The Pyrenees---Southern France

The Pyrenees---Southern France

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Better Than a Rottweiler...

        The days are cooling off, which means--in our neighborhood--a flood of Jehovah's Witnesses will start their knocking anew. I apologize if you are of that faith, but since you wouldn't let me rollerblade on your parking lot, I don't want you on my front stoop.



      Often, signs on the door do nothing to deter. Neither do dogs. But Tammy comes rushing to the rescue. She has the perfect assortment of signage; you choose the message, the style, and she'll handcraft them to match your home's motif.

      What kind of message can you send to bothersome door-knockers? Check them out here.

      Also, I recently got news that two (which means I need to use two fingers, and not just my all-time favorite one) of my stories will appear in Not Your Mother's Book on Dogs--"A Power Higher Than the Law" and "Heart of Pure Gold." Kathleene Baker has been a delightful editor to work with. She's bent over backwards to ensure that 1) enough details were changed in one of the stories so I wouldn't be thrown into jail (I committed a felony) and 2) I was happy with any changes/cuts that were made. I was actually looking forward to some time in prison--unlimited time to read, no lesson plans to write, no cooking or cleaning to do--but that will have to wait for another day.

       This was my turn to crow. How 'bout you?  What do you want to shout from the rooftops? It could be writing-related, or it could be something along the lines of, "I am so proud, my buttons are about to pop off. I ate only half of the bag of Dove chocolates, instead of the whole freakin' bag. What's that you say? You think it's my poochy gut and not my pride that's causing my buttons to fly off like missiles? Why, you little..."

        Go ahead. Yell it, scream it, whisper it. We're listening...

14 comments:

  1. Congratulations! I enjoyed the signs too! As for shouting from the rooftop: I just finished a knitted shawl with beads along the edge. It was trickier than I expected but I finished it!

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    1. I'm jealous. I can ONLY knit scarves, and it's just knit knit knit--no purling for me.

      So...congratulations, Pat. And thanks.

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  2. Woo hoo, a two-fer! Congratulations, Sioux!! It looks like you're on a publishing roll...keep it up! :)

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    1. Lisa--Hey, I've got lots of rolls...of cellulite, of lard, of chins, and so on...

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  3. YAY, congratulations... I've got nothing. :-) But so happy for you!

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  4. Double congratulations!

    I am barely treading water right now. So I will have to crow about not going under. Yay, me! I'm keeping my head above the surface!

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    1. Just tilt your nose towards the sky, so you can get some air through the barely-surfaced nostrils. That's what I do...

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  5. Hi Sioux,

    Congratulations, times two. And it's good news that your editor was so easy to work with on the anthology.

    My good news is that both grandkiddos are back in school--and were happy to start the new school year.

    Donna

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    1. Donna--And you should shout (if only between Walt and yourself) what a wonderful job you're doing with those two grandkiddos. I bow down to you...

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  6. That is one awesome sign to have TWO stories chosen in spite of your felonious writing ways! And thank you once again for the sign pointing in my bloggish direction. That's what I want to shout about. Double congratulations!

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    1. Those who can pull phenomenal stuff out of their butt, do. Those who can't--they have to increase their chances by attempting to wear the editor down.

      Thanks, Tammy. I pointed people your way because your signs were hilarious. And I'm still ticked off that you created them all.

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  7. Congratulations, I don't have any new publishing credits, but I'm proud of myself for keeping up my writing blog for more than a year now!

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  8. Congrats! Congrats! (May I post your kudos over at Saturday Writers? Why have you not sent a note detailing your successesss instead of making me stalk you here?)

    My crowing (cawing?) is that of the three poems I read at OWL open mic last week, one was requested by a magazine editor. Now if only I win that trip to Ireland ...

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