tim_pratt ([info]tim_pratt) wrote,
@ 2008-03-21 13:13:00
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Pale Dogs and Poison Sleeps

What you all really want to see: New pictures of River! Great batch this week.

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Hey, kids. My story "Pale Dog" has been offered up as a free download on the Bantam Spectra Facebook page. Go, befriend Spectra, and read the story.

Poison Sleep will be available for sale next Tuesday, so pre-order and it'll arrive lickety-split. I'm currently reading through page proofs of book 3, Dead Reign, and I'm about two-thirds of the way through writing the fourth book. (Yesterday I wrote an awesome scene involving Bradley Bowman, an infinite forest, and a slow-witted nature magician.) So there's your State of the Marlaverse!

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So how's the real-'verse? Well, River's surgery has been scheduled, after much drama and uncertainty and annoyance, for next Wednesday. Taking him for surgery will require us to cross the picket line of the striking nurses, something I'm loath to do, but my respect for unions is less than my desire to keep my son from going blind, so that's that. (For those reading this at livejournal, I'm obviously ignoring the LJ strike, too, but despite its name it's actually a boycott, not a strike, and I don't feel too bad about it. Boycotting a company for being money-grubbing is a bit like boycotting the sun for shining, but whatever makes people feel better...)

Otherwise, you know, life goes on, and it's a pretty good life, overall.


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[info]gregvaneekhout
2008-03-21 09:31 pm UTC (link)
Yeah, choosing between crossing a picket line and River's eyesight ain't no choice at all. Can't imagine any of the nurses would really want you to choose otherwise, anyway.

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[info]mizkit
2008-03-21 09:47 pm UTC (link)
...um, yeah, I'm kind of with you on crossing that particular strike line. Good luck to all of you.

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[info]haceldama
2008-03-21 09:56 pm UTC (link)
River is such a happy-looking child. It seems his eyes are focusing better now -- is that the case? A million-dollar smile, that baby has. No wonder you're so proud. And I don't blame you one damn bit for crossing the strike line; there's really no choice at all here. I hope it goes well. River's been through so much already (as have his folks, I know) that he (and you) deserve to have things go smoothly from here on. My best wishes and good thoughts will be with you next week.

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[info]wyrdwriter
2008-03-21 10:56 pm UTC (link)
I say a prayer for River every day and I will say an extra one on Wednesday.
I would cross the line too.
Obviously I am not "doing" the boycott, either.

I have something tense scheduled for Tuesday, so the new Marla book will give me something positive to look forward to for that day.

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[info]marlowe1
2008-03-24 09:08 pm UTC (link)
I put you up for Wednesday Book Promotion (I think I've managed to get it up on Wednesday about 15% of the time) on [info]book_pimp. Hope it helps. I think it helps more if the authors are told about it. So there you go.

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[info]tim_pratt
2008-03-25 02:10 pm UTC (link)
Wow, thanks!

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