Hi there! :) I’ll try to keep this short, as I can barely type don’t want to waste your time. :) And I have exciting news. For me, anyway.

So … I got up this morning and read my email, and I was so happy to hear from someone I knew when I was in journalism school at the University of Maryland!

Pretend this is me.

And I spent time tweeting about my Indiegogo campaign and, of course, I’d love it if you (yes, you reading this here blog) could contribute or like my Facebook page for the Sam McRae mystery series.

Thank you so much! :)

And I took a walk with my husband. A brisk walk, but not too brisk, because my foot really is fucked up leg starts barking, if I go too fast. And it was chilly, but it was great to be alive.

So, we got to talking about the show, The Sons of Anarchy, and how a character might — not to put too fine a point on it — get whacked, possibly. And, my husband said something like when you’re in a gang you only have one choice. And I said, we always get to choose.

Haven’t I said that before? :)

And, now … ahem! … look where we are. :)

But the exciting news is that I’ve finally written “The End” on the young adult novel manuscript!!! :D Thank fucking heavens!!!

BTW, I checked my books and if I hadn’t attended Bouchercon or the Austin Film Festival, I would have made a profit on my writing business. Now, that is a miracle awesome!

And here are some photos that I didn’t take of people I met at the Austin Film Festival.

Frank Darabont is on the left, Chris Carter on the right.

Ramon Isao, on the left, Kevin Hamedani, on the right.

And here’s what it says in the email where I got these pictures:

As crazy as it sounds, the AFF staff is already in the planning stages for the 2013 Festival and Conference. We’ve announced our dates, October 24 – 31, 2013, for our 20th Anniversary and are dreaming up our best Festival yet. We’re tossing around some pretty big ideas for new film series, Conference additions, parties and a few surprises.

Well, sign me up! :D I’m bitten by the bug.

Pretend this is me, screenwriting.

And hello to The Red Branch Theatre Company, which follows me on Twitter now. Awesome! :D *waving*

So, here are some links of possible interest:

Empathy Rules

The art of forgiveness: who to forgive?

Happy belated birthday, Albert Camus.

Albert Camus

Gene, honestly, I’m shocked surprised you don’t see the irony. Ha ha ha …

Compare this year’s ROI post with this year’s. Interesting.

And finally this awesome quotation from Nik Nak’s Old Peculiar:

“Stupidity has a knack of getting its way; as we should see if we were not always so much wrapped up in ourselves.”

Albert Camus  7 November 1913 – 4 January 1960

And thank you, Paul, for mentioning my various blog posts. And for everything. You’re awesome and famous now!