In March to celebrate my birthday and again in April for Fool's Day, I offered to send a hardback to people willing to donate at least $20 to Doctors Without Borders. The deadline was April 15, and many people responded. So many, and so generously that we raised over $5000 for Doctors Without Borders Some donors were very generous indeed. So I have a LOT of books to ship out.
I have a couple of people lined up to give me a hand, and I've prepped the local post office so my ducks are in a row, but this will still take time as I need to dedicate each book personally. So if you have not received your book yet, please be patient. I am shipping them as I do them, via Book Rate, as noted before. To those who included a shipping label, my weary typing fingers thank you!
I did not feel well enough to attend Norwescon, so I missed seeing friends and readers. I simply don't have the energy levels I used to have for the fun stuff. Somehow it all gets used up on the 'gotta get it done' stuff!
I am still very much anticipating Worldcon in Seattle.
Things on my tiny farm still keep me very busy. We have a bee hive now, and I am learning how to take care of it, one mistake at a time. I seem to have won the battle with the ants. And I'm keeping a list of all the things I should have done before the bees arrived.
I carefully seeded about 40 pots of vegetables yesterday to get some starts for my garden. Pumpkins, beans, sunflowers, squash. This morning, I discovered that mice had raided every pot and dug up all my seeds except one bean. So they are re-seeded now and covered against mice and I shall hope for the best. Potatoes are in the ground and growing. I've put in a bigger garden this year as I believe prices can only go up. Luckily we have chickens both for eggs and meat, so that end of things is covered.
And yes, I am writing. Just slowly with painful 'space bar' thumbs.
Patience. That's my watch word these days.
A couple of things coming up!
On May 21, I will be interviewing Joe Abercrombie about his new book The Devils. It's extraordinary and I very much look forward to seeing Joe again. We will be at Third Place Books at their Lake Forest Park location. It's at 7 PM. Better get your tickets now!
And on May28th, I'll join Terry Brooks to celebrate the opening of a new B&N books in Lakewood, Washington. We'll be starting at 9 AM! The new location is 10330 59th Avenue SW, Lakewood, Washington. We expect to have a very good time! I'll post more about that as we get a bit closer!