Various and Sundry have a Cold

[lagilman]

Good lord My "Why Continuity Matters" essay's been quoted by i09, as part of their rebuttal to the NYT article about prolific authors (of which I ranted offscreen,so you're spared that)...

Discovered via a passing reference in e-mail today that Curse the Dark and Bring it On are joining Staying Dead on the Audible audiobook lineup in April. I'm just the author, I'm the last to know...

Pack of Lies update: A lot of mark-ups, and about 1300 new words today, slogging through the onset of a nasty sore throat to go with the head-cold. Hot tea, spicy soup, and naps-with-cats are being applied as needed. To me, not the manuscript.

The rest of my life is All About the Kitchen. The cabinets are ordered. The plan is to buy vintage handles, which means haunting architectural salvage houses. Oh, the trauma... Floor tile and granite for the countertops are this week. I have a vague idea in mind, but am also open to being ambushed by something perfect. This will be fun. That whimpering noise you just heard was my bank account.

Random Shit: So, I dragged myself out today to run errands, and stopped by the market to pick up a few items I needed to get through the week. I ended up in the checkout line behind a man of about my own age.
My purchases: tea, salad veggies, three head of garlic, and a wedge of stinky cheese.
His purchases: seven "Healthy Choice" frozen dinners and a candy bar.

Write your own thesis.

Comments

[jslinder.livejournal.com]

Add in some Campbell's healthy requests soups and that's my shopping list... Then again, random business travel not so conducive to keeping perishables around.

[lagilman]

I just hope the guy eats a good breakfast and/or lunch at the office....

[neadods.livejournal.com]

Yay for audiobooks! It's not a bad way to get noticed these days.

[natmerc.livejournal.com]

Discovered via a passing reference in e-mail today that Curse the Dark and Bring it On are joining Staying Dead on the Audible audiobook lineup in April. I'm just the author, I'm the last to know...

!!! Thanks for passing it on. I'll save some Audible credits. Audiobooks are an area where I will buy both a book and an audiobook, although it's usually one or the other. It depends on the quality of the audiobook reader.

That makes me curious. Do you mind saying: do you get paid per audible subscription?

[lagilman]

Do you mind saying: do you get paid per audible subscription?

It's a sub-rights deal, same as a foreign language sale, which means that I get a split of total sales, rather than a royalty. So no, not per, but if the audiobooks do well, I'll be able to afford a new light fixture for the kitchen. *grin* Plus, they'll pick up the rest of the series, which would be nice.

[divanoir.livejournal.com]

I love audible! Who is reading your book?

I assume that your co-op board issue has been resolved if you're ordering materials. Pictures! Woooo!

[lagilman]

a) I have no idea

b) oh,there wasn't a problem as such with the board -- just them making me crazy, which they excel at. My contractor, he of a price above rubies, says he's gone through much worse. Since he's been working in Manhattan for 20 years, I believe it!

[dianora2.livejournal.com]

I would be more likely to have his cart of groceries rather than yours, sadly.

[handlebar605.livejournal.com]

Do you care what some other single guy bought for food today or not really?

[lagilman]

A curiosity about the world around it is the mark of a meerkat; don't you watch your Animal Planet?

(adjusts professorial manner: that said, a random dump of information means you weren't thinking about your data....apply it to the question!)

[mevennen.livejournal.com]

In a small Tuscan town, in front of us in the supermarket: a 30-something builder, complete with builder's crack. In the builder's basket: a bag of ripe tomatoes, some still-warm bread, some stinky cheese, and a bottle of Chianti.

Comparisons were made between there and here (UK).