So, our official release date isn’t until Tuesday, but we just got word that The Geek Girl’s Guide to Cheerleading is in stock at Barnes and Noble! Darcy was so excited, she called me on my cell.
We put a call out on the Geek Girl site. If you’re out and about this weekend/next week, and see Geek Girl in the wild (or on the shelf), snap some pictures and we’ll post them on the Geek Girl blog.
So yesterday, we took Oreo (the cat) to the vet. Her eye looked infected. In fact, Andrew woke me from a sound sleep the other night by yelling:
There’s something wrong with Oreo’s eye!
Except, what I heard was:
Somehow Oreo died!
I charged down the hall, wide awake, heart pounding, only to find the cat, just fine, on his bed.
Miss B wanted to come along to the vet since she’s thinking about being a animal doctor. Actually, she has a very detailed career plan. It goes something like this:
So, I was pleased that the vet tech and the vet herself were women. Plus, a high school girl was there doing job shadowing for a school project.
The vet put stain in kitty’s eye then viewed it with a black light to check for torn cornea. Actually, we all got to view kitty’s freaky glowing eye. A good time was had by all except kitty. Turns out it’s just an infection that we can treat with ointment.
Which, in theory, sounds simple. Have you ever put ointment in a cat’s eye? Sure, they make it look easy at the vet. This morning, it took me and Andrew to do it. And of course, kitty immediately proceeded to wipe it out of her eye.
Tonight, I’m getting the aspiring vet to help me.
Well, actually it happened at the post office. I had a big stack of books I was sending out (eleven to be precise). The guy working the counter asked me about them, thinking I was an eBay bookseller or something.
I, seizing upon opportunity (somewhat uncharacteristically), said, why, no, this is a book I wrote.
Post office guy? He. Was. Astounded. I had to tell him all about it. His wife had to know because she loves to read.
It’s at this point I think to myself: wow, I should really have some book business cards made up.
Then, the woman next in line piped that she has teen daughters who love to read.
Insert an image here of me kicking myself.
I was reduced to writing down titles on scrap paper.
So, I need some cards, ASAP. I tried some of those online design-your-own type places, but the results looked like someone with no graphics arts ability using one of those online design-your-own type places. But something is better than nothing, so I’m pushing this task up on my to-do list.
I also need a better answer to the question: “How long does it take to write a book?”
“It depends.” did not go over too well. The guy working the counter looked at me like: What? Is she crazy? She doesn’t know how long it takes to write a book? Isn’t that what she does?
I guess I could’ve told him four years. I got the initial idea for Geek Girl’s Guide in February of 2004. It sold in March, 2008 (and we still had another revision to go through).
Of course, I wrote other things during that time. Shelved it, took it out again, shelved it, started working with Darcy … hm, I had a moral in mind, I’m sure, beyond persistence and being in it for the long haul.
But all I really can think of is: book business card.
Must. Have.
This is my favorite pic of the day. I’ll put the rest of them below the cut to spare those of you with slow connections.
It was a long day, but a good day. And get this: Miss B walked the entire five miles by herself. We saw lots of dogs, cats, goats, a horse, a pony, parrots, and a monkey.
Pictures to follow. I’m trying to recover with Gatorade and tea, but actually recovery may not happen until tomorrow.
Writing Wrongs 