I was tremendously excited a few weeks ago, thinking about the approaching anniversary of Magic Most Deadly’s publication. I’ll do a sale! I thought. I’ll do the giveaway I never managed to do for its publication, of those lovely vintage jewelry pieces I bought! I’ll do an excerpt of Magic in Disguise! I’ll post some of my memories of the writing process! I’ll share some of my favorite moments in the book! I’ll talk about what I’ve learned in one year of being a published author!
A little over a week ago, Joy got sick. It was nothing major, just a head cold. It spread to Grace, and then to me. Joy got better. Grace started to get better. I kept blowing my nose.
Grace got bronchitis. I kept blowing my nose.
Today, Gracie is tired but recovering from the bronchitis. Joy is all better from the cold. Carl, the stinker, never got sick. I, you guessed it, am still blowing my nose. With a massive sinus headache to boot (but I’m not complaining too much, because I went to the chiropractor yesterday for the first time in years, and this morning I woke up with no backache at all, which hasn’t happened for months).
Which means that it wasn’t until around 11:00 that I blearily remembered that today was the 30th, and one year ago this day I became the official published author of a novel.
Sorry, Magic Most Deadly. You deserve a better celebration, but I have to go blow my nose again.
Happy Birthday, MMD!! And ‘gute Besserung’ to its author. I’m sure Maia and Len will forgive the neglect of their festivities; they know all about how plans can get derailed by a war – even if it’s just the war your body wages on the virus in its system. Get well soon!
Copious amounts of hot tea seem to help ease the sinus pressure a little – something else Maia, at least, would understand and approve of.
Happy Birthday to Magic Most Deadly! I can’t believe it’s been a year! I pray that all of you get well soon.
It sort of snuck up on me, too. Somehow September 30 felt a lot later last year …
It really did. I don’t even feel like there was a summer.