It was quite a big week for literary activity in the Millar household. First I went to the local pub to met the foreign rights editor from Kedros, the Greek publisher who will be issuing Lonely Werewolf Girl later this year. After that I was busy again because the reprinting process for Suzy, Led Zeppelin and Me is underway, for Soft Skull in the USA. I had to go through the manuscript again. This can be quite a tedious procedure, for an old book. Mercifully, I do still like this novel a lot, and didn't cringe with shame and embarrassment on reading it again, something I certainly would do if forced to read some of my other old books.
Then a bundle of covers arrived from Baen, for Thraxas Under Siege, eighth book in the series. Well OK, that wasn't much activity. All I had to do was open the envelope and look at the covers. It felt quite arduous anyway. Thraxas Under Siege has been out in hardback in the USA for a while. This is the paperback edition, soon to be published. It's good to have unleashed eight Thraxas books on the world. I would rather like to do a ninth sometime. (For reasons why that won't happen any time soon, see this blog.)
So that all seemed like a lot of activity. Having run out of manga and Buffy comics, I recovered by lying in the bath reading Samuel Pepys' Diaries.
February 12th, 1660 - Hence home, where my wife and I had some high words upon my telling her that I would fling the dog out at the window if he pissed the house any more.
A little harsh perhaps, but you can't entirely blame him. He's trying to write his diary and there's a dog pissing everywhere. It would be annoying for anyone. However, his wife was capable of mounting a spirited argument, so I imagine the dog survived.
Never mind bloody Thraxas.........your main concern should be another adventure featuring Kalix, Dominil and the rest of the Clan!
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like the Pepys household was the 17th century version of the Osbournes.
ReplyDeleteDon't you find a pub atmosphere oppressive, considering your agoraphobia? Or are you just uncomfortable in the streets?
ReplyDeleteYes, more Werewolf Girl. ( tho I am a huge Thraxas fan too, you might just as well keep writing everything...) I'm glad to hear about the new Suzy, LZ and me from Softskull, very cool.
ReplyDeleteI would have liked to have known Pepys. LOL . The Osbournes. Might well have been.
I took my dog to a Horse Show today, which went better than one might have expected. And my cats pee on ME if I don't get up and feed them. They may well go out the window, Pepys has my sympathy.
You know, the Pepys household as 17th century Osbournes isn't such a bad image.
ReplyDeleteBeing in the pub is fine. It's just travelling I have a problem with.
Lorraine. Cats pissing on you seems beyond the pale. They need a severe talking to.
Oh, I talked to them. I said PLEASE don't do that again, I'll try and do better, I'll get up earlier, really...
ReplyDeleteSigh.
* Stop playing video games and write something instead *
ReplyDeleteNudge.
* Stop playing video games and write something instead *
ReplyDeleteNag.
* Stop playing video games and write something instead *
ReplyDeletePLEASE
(with rhubarb crumble on top)