So after lunch and the book tour, we finally got together with the family for our original purpose: John Carter. As someone who fell asleep half-way through “The Phantom Menace” and less than a quarter through whatever that second prequel was called (and didn’t even bother with the third), I was surprised and pleased to see old-fashioned space opera done right: likable characters, a believable story (with a slow spot here or there), and lots of exciting action. I haven’t read the books yet; but brother-in-law Buck has, and he says it was pretty faithful within the limits of a two-hour film. Buck even liked it enough to see it twice on Saturday!
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Writing for Charity Anthology, Vol. 1An anthology to benefit
the Children’s Literature Association of Utah
and the Future Light Orphanage in Cambodia.
Contains my story,
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Wow. That was a full Saturday! No wonder we couldn’t catch up on Sunday!
Heh. Those were only the surprises. Then there was the furniture moving, the plant moving, the cooking, the laundry…
Oh, and the groceries. The original plan was a movie at 3:45 followed by grocery shopping. Well, the movie showing was 9:45 p.m. (after an Applebee’s dinner); so it was 1 a.m. by the time I got to the grocery store. Which of course meant 2 a.m. thanks to Daylight Savings Time. By the time I got done finding the gluten free stuff et al. in an unfamiliar store, it was after 3. It was 4 by the time I got the groceries home and put away.
So yeah, driving back into GR in time for epee was not on my radar…
Hey-sorry that my wonky schedule contributed to your late night and non-fencing on Sunday.
No need to be sorry! I got to hear a pro author speak on writing! That would’ve never happened on our original schedule.
True. That WAS a nice benefit for both of us (thanks again for the book and for waiting to get it signed).