(*as have many people over time)
Things that have happened since my last blog...
Griped and griped some more about my tooth, which developed an interestingly painful, dry socket. Things learned - I'm a dreadful patient or rather an impatient patient - although having toothache doesn't make you a patient at all; that although you may not be able to eat toast (the horror) because it might get stuck in the gaping hole in your mouth, that you can, however, eat chocolate because it melts and can't get stuck (my prescription). I have a hit list containing the names of all the people who said having a tooth removed was easy. They are aware of the list.
There have been a few more reviews of Nowhere Hall that I should have linked to over the past few weeks but constantly linking to reviews does not make for good blog content. Though possibly neither does griping about teeth. The lastest are from Nickolas Cook at The Black Glove, Gef Fox at Skull Salad Reviews, Strange Aeons Magazine (which includes the words 'fucking Jedi'), Jason Baki at Floor to Ceiling Books and Anton Cancre at Horror News Net. If you are of a mind to read them, the reviews are all linked to from the Nowhere Hall page. Simon Marshall Jones has done (and continues to do) an awesome job of getting all the chapbooks he's published before reviewers.
There's also a review in (the first) for Theatre, which I'll link to when I get around to creating a page for the wee thing.
The garden took its revenge on my fence after it staked it x amount of years ago and aided by the wind managed to uproot the thing. I now have half a fence. That's different. And a hungry Alsation lives next door. Gulp! I should stop calling the dog 'dude' and telling it 'you're going to get a sore throat with all that barking'. I suspect I look like a very happy meal (especially now I've stopped griping).
And as a final note, my internet connection at work (or rather work's internet connection) now thinks it's French.
Au Revoir
17 comments:
*snaps fingers* Ye gads, what am I like?! I still haven't read Nowhere Hall. I'll move it at the top of my TBR pile.
Sorry to hear the hole in the gum is playing you up. But chocolate, that's powerful medicine, that is.
A wonderful amount of reviews Cate. Putting them in front of reviewers is one thing; getting such praise is another entirely. Congrats to you!
Gotta love a good Doctor Who reference. :-D Sorry to hear about the mouth hole...face hole...tooth hole...gum hole?
But but but, congrats on all the great reviews!
Chocolate cures all ills, Mike. I've heard it also cures death.
Thanks, Aaron
I wondered if someone would notice that, Anthony :D
A normal week on Planet Cate, then. ;-)
You've had an astonishing number of reviews, Cate. And they're all fabulous. You or your publisher or both have been working really hard.
Ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch. When I had my first tooth out the dentist told me I couldn't drink anything through a straw for, like, practically ever. He had such a hard time pulling the tooth he was worried he'd punctured into my sinus cavity. But that was about 15 years ago and I'm now allowed to drink through a straw. If you're lucky, in 15 years you can eat toast instead of chocolate!
And I still haven't read Nowhere Hall. What is wrong with me?
Hey :P Simon
I've just been sitting here licking chocolate, Deborah
I don't usually drink from a straw but of course now I want to, Kate :D
So, an exciting week all round. Plenty of inspiration for fiction there ...
I once lost half a peanut in the hole left behind by a removed molar. Seriously, I sympathise.
Congrats on the reviews.
Also...
I. Hate. The. Fucking. Dentist.
Yeah, it was a sneaky way to out me as a big nerd. Verrrry sneaky.
Tooth pulling - easy. Fibbers.
Good god, I had a dry socket after my wisdom teeth were pulled and it was HORRIFIC.
Congrats on all the EXTREMELY WELL-DESERVED reviews <3
Me too, Barry
That sounds seriously painful, Simon
I concur, Danielle
I've read (on the internet) that dry sockets from Wisdom Teeth are even worse, Katey. Oh good lord.
It can be painful when not managed right. Talk to your dentist about the options.
I always drink some pain reviler every time a procedure is done with my teeth. Thanks.
I hope your mouth hole's getting better now.
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