Reviews of the Shower

[leahbobet]

"Parable of the Shower" is starting to get some reviews, and I have saved up enough in a tidy little stack to share with you, since you are all clearly on the edges of your seats over this matter.

Free SF Reader, in its usual cryptic fashion, gives the story 3 out of 5 stars.

Joe Sherry at Adventures in Reading says nice things, including that it is a delightful story, which warms my little shriveled heart.

And, Kathryn Cramer is a fan of the opening line, using it to demonstrate a point about narrative hooks and setting reader expectations at the outset, which is very flattering. There is also a picture from Ad Astra here, wherein I am drinking something with Watts and Dave Nickle, whose collection is coming out from ChiZine Publications and is well worth your inspection.

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As for the rest of it, my garden looks lovely right now, there will be pasta for dinner, I'm going swing dancing with ksumnersmith and cszego tonight, and there are two things that are deeply upsetting me and one thing that is really, really making me happy at the moment. The one awesome thing masses bigger than the two upsetting ones, although I'll admit the latter have been having their moments, lately. On the whole it's all balancing out, though, and I hope to tell you about at least two of those three things in a week or two (but not now, because they are not Done Yet).

Back on your heads, then.

Comments

[monkeyman.livejournal.com]

Absolutely. Let me know what the holes in your schedule are and I'll hold it up to mine to see what fits. :)

[leahbobet.livejournal.com]

Ummm...I have a birthday party to go to Sunday afternoon, but otherwise my weekend's clean.

[monkeyman.livejournal.com]

Hmm. My weekend is actually going to be kind of packed, except for mornings; I have a birthday party out in the 'burbs on Saturday afternoon, then I have to work at night, and Sunday I have to be around in the afternoon so my theatre peeps can pick up the Godzilla costume for a photo shoot on Monday, and that night I should try to go to Deb's concert. So unless you wanted to go for early coffee ...

I am free tomorrow night, but then Monday night is my writing group so after that we'd be talking Tuesday or later. Let me know if any of those work.

[leahbobet.livejournal.com]

Eek. Seriously, whenever's easy. I can hold out 'til next week. *g*

[monkeyman.livejournal.com]

Heh. Well, unless you have a free night tomorrow or wanted to go out and about in the morning (which is fine with me, but not eveyone is an early riser), might have to wait. :D

[leahbobet.livejournal.com]

I am soooo not a morning person. But tomorrow, depending on my state of exhaustion, might be good. :)

[monkeyman.livejournal.com]

:D Okay, just let me know what you're thinking come tomorrow.

[leahbobet.livejournal.com]

Probably sevenish? But I shall send le text to you. *g*