Wanna Talk About Epicosity?

Okay, I know I said I wouldn't be back for a few days. But I had to share this. Angry Robot Books is opening to unagented submissions for a very brief amount of time. March 2011. Which makes me go "March...I planned on having one of my stories edited/complete by then..."

So...yeah. Very cool news, IMHO.

On the not so happy front, I spent all weekend looking for Autobiography of Mark Twain, Vol. 1. And none of the local bookstores had it in stock and yesterday, Amazon.com didn't either. So I went to BN.com. Their site said it was in stock, and that if I ordered it yesterday, I would get it in time for Christmas. Which is epic WOOT! because it's one of those perfect gift things for that hard to shop for person.

So I ordered it. Two hours later, got an e-mail telling me it would ship January 11.

:-P

I picked another book at the same time - not one I really needed but one that looked interesting - to put me in the 'free shipping' purchase range. And it did ship yesterday, so I can't cancel the order. The site won't let me. So now instead, I will be getting/giving Numb: A Novel (not the book I ordered. I still have to go pick this one up. But it is available locally). Because the premise sounds interesting, and the author is funny as hell on Twitter. And yes, that means that social media just made a book sale. But not in the way those spambots think. I don't think I have ever once seen Sean Ferrell mention his book.

So with my three day weekend, I will be reading. And gaming. But probably not writing. That's what work is for ^_^

Less than 4 days left. WOOT! ^_^

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4 days, 21 hours, 2 minutes...

I got to go Christmas shopping on Saturday - woot! ^_^ I spent a little more than I meant to, and I'm not done yet, but it was a blast and I found some awesome stuff. I made it to FYE right after they opened, so all of the employees were still happy and chipper. The guy in the DVD section totally upsold me into buying a second movie.

Him: Can I help you find anything today?
Me: I'm looking for Watchmen on bluray
Him: Awesome. You're my new friend. That movie rocks. It's on sale, too. Anything else I can help you find?
Me: Um...
Him: Inception.
Me: (thinking 'can I afford that? that movie kicked ass.') Maybe
Him: No, not maybe. Come on.

So Watchmen ended up being really cheap and while Inception wasn't, I still walked out with both. Still need to go out and find pajamas and necklaces. And a book. Which oddly enough, the bookstore didn't have. So I'm probably going to have to order it today and pay extra for shipping. But we'll see. I'll be calling around first to see if I can get it locally.

This morning my lovely children helped me wrap the gifts. By children I mean cats, and by help I mean gnawed at the wrapping paper and cardboard boxes, almost lost their whiskers to the scissors, and used the tape dispensor as a toy. But it was adorable anyway. Now I have to figure out which presents we open on Christmas Eve and which need to be secret until Christmas morning.

It's our two traditions - every year we each get a new set of PJ's to open Christmas Eve, and we open all the other presents I've put under the tree as well. The rest stay secret until the next morning. Oh, and I guess #3 is a carry over from growing up. There's not really breakfast or lunch on Christmas day, it's more of an ongoing snack fest/buffet where we line the table with cheese and crackers and sweets and just nibble as is convenient. Though that might have to change a little this year with the new kitten who only knows that if there's food in the room, its his.

I may be sporradic this week and next with posting, and then at the beginning of the year, I might actually be back with structure and stuff. Might. Structure really isn't like me, but I like the gimmick of having a TLIF every Friday, and things like book reviews and similar stuff the rest of the week, so we'll see.

Happy Holidays All! ^_^

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