We put the finishing touches on our taxes yesterday. The only thing left are the envelopes and stamps. Whew. And we’re getting a refund. Not as big as refunds in past years, but still, a helluva lot better than having to pay.
To celebrate, we mixed up some more gin drinks–Matthew thinks they’re closer to being gin & tonics than Tom Collinses. They’re a jigger of gin, a jigger of lime, a sprinkle of sweetener, tonic water to taste, and lotso ice. Whatever. Yum. Anyway, we put on Interview with a Vampire, popped some corn, and I got nicely toasted.
Writing Stuff
12-day SALE to Nowa Fantastyka! I sold a Polish reprint of “All in My Mind”! The editor also said that he really liked my work and asked me to send him several of my stories. If he likes them, he’s going to bundle a contract for multiple works. Another sale to a venue that publishes in a language I can’t read. Woohoo!
Finished up the “author’s notes” that my Cricket editor requested. It’s going out in the mail today.
Also assembled a care package for jackzodiac for his Make a Wish Foundation Charity Auction at Mobicon (it’s going out in today’s mail too, Davey!).
thank eugie I will let you know when it arrives and Wayne over at Mobi Con also says thank you alot…
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Coolness. Tell Wayne I sez “welcomey!”
I will…
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Gin and tonics…. *WITH ICE*??!!
Ok…but you’ll make Jesus cry….
Congrats of the Polish sale – na zdrowie!
Yes, ice! The alternative would be tepid gin & tonics . . . ewww!
Wow! That is fantastic!!
I liked the ‘refreshed’ mood kitty. *laughs*
Thanks! The mood icon is from Two Lumps, the awesome cartoon written by.
Mmmmmm..gin!
Thanks for reminding me, I have to file for an extension, because my hub’s boss is slack.
Filing taxes sucks. And slacker bosses that force a person to file for extensions suck goat toes!!
Wow. That’s totally cool. Greek AND Polish…. We all wonder what’s next!
Me too!
huzzah! how did you submit the Polish sale? Did you get it translated first or just send it off in English?
Submitted it in English. They handle the translations. I wouldn’t know where to start trying to get something translated beyond Babel Fish, and I wouldn’t trust any of my stories to that word soup!
Sounds like a good weekend indeed! Congrats on the Nowa Fantastyka sale!
~Maggie 🙂
Thank, Maggie!
Greek and Polish! You are an international author, twice over. Excellent! άριστος! Doskonaly!
Hee! Σας ευχαριστούμε!
We need to do our taxes too!
Running out of time! Deadline is this Friday!