Ah, March. I’m glad it’s here. There’s a storm raging outside and I had to dodge a falling tree on my way to work, but I’m just happy it’s rain pelting the windows and causing the power outages right now and not snow.
March is a busy month for me normally. We have three birthdays on my side of the family this month, so that always livens things up. (Incidentally, I asked my sister, father, and nephew what they wanted for their birthdays, and got the same answer from each: “I don’t know.” So this year’s shopping will be easy: they’re all getting socks.) This March is a bit more hectic than usual, however: I’m currently juggling editing two manuscripts during the hours I’m not at my day job, plus I have a book coming out on the 11th. Add to that the discovery that one of my former coworkers regularly appears in a Rocky Horror Picture Show performance the first weekend of the month, and well, you can see where my priorities are. (Make no mistake, I’ll be at Rocky Horror this weekend. The editing clients can wait.)
The book debuting on March 11 is the long-awaited My Sister the Zombie, which, I’m happy to report, my sister has finally—not her fault, there were production snags—read. (I’ll be doing a guest post for another blogger this month titled “Turning Your Real-Life Sister into a Fictional Zombie: Will She Ever Speak to You Again?”) I’ve also been scheduling interviews and appearances surrounding the release, which has been a bit nerve-wracking, because I’m an introvert by nature and lately I’ve evolved into full-time hermit. I have to give my publisher credit, though, because he’s the one setting up these interviews, and has made it quite clear he will be very disappointed in me if I didn’t follow through with actually doing them. (Incidentally, with the disappointed dad look he’s perfected, I have no doubt he is an excellent father, too.)
The whole point of this long-winded description of what my March is going to be like was meant to be my explanation as to why I don’t have a blog post this week. But seeing as I’m coming up on 400 words, according to my handy word count function at the bottom of my screen, I believe what we have here is a bona fide post. Hooray!
Also, don’t forget the best thing about March: Shamrock Shakes! Which, I’ve just learned, are gluten free. Best month of the year!
March is a busy month for me normally. We have three birthdays on my side of the family this month, so that always livens things up. (Incidentally, I asked my sister, father, and nephew what they wanted for their birthdays, and got the same answer from each: “I don’t know.” So this year’s shopping will be easy: they’re all getting socks.) This March is a bit more hectic than usual, however: I’m currently juggling editing two manuscripts during the hours I’m not at my day job, plus I have a book coming out on the 11th. Add to that the discovery that one of my former coworkers regularly appears in a Rocky Horror Picture Show performance the first weekend of the month, and well, you can see where my priorities are. (Make no mistake, I’ll be at Rocky Horror this weekend. The editing clients can wait.)
The book debuting on March 11 is the long-awaited My Sister the Zombie, which, I’m happy to report, my sister has finally—not her fault, there were production snags—read. (I’ll be doing a guest post for another blogger this month titled “Turning Your Real-Life Sister into a Fictional Zombie: Will She Ever Speak to You Again?”) I’ve also been scheduling interviews and appearances surrounding the release, which has been a bit nerve-wracking, because I’m an introvert by nature and lately I’ve evolved into full-time hermit. I have to give my publisher credit, though, because he’s the one setting up these interviews, and has made it quite clear he will be very disappointed in me if I didn’t follow through with actually doing them. (Incidentally, with the disappointed dad look he’s perfected, I have no doubt he is an excellent father, too.)
The whole point of this long-winded description of what my March is going to be like was meant to be my explanation as to why I don’t have a blog post this week. But seeing as I’m coming up on 400 words, according to my handy word count function at the bottom of my screen, I believe what we have here is a bona fide post. Hooray!
Also, don’t forget the best thing about March: Shamrock Shakes! Which, I’ve just learned, are gluten free. Best month of the year!
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