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There were other reasons I hesitated to start. The whole egocentric nature of the business worries me, to be truthful, but I thought if I stayed away from topics other than writing (including my personal life, for the most part) I might be able to avoid sounding self absorbed and witless. Have I succeeded in fooling everybody? Don't answer that.
My sense is that most people who write weblogs do go away, eventually. They get bored, or run out of things to say, or something else intrudes and makes it impossible. Just now I'm in a slower period myself. I may run out of steam, but I'll try to hold on as long as I can.
A few housekeeping matters. I've made some changes in the right hand column. First you'll see that the post office has returned to the little village of Fairhaven and so you can, if you really want to, write to me. I can't send out signed bookplates because that turned out to be so overwhelming. I do apologize about it, but I know if I start that up, I'll just disappoint people and feel guilty, and really, that's not the idea. I can sign whole books, if you want to go to the trouble of sending them -- but you'll have to include a return envelope and enough postage, too. Most people aren't that keen to get a signed copy so I'm not worried about being overwhelmed. Someday maybe I'll be able to hire an assistant (this is one of my daydreams) who will make sure things are filed neatly and do all the bookkeeping so I don't panic when the accountant calls and manage the bookplate requests. She'll look like Aunt Bea and make lemon bars and cluck when I have a cold.
I've also put in a little dohicky (this is, in fact, the technical term) which serves up an excerpt from the entry of a year ago (if there is one) and thus I am reminded to tell you that Farscape is coming. Really. The four hour miniseries called The Peacekeeper Wars will air on the SciFi channel October 17 and 18. This is a tremendous victory for the Faithful, who began the campaign to bring the show back the moment the premature cancellation was announced. So watch it, okay? Because excellent storytelling is a rarity on television and deserves to be supported. If I could think of a way to bribe a million people to watch it, I would do it. Lemon bars, anyone?
September 13, 2004 11:07 AM
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I'll probably resemble Aunt Bea more closely in about 20 years, but in the meantime if you ever get to fulfill the assistant daydream I'm a very good assistant and bookkeeper, and I make a killer lemon square. My 14 year old says I can't bake anything badly even if I try.
Posted by: Jenniferanne at September 13, 2004 01:46 PM
Happy Blogiversary, Sara. I haven't been reading your blog for a year, but have for at least 6 months. I love to come by every day or so -especially while working my "day job" - for a little inspiration. Thanks for giving my brain a place to go...
Posted by: ~Lanna Lee Maheux-Quinn~ at September 13, 2004 02:15 PM
A whole year. That's cool. I've enjoyed reading your blog and I hadn't noticed that a year has passed. I usually pop in at least once a week.
Question?---Are you planning a booksigning tour for Fire Along The Sky? Will you be coming to Texas?
Posted by: Barbara at September 13, 2004 09:26 PM
Wow, a year already? Your Blog is my pre-work 'morning read', and I thoroughly enjoy it! Thanks for your continued thoughtful and insightful commentaries - and thanks, too, for the Farscape addiction!
Posted by: Meredith at September 14, 2004 03:42 AM