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I've also been told I have little tact, so if this offends you simply ride on.

Monday, April 8, 2019

The bud

Well, here it is... Monday, and it's not quite hump day for me... even though this is my 3rd day in a row.  Sometime, when I get home this afternoon the humpy thing will happen.  I don't think I'm really going to notice, if you know what I mean.  It's not like the world's going to suddenly shift on its axis.  That only happens in bad Scifi movies.
The pasta maker arrived, 2 free blades were included, one for spaghetti and the other for fettuccine.  I'm off Friday, so I'll probably make my first batch then.  This will be interesting.
So, the first reaction to "The Body in the Tower" is... very good.  My reader did tell me there was 'too much information'  in the first 3 pages about cycling and the Tour de France.  I like what I've written, however I'm not the one who's going to buy the book.  If I were my own target audience, it would be great, but I"m not so those pages will need some reworking.  Otherwise, she said it was great.  Some sections are "laugh out loud funny," others are "suspenseful," and she thought the big "ah ha!" reveal was a "holy shit!" moment.  I'm happy with the response.  I'm thinking it will be published sometime in mid-July.
Of course everyone know that Kirstjen Nielsen is out...  She left rather abruptly, didn't she?  No two week notice.  Nope.  I suspect it was more like a 'fuck you' moment.  The word is that the Idiot Jerk in the White House wants someone who's going to be more a racist, more of a white supremacist.  We can only wonder what Nazi name Stevie Miller is pushing.  Be prepared, the Idiot Jerk's trajectory is taking him farther into 'crazy right' territory.  He is aiming for that whitest of white bases.  White people are still the majority in this country and he believes that if he can unite every single one of them... he will be re-elected.  He will lose, of course.  He, like many Republicans, are trying to control Mother Nature.  Evolution will happen.  There's no stopping.
I'm trying something new here.  I have buds on both my Peach and my Nectarine trees.   This is a peach bud.  If it doesn't work... well, I'l move on.


12 comments:

  1. Kirstjen Nielsen will always and forever be a vile human being who put kids in cages.

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    1. Sad to say, but she may have been the bright spot in this racist administration.

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  2. I'm not quite sure what I'm looking at with that peach bud, but it is mesmerizing!

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    1. Confetti should pop up from the bottom!!

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    2. Yeah, it did! I just wasn't sure what it was because it happened so fast. That's what made it mesmerizing. It's also very cheery.

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  3. mid july? ya mean I gotta wait THAT LONG? :-/

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    1. How many people get bullet holes for Christmas in July?

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  4. Let me know how the pasta machine goes. My husband is already telling me recipes you should know like I should know them. That’s the sort of thing that happens when you marry a chef. By the way I can recommend it.
    JP

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    1. I'm off on Friday so I'll be trying my first batch then!

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  5. I'm intrigued by the pasta machine. I can barely cook, so anybody who's actually this invested sounds really cool.
    Hope Kristijen has her reputation ruined, like anybody working for Cheeto. Miller is now in full charge of the Nazi operation.
    Yay for the book! And I'm glad you're trusting the reader. Like you said, that's the opinion of somebody who's impartial.

    XOXO

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    1. What some don't understand, things will get worse with Miller.

      I actually have several readers, one of whom is an 80 something year old woman who has no problem the fact that my 2 main characters are gay.

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