Well, I know why I couldn't sleep now.

[leahbobet]

Sick, sick, horrendously sick. The annual head cold, a holiday tradition in this household, has come for me. Sniffle.

Been housebound and kind of dumb since Sunday afternoon, pretty much just reading funny stuff on the Internet and blowing my nose and eating spicy takeout and napping. I will definitely not be attending the By Divine Right show I was going to be at tonight. All has been boo and hoo.

Thing is, this afternoon my ears are still terrifically clogged, but I woke up in possession of 1) a brain and 2) a sense of humour again. All the tom kha soup and curry must be working. Things appear to be on the upswing.

Also...there is no way I could be in a cranky sick mood in the face of this:


Photo courtesy matociquala, who loves me and wants me to be happy.

What's that, you ask?

The December Locus Magazine books sold page, with a big red football-play MS Paint circle drawn on it by yours truly.

I could not tell you why, but of all things? This, this feels like a milestone.

Comments

[britmandelo.livejournal.com]

Congrats! (Seeing something in print like that is so much more concrete, emotionally.)

[leahbobet.livejournal.com]

It is, yeah. :) And it's one of those "Look, validation!" things, versus the "Here is more work for you to do" things. ;)

[pnkrokhockeymom.livejournal.com]

omgomgomg

[ogre-san.livejournal.com]

congrats!

[gwynnega]

Congrats!!!

[edschweppe.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

(Has anyone given you a print date yet? Inquiring minds want to spend money know ...)

[leahbobet.livejournal.com]

Yup. Spring 2012 sometime. :)

[edschweppe.livejournal.com]

Aww, I guess I shouldn't bug the folks at my local independent bookstore.

Yet. :-)

[leahbobet.livejournal.com]

Hee. Yes. It'll be a while yet. :)

I expect I will say when!

[pnkrokhockeymom.livejournal.com]

Imma buy like 12.

[cucumberseed.livejournal.com]

AWESOME!

[ckd]

Congratulations!

[desperance.livejournal.com]

Recognition in the organs of the trade: always a milestone. Seeing my first novel listed in the pages of "The Bookseller" was a real kick for me. You sort of forget, but between the author and the reader comes the trade, and having the professionals recognise you as one of them - oh, yes.

[hawkwing-lb.livejournal.com]

Wooot!

You are made of win.

[haruhiko.livejournal.com]

OOOOOOOOOHH GET IT, GÜRL~

[mmerriam.livejournal.com]

conga rats!

[asatomuraki.livejournal.com]

Congrats in a big way! :)

[moon-custafer.livejournal.com]

Book exists!

[leahbobet.livejournal.com]

Yes! Exactly! :)

[pnkrokhockeymom.livejournal.com]

OMFG. That is so awesome. Not the sick. The book!!!

HOW COOL IS THAT?

(ty for sharing this today...I needed someone else's good news)

SQUEEEEEE!!!!!

[leahbobet.livejournal.com]

<3 <3 <3

[pnkrokhockeymom.livejournal.com]

you are so super cool... I'm so proud! And when me and M. move to Toronto some day we's goin' dancin'!!!!

[leahbobet.livejournal.com]

Oooh, that seriously on the table? :)

[pnkrokhockeymom.livejournal.com]

In my brain, at least, it is one of several possibilities. We have like eight cities on the table, and given he's Canadian, we've included a couple of Canadian cities.

Also, my firm recently bought a Toronto practice.

[leahbobet.livejournal.com]

...

You must to come to my town. I demands it.

[pnkrokhockeymom.livejournal.com]

Well, we'll almost certainly COME. I've never been. So I really want to.

We are also almost certainly honeymooning in Canada, but further West (Vancouver and Victoria). And we'll be in Montreal in August. So Toronto is probably not this year unless I jump firms. But next year is looking kind of likely!

[matociquala.livejournal.com]

Mazel tov.

[rysmiel.livejournal.com]

Oh most excellent well done. Plus *hugs* if you deem them apt.

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

Yay on Locus. And feel better soon.

[cathemery.livejournal.com]

And a very fine milestone it is, too.

Hope you feel better ASAP.

[skogkatt.livejournal.com]

That is an awesome milestone! Yay! Look at you there on the same page with The Windup Girl's Brit rights. Awww. Yay!

[stillnotbored.livejournal.com]

I miss so much shit because I'm at work...

Super wooot! It was real before, but now it is extra real.*g*

[deakat]

I'm finally getting around to reading the umptysome tabs that are clogging up my netbook's memory, so late to the party.

That is a wonderful thing to see, and I state once again that I am looking forward to reading that book SO MUCH! I'll be saving my pennies to buy many copies and shove them at people.