Chelsea, Jennie, Sarah and Jessica. And Alan.
September 2, 2008
Two of my favorite author-friends have events tonight, and I'm not going to either. I awoke with a raging sore threat that threatens to take away my voice. I cannot afford to lose my voice, so I won't be seeing Chelsea Cain read from her latest book SWEETHEART, and I won't be going to hear Jennie Shortridge's talk on the ten most common rules for writers. There's still time for you -- go! See them! Chelsea and Jennie are awesome, wry and funny, and very smart.
We all know the greatest antidote to ill health is humor. So, I will try funny along with taking the truly nasty medicine my naturopathic physician gave me.
Music, too. I have music on.
Sarah Vowell's new book THE WORDY SHIPMATES has arrived, and her quirky voice pops into my head. Our interview a few years ago was about her book ASSASSINATION VACATION. She tells how she takes her nephew along when she does her research, much of the time in cemetaries. Sarah says her nephew calls cemetaries "Halloween parks." I use that actuality and several other actualities in my media training, because she is so clever and so Sarah. Point being, be yourself -- as you as you can possibly be.
I begin reading Sarah's new book and find that this time her research is gleaned -- in part -- from sit-com watching, since nearly every sit-com from the Brady Bunch to the Fonz to The Simpsons has done an episode involving the Pilgrims, and that's not counting all the elementary school plays we did. "Greet-e-the-mundo," Sarah quotes the Fonz.
Starting to feel better. Now my voice sounds like I've been smoking cigarettes and swilling Scotch -- neither of which pass my lips. Ever.
I pick up CLOTHING OPTIONAL by Alan Zweibel, and crackle as I read the introduction -- purportedly written by Alan's high school English teacher -- who flunked him, and ranks Alan becoming a professional writer as surpassing phenomena such as the cure for polio, the man on the moon, the fall of Communist Russia. LOL Funny stories, including "Letters From an Annoying Man," a fan who alternately turns vicious and pleasant, depending on whether he wants Alan to send him autographed books or read his 247-page unpublished manuscript -- or sue Alan for plagiarizing his manuscript.
But now I want to know how long I will feel crappy and I find the most beautiful cards by artist Jessica Galbreth -- called ENCHANTED ORACLE. I shuffle, and two cards fly out of the deck. Gothique is first -- her message is that I fear something, and must face that fear. Yes, I fear not getting my voice back in record time. The other card is Jewel of the Sea -- she is beautiful. And that is the message -- to recognize the beauty in myself and in others. You know how when you don't feel healthy, you really don't feel beautiful...? Earlier today, without prompting, a guy friend of mine told me I am beautiful. Several times. I couldn't accept the compliment. But, Jewel's larger message is "leave beauty and magic behind you wherever you go."
Go see Chelsea and Jennie -- they are beautiful, and the night will be magical!
Two of my favorite author-friends have events tonight, and I'm not going to either. I awoke with a raging sore threat that threatens to take away my voice. I cannot afford to lose my voice, so I won't be seeing Chelsea Cain read from her latest book SWEETHEART, and I won't be going to hear Jennie Shortridge's talk on the ten most common rules for writers. There's still time for you -- go! See them! Chelsea and Jennie are awesome, wry and funny, and very smart.
We all know the greatest antidote to ill health is humor. So, I will try funny along with taking the truly nasty medicine my naturopathic physician gave me.
Music, too. I have music on.
Sarah Vowell's new book THE WORDY SHIPMATES has arrived, and her quirky voice pops into my head. Our interview a few years ago was about her book ASSASSINATION VACATION. She tells how she takes her nephew along when she does her research, much of the time in cemetaries. Sarah says her nephew calls cemetaries "Halloween parks." I use that actuality and several other actualities in my media training, because she is so clever and so Sarah. Point being, be yourself -- as you as you can possibly be.
I begin reading Sarah's new book and find that this time her research is gleaned -- in part -- from sit-com watching, since nearly every sit-com from the Brady Bunch to the Fonz to The Simpsons has done an episode involving the Pilgrims, and that's not counting all the elementary school plays we did. "Greet-e-the-mundo," Sarah quotes the Fonz.
Starting to feel better. Now my voice sounds like I've been smoking cigarettes and swilling Scotch -- neither of which pass my lips. Ever.
I pick up CLOTHING OPTIONAL by Alan Zweibel, and crackle as I read the introduction -- purportedly written by Alan's high school English teacher -- who flunked him, and ranks Alan becoming a professional writer as surpassing phenomena such as the cure for polio, the man on the moon, the fall of Communist Russia. LOL Funny stories, including "Letters From an Annoying Man," a fan who alternately turns vicious and pleasant, depending on whether he wants Alan to send him autographed books or read his 247-page unpublished manuscript -- or sue Alan for plagiarizing his manuscript.
But now I want to know how long I will feel crappy and I find the most beautiful cards by artist Jessica Galbreth -- called ENCHANTED ORACLE. I shuffle, and two cards fly out of the deck. Gothique is first -- her message is that I fear something, and must face that fear. Yes, I fear not getting my voice back in record time. The other card is Jewel of the Sea -- she is beautiful. And that is the message -- to recognize the beauty in myself and in others. You know how when you don't feel healthy, you really don't feel beautiful...? Earlier today, without prompting, a guy friend of mine told me I am beautiful. Several times. I couldn't accept the compliment. But, Jewel's larger message is "leave beauty and magic behind you wherever you go."
Go see Chelsea and Jennie -- they are beautiful, and the night will be magical!
Labels: ASSASSINATION VACATION, beautiful, Chelsea Cain, CLOTHING OPTIONAL, ENCHANTED ORACLE, healing, Jennie Shortridge, Sarah Vowell, THE WORDY SHIPMATES
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