I COULD have gone alone - and as a singleton I could have gotten perfectly acceptable seats - but it's just not as much fun.)

There will be other shows. There will probably be other shows this year, and closer to home (not a 90 minute drive each way). And hopefully those will be shows my partners-in-Bruce will be able to commit to at the time-of-purchase.

Responsible Adulting. It's actually not all that bad. In moderation.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go sulk.  And eat a cookie.