greetings from (what will be) sunny florida

[ellenkushner]

A splendid time was had by all at KGB last night - Chris Barzak read from his new book, One For Sorrow, and it was so good we immediately bought a copy and made him sign it. Naomi Novik read from the 5th Temeraire book in ms., which was a thrill; it will be out later this year. Then we all went out to dinner together at my fave E. Village Chinese restaurant; it was a sort of impromptu holiday party of NY writers & readers, and if they had only let me eat all the duck by myself, it would have been perfect.

So now here I am in the EconoLodge in Fort Myers, ready to kip down so that we can drive to Sanibel Island tomorrow to meet up with my family for a week of togetherness and shell-hunting. We'll also be working: Delia on the sequel to Changeling, and I will on various homework assignments, the first of which is to answer a whole host of interesting interview questions from the Dutch magazine SF Terra, in time for them to translate them into Dutch and get them into their next issue just as TPOTS comes out in Holland.

But first, some sleep, then the traditional breakfast at Waffle House, then groceries, and then heigh-ho for the sand and the waves! It is balmy here. There is a moon, and stars. And everyone is weirdly nice. I have a feeling we're not in Manhattan any more.

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[lauriemann.livejournal.com]

Have a nice trip!

While the older I get, the more I hate Florida, we visited Sanibel last year (Jim's brother and my cousin are west coasters). I'd LOVE to spend a few days there. It was very peaceful.

[1crowdedhour.livejournal.com]

Is it true that the Waffle House uses coded condiments on one's order? That is, little packets of jam, etc. on the plate at three o'clock, etc. indicate eggs over easy, or whatever? I haven't been at a Waffle House since 1999, so I haven't been able to check.

xx

Sanibel priorities

[auroramama]

Sanibel is indeed lovely (and Ft. Myers isn't so bad either). I don't know how much couple-time you'll have there, but I feel obligated to pass along this bit of advice: no matter how interesting the shells on the beach, do not allow them to distract you from a romantic moonlit walk along the sea strand. If you do, you will never be allowed to forget it. I still have the shell necklace she gave me so I wouldn't have an excuse to do it again.

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

Waugh! If only I'd been paying attention enough to notice! But I don't think so - there was a lot of shouting about "My hold the toast hold the grits, no, just eggs, that's what it says!" through the little window. That, I noticed.

Happy hols to you - hope it's a good turn of the year for you, as ever.

[shveta-thakrar.livejournal.com]

Have a lovely time, you two, and write madly! :)

P.S. Would either/both of you be interested in speaking at the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society? If so, I'd like to suggest you as guest speakers.

[elswhere1.livejournal.com]

Please blow Sanibel a kiss from me!

And so happy to hear there will be a sequel to Changeling. Can't wait.