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May. 24th, 2011 03:30 pmThis morning I went on a Quest for Bordertown. The new anthology came out today and I was determined to possess a copy by the end of the day. (Spoilers: I was successful.) I knew I was going to be downtown, so maybe I could just get one from the B&N down there...
...but really, that'd be cheating. So I popped down to Birchbark Books, who didn't have it in their extensive and lovely YA section--but looked it up when I asked about it, and said it seemed awesome and they'd buy a copy or so for the store, anyhow.
And then it was off around the lake to Uptown, where I caught the bus to Uncle Hugo's, because I'd decided that supporting independent bookstores was the better part of valor--er, or something like that. Uncle Hugo's, of course (of course!), delivered. One copy of Welcome to Bordertown dropped into my hands. (At first I was worried, but turned out it was just leaning on the New Releases bookcase behind something else.)
From story one, it's the Bordertown I remember, plus a bit of the geeks and runaways of today. So far I am loving it. I'm halfway through, or so.
Anyway, after that I headed downtown and ate lunch staring at a book (familiar feeling) before meeting![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
1crowdedhour at the library to catch up. Got some books from the library so Bordertown wouldn't feel lonely, and came back home. I'd like to just dive back in, but I should probably spend some time developing Plans to hang out with people, or working on writing... we'll see how it all goes.
Speaking of, I've been thinking I should commit to doing something writing-related every day this summer: revise a scene, brainstorm things for a new story, draft something, whatever. Last week I was doing pretty well on this, this week not so much. When I'm doing physics research this summer I'll have plenty of things to distract me, so I should probably get in the habit now if I'm going to do it. On the other hand, it's summer; I'll likely get some work done in the next few months either way. And the time not writing is usually reading books or seeing friends or whatever... or, admittedly, watching television on the Internet, which is maybe a worse use of my time than writing.
We'll see how that all goes, too, I guess.
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Entirely unrelatedly, my friendaliseadae has a post here looking for a rideshare to Readercon this summer from the Twin Cities:
What I need, then, is some friendly person or persons who would be willing to travel with me and who have a car. I do not know of such persons right now, but if you do, please let me know.
I will also be abroad for a month starting this Saturday so I should really plan this soon if I want to go. Which might make planning impossible but I might be able to get internet while abroad. We'll see.
Anyone? It'd rock if she could make it--she's never been to Readercon before and I know she'd love it.
...but really, that'd be cheating. So I popped down to Birchbark Books, who didn't have it in their extensive and lovely YA section--but looked it up when I asked about it, and said it seemed awesome and they'd buy a copy or so for the store, anyhow.
And then it was off around the lake to Uptown, where I caught the bus to Uncle Hugo's, because I'd decided that supporting independent bookstores was the better part of valor--er, or something like that. Uncle Hugo's, of course (of course!), delivered. One copy of Welcome to Bordertown dropped into my hands. (At first I was worried, but turned out it was just leaning on the New Releases bookcase behind something else.)
From story one, it's the Bordertown I remember, plus a bit of the geeks and runaways of today. So far I am loving it. I'm halfway through, or so.
Anyway, after that I headed downtown and ate lunch staring at a book (familiar feeling) before meeting
1crowdedhour at the library to catch up. Got some books from the library so Bordertown wouldn't feel lonely, and came back home. I'd like to just dive back in, but I should probably spend some time developing Plans to hang out with people, or working on writing... we'll see how it all goes.Speaking of, I've been thinking I should commit to doing something writing-related every day this summer: revise a scene, brainstorm things for a new story, draft something, whatever. Last week I was doing pretty well on this, this week not so much. When I'm doing physics research this summer I'll have plenty of things to distract me, so I should probably get in the habit now if I'm going to do it. On the other hand, it's summer; I'll likely get some work done in the next few months either way. And the time not writing is usually reading books or seeing friends or whatever... or, admittedly, watching television on the Internet, which is maybe a worse use of my time than writing.
We'll see how that all goes, too, I guess.
---
Entirely unrelatedly, my friend
aliseadae has a post here looking for a rideshare to Readercon this summer from the Twin Cities: What I need, then, is some friendly person or persons who would be willing to travel with me and who have a car. I do not know of such persons right now, but if you do, please let me know.
I will also be abroad for a month starting this Saturday so I should really plan this soon if I want to go. Which might make planning impossible but I might be able to get internet while abroad. We'll see.
Anyone? It'd rock if she could make it--she's never been to Readercon before and I know she'd love it.
