Last chance to get signed books, coming up.

Ooh... I need One Salt Sea and Ashes of Honor so I can read them. I could call and order them tomorrow! (Well, later today really, since since the witching hour has already come and gone on December 18th.) The chances of you having time to both read and reply to this question are slim. Therefore, I will order the books anyway! But I am going to take a gamble and do the following (which may require emailing Borderlands with the exact request as a followup):

For one book, I will request an inscribed line from my favorite poem by you about muses, titled, "Missed." The line is "I left a map for you in San Francisco, drawn on fog and etched in mist." This somehow connects in my head to the October Daye books, which are in a sense the "maps" of her world. It would be awesome to see it on one of the October Daye books.

Remembering how you used to write poems by request on LJ, back when you had the time, I will then take a gamble. At worst, the Borderlands staff declines the convoluted request, or you are too busy the day you come by. If that happens, I should still get my second ordered book with just a signature (which I am okay with).

However, for the second book, I will request that you write a line replying to the previous quote! Answer from the point of view of Seanan McGuire (Author and Person), October Daye, Newt the vampire librarian (from old LARP days, continuing the book/map comparison), or whatever character seems most fitting to you. I know Newt is ancient history, but you used to post updates on what your previous rpg characters would be doing, and it seems appropriate to the metaphor...

Again, if you do not have time to play improviser when you sign everyone's books on the 20th, I completely understand. I am tired and worried about things in my life, and turning to fiction to help me tonight, just a little... I get results on an MRI scan of my brain tomorrow from the neurologist for some unexplained health problems; I am very much hoping it shows nothing medically wrong but stress and exhaustion.

Wishing you all the best this holiday season, and a good Yule celebration at the Winter Solstice, if you are so celebrating it...

Mack Knopf

S. gave me Ashes of Honor and Discount Armageddon for Chanukah. Yay!

...You know, I really, really do not think clearly in the middle of the night when I am exhausted! In the interest of simplicity and sanity, I am going to call Borderlands right now and ask for the following: one inscription for the first book (then give the poem quote), and then whatever Seanan feels like adding to the second book (if anything), beyond the signature.

I spend what feels like a large portion of my life unsnarling bits that I have deliberately made complicated! It is a talent.

Also, the neurologist said today that the MRI of my brain was normal. This leaves me A) grateful but still with a problem and B) with a referral to the movement disorder clinic specialists at the local research hospital. So, okay. Back to my regularly scheduled law practice and the (increasingly late) grades I need to send in for my night English class...

Mack

Because my husband tells me to get things I want for Xmas [so he can gives 'em to me, bwah ha ha] - I went to Barnes & Noble for the Toby series. They had the 2 latest on the shelf - and were delighted to mail the other 4 to me, free of shipping/handling costs since it was more than $25. I am so VERY happy to get the whole series - and really like B&N's shipping policy.