Met Jacqueline Carey-an epic fantasy author. She signed a few books for us, and another of her fans took a picture of us. It was interesting to hear her speak. I thought she was maybe looking at us all as potentially weird characters that may show up in her books…the crazy cat lady with the purple hair and the wailing child and crocheted hat, the gothic teenager with inky emo tears… She was very sweet and had a really funny self depreciating sense of humour. Most of her fans have whole worlds in their heads from reading all her numerous novels…I’ve only read the first two, so I didn’t have as extensive a knowledge to draw on to ask questions as some of the other people there did. Mostly, I thought of some good ones to ask after the Q and A had closed. But she seemed very kind. Though no doubt she’s used to a slightly livelier crowd-I think some people in the crowd were just shell shocked that she’d was actually deigned to visit, that she was here, in the flesh, and were overcome with sudden shyness at being this close to their idol.
…Also, boning up on dinosaurs again, and here’s an interesting link about pterosaurs.
http://naturalhistorymag.com/samplings/292036/sailing-ancient-seas
that website has some fascinating articles-at least I think so because it lets me explore my geek side a little bit. (I’m discovering I’ve always been big geek anyway, but I’ve kept that side of me quiet for a long time. What happens when I let the geek out? Oh the fashion nightmares….)
Entries (RSS)