amusedMom: So I finished my book.
(She looks sorrowfully towards Goblin War, barely visible in her bag.)
Me: Cool.
Mom: Is he writing another one? I'm going to write him a letter and tell him he has to write another one.
Me: I don't think he's writing another one right now.
Mom: He has to.
(I pause to consider the idea of what my editor -- who is also Jim's editor -- would do to me if my mother went to his house to make him write another Jig novel.)
Me: Well, maybe someday. Mermaid's Madness comes out in October.
Mom: The Jig books were so good. I loved the way [spoilers redacted]. And when I found out he was [spoilers redacted], I just about died. I did not see that coming.
Me: So you liked them.
Mom: Hell, yeah.
Me: Cool.
(More discussion follows. And then:)
Mom: So you're going to meet him while you're in Michigan?
Me: Hope so.
Mom: Tell him Smudge needs to find a Lady Smudge.
(There is a pause as I consider this. Finally...)
Me: It'll be all Charlotte's Web meets Firestarter up in the caves.
Mom: Exactly.
So Jim, your seduction of my mother continues. I WILL HAVE MY REVENGE. In other news, Rosemary and Rue comes out in 164 days. 164 is the smallest number which is the concatenation of squares in two different ways. I really love the word 'concatenate.'
That is all.
March 24 2009, 00:37:28 UTC 8 years ago
Besides, think how pretty a fire web with writing in it would be.
March 24 2009, 00:45:44 UTC 8 years ago