Hello, darling readers.
I’ve done shockingly little reading this week. Well, okay. I did read Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd, which was hard to understand because I was the wrong kind of nerd when I was in high school. What I mean to say is, I didn’t play D&D or watch anything with “star” in the title. I was the president of the Latin Club. Also, I was into several different kinds of debate. Political nerds just aren’t the same, though.
Anyway, the reason I didn’t post or read is that I was in California. I drank coffee and shopped at used bookstores and hung out with Yvonne Prinz, whose upcoming book The Vinyl Princess is super awesome. I spent a bit of time interviewing her, but we also ate shaved fennel and talked about movie stars (Joseph Gordon Levitt: hot. Tom Cruise: not.) and swapped music trivia. Well, actually, Yvonne, who not only wrote a YA book about a delightful music geek girl but is also the co-owner/founder of Amoeba Music — pics to come — had much more musical trivia to share. I just sort of listened and tried to remember the names she was throwing at me.
Right. So, now I’m back. Flew in on the red-eye this morning. Expect to hear from me soon. Probably with more info on Geektastic, because even if I’ve never been to a sci fi/fantasy convention, I at least know who “The Doctor” is.