A Plug, and She Writes Letters...

Got a lovely e-mail yesterday from Mirna Denic at Rendezvous Bookstore in Australia, mentioning that they will be carrying FREE FALL (and have my entire backlist) in stock, for those of you Down Under who might be looking. http://www.rendezvousbooks.com is their main site, and this should take you directly to my page for ordering.

As many of you know, I adore indie bookstores, and love to give 'em plugs (especially Pandemonium in MA, and Mysterious Galaxy in San Diego!). In fact, if you buy FREE FALL at an independent bookstore, and send me a scan or copy of the proof of purchase*, I'll not only send you a signed bookplate for it, but a sneak peek at the first chapter of BLOOD FROM STONE, a year ahead of everyone else!. Yes, even all y'all outside of the United States. This offer good through July 1 2008


* PoP in this case being anything from your cash register receipt to a signed note from your bookseller.
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as to the letters:

Dear Amex: Please stop offering me a platinum card. Yes, it's very pretty. No, I don't want it. No means no! It was very nice of you to offer me that Food & Wine cookbook, though. Do you moonlight as crack dealers, or what?

Dear State of Connecticut DMV: I have moved. I registered with the NYS DMV. I no longer own the car you are trying to bill me to register. Get a clue!

Dear Dell: You make great computers. They're like the Timex of laptops. Your battery chargers, however? Notsomuch. The replacement you sent is dead. Send me a new one, plz.

nolove,
suri

another sunday night settle-down

sushi and sake are just really nice things. really. a weekend with sushi and sake is a good weekend. although I'm still recovering from that wasabi-wow dumpling thing...

note to self: you have enough hobbies and interests. stop picking up new ones. even if they are shiny. especially if they require you going to chinatown and buying specialty cookware. although while you're down there you could pick up some dried goose, and some proper tea, and....

also? you should not refer to Uncle Sugar as "that great marrow-sucking wart on the collective American backside." at least, not in public. even if it does make your advisor laugh.

And thus ends the weekend

it's been threatening rain all day, but none has appeared. cranky-making. there is a glass of single malt waiting, and new reading material to dive into*. a nice rainstorm would be the perfect background noise. shall have to make do with the sound of Boomer snoring.





*"The 'Disloyal' Grape: The Agrarian Crisis of Late 14th Century Burgundy." Not exactly a Locus chart-topper, no....