I want JR Blackwell to take me clothes shopping. She doesn’t have to BUY me clothes, she just has to pick them out.

I want Barbara Blackburn to accompany Jolly Blackburn to Origins this year so I can meet her. It’s very strange and wonderful to get fan mail from someone you’re a fan of.

I want someone to get me in touch with Christopher Moore so I can meet him and pick his brain and interview him for ISBW. I have many questions for him. (I just finished reading Dirty Job, and it was fantastic.)

I want Richard Dansky to introduce me to his sifu so I can start attending kung fu again. I miss punching things in a constructive manner.

I want the Pink Tornado’s dinosaur to stop looking at me like that.

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Yesterday was an up and down day. I’ll be doing lots of recording this week, and need to take care of my voice. But I figured the mood dropped right around the time my body said, “You know what? You didn’t sleep much, then you poured caffeine into me, then you forgot to eat lunch. I hate you!” (My body often acts like a fourteen year old.) But food, comics, a tromp through the graveyard at UNC with the PT and a rummaging through the UNC Student Stores (shopping during Spring Break FTW!) cheered me considerably.

I started Agent Hunt 2 two days ago. Queried five agents via email so far: two rejections, one request for a full. This is for HEAVEN, which, for those who don’t know, consists of an editing together of the novellas HEAVEN and HELL. If you’re paying attention, you’ll realize that book two of the series will consist of EARTH and WASTELAND. Season five of HEAVEN will be the last, and will be a full-length novel. I am so freaking excited about this one. This series has definitely turned into something… else… something I hadn’t expected, either in popularity or my own happiness with it.

Green cleaning continues. We’re currently dealing with the delicate balance of the following: we’re in a drought, so they ask us not to rinse dishes before putting into the dishwasher. However, the green soap we use to avoid pouring poison into the environment doesn’t have quite the cleaning power that Cascade does, so we’re trying to find that happy medium of saving water but getting our dishes clean… baking soda does an amazing job of cleaning out tea stains, by the way. I’m so excited about the response people have given regarding their interest in green cleaning since I’ve been blogging it. Some local friends want to go in with me to buy some DIY home cleaning supplies. A Viable Paradise X buddy, Dru, just emailed me this site, giving advice on how to make your home more energy efficient.

Time to brew that tea and head to the mic. I’ve WASTELAND to record.