Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: amused
  • Music: Kaia (my 4-year-old niece) singing 'Evil Laugh.'

Jim Hines is a class act. Bonus: conversations with my mother.

So jimhines has proven himself to be a class act. How? By sending a copy of The Stepsister Scheme to my mother, that's how. An autographed copy, no less. Since I'm not always sure my mother believes that authors actually exist -- the whole publishing process is arcane to her, which is understandable, since it's arcane to me, too -- this was made of awesome and pie. AWESOME AND PIE.

(Mom: "Is this for me?"
Me: "It has your name in it."
Mom: "Is he mad at me?"
Me: "...logic fail, Mom.")

After giving her the book, we went to Target to pick up my prescriptions for the month. (Yes, I am a grown woman. No, I do not drive. Yes, this sometimes means I ask my mother to run errands with me. No, I don't think this is a problem. I pay for gas, and it gives us an excuse to hang out without needing to find an actual activity that we have in common. Beyond playing with/tormenting the cats, flea markets, and going to Target, we mostly avoid that sort of thing.) As we waited, she asked me where I'd come up with some of the words on my new album.

"Like what?" I asked, all innocence.

"Epidemiolo-whatzit," she said.

Cue my mother getting a fifteen minute class on epidemiology while standing in the pharmacy aisle at the Target. Many people turned faintly green. Somehow, this turned into a vigorous explanation of recessive genes, why white cats are deaf, and why male pattern baldness passes through the female line. More people turned faintly green.

My mother's final verdict:

"I have no idea how I made you."

Neither does anybody else, Mom. Neither does anybody else.
Tags: busy busy busy, good things, in the wild, jim hines, my mom is nuts
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netpositive

February 12 2009, 21:02:40 UTC 8 years ago

Congrats on finding ways to spend useful, quality time with your parental unit without sturm, drang, or homicide. Extra points for holding class in any of the aisles at Target.

As for parents' views of their children: my dad is my biggest fan and gets 99% of the blame for how I turned out. Whereas my mom's only known comment about my writing, as relayed by my dad, was "She certainly has a *vivid* imagination."

wendyzski

February 12 2009, 21:43:42 UTC 8 years ago

My mom said of my second CD (which was all instrumentals of Elizabethan dance music) "Honey, it all just sounds the same".

Guess who didn't get promo copies of the 3rd and 4th CDs :(

rhienelleth

February 12 2009, 21:52:12 UTC 8 years ago

Ooooooh - I am so intrigued! Links? I do costume events and things with a friend who does costuming as a side business. (I'm just a hobbyist. A totally obsessed hobbyist, but still.) Period music would be a total win to have, for whenever we might need it. :D

wendyzski

February 12 2009, 22:32:35 UTC 8 years ago

I'm with a new band now, but the old group's website with the sample tracks is here.

Drop me a line via the new group's website for ordering info. We do discounts on multiple sales as I would someday like to use my closet again. We also have the Tread The Measure still available on cassettes for a very reasonable cost (just short of us paying you to take them away)

seanan_mcguire

February 13 2009, 15:02:29 UTC 8 years ago

Awwwwww.

That's lame.

seanan_mcguire

February 13 2009, 15:02:01 UTC 8 years ago

We enjoy Target. We wander around, buying weird crap, and mocking one another's food choices.

Vivid imaginations for the win!