It's a Writing Thing

Many of you have said it, but I have to agree - there is a special meaning to fandom, to my fannish friends and to those brilliant people that I've connected with on an even deeper level.

Thanks for all of you, for understanding, for being there, for knowing what it's like to have a fangrrl squee moment (or a thousand such moments!). Being back in touch with the joy of fandom means more than I can say.

I am also so very thankful for the amazing opportunity this year to rebirth my fledgling fiction writing career. All was dark and despairing at the beginning of 2006, then Boom! Here I am again, with a re-release of a book I never gave up on, a publisher that believes in me and my work nearly as much as beledibabe and starrkat do, and a brand new chance.

A great many thanks to the PTB for the joy of having my parents, my sister and BIL here with me. I get to show off my space, my turf plus have some fabulous bonding time.

Special hugs to my not-blood family: beledibabe, starrkat, cousin allaboutm_e (and the clan) - without you all, there would be no chickwriter, as fandom and I would have stayed broken up and writer-me may not have succeeded. Love you all beyond the telling of it.

Today will be breakfast at the Royal, a fantastic home-cooking style diner in Old Town Alexandria, followed by a trip to the National Air & Space Museum, then turkey at Clyde's.

Tomorrow, a trip to my office so I can show off the geek; lunch with my boss at Bohio's Cuban Grill and perhaps the National Zoo, should the weather cooperate.

Saturday, who knows?

It doesn't get any better than this.

Happy Canada Day to all my friends north of the 49th and to those of us honourary citizens. ::g::

I'm back in my apartment.
The cleaning people came yesterday.
The new grocery delivery came last night.
I'm going book shopping and then having lunch with a dear friend. (Tanya Huff's new book is out!)
And it's stopped raining.

Can't get much better than this.

Oh, yeah - it can...On Wednesday, beledibabe and I go to see an RCMP presentation at the Smithsonian.

Life is sometimes so very sweet.

Hugs to all who need them.