We know just what we'll find, just this time

[sovay]

The small but dedicated audience at Porter Square Books included both people I hadn't seen in a long time and people I hadn't seen ever and both kinds bought books. Also included: Fox. Who did not buy a copy of Forget the Sleepless Shores, but seemed to enjoy the sound of the words in it. They did not shriek during the reading parts.

spatch took this picture of me with my stack of books on the local author table:



I am pleased.

Comments

[selkie]

You’re a hit with the under-10 set! What can I say!

[sovay]

You’re a hit with the under-10 set! What can I say!

They beelined for me as soon as they entered the bookstore: "UNCLE SONYA!" It was pretty great.

[kore]

//ded from cute

[spatch]

Mow, mow. It was a good reading.

[sovay]

Mow, mow. It was a good reading.

Thank you. Mow.

[gwynnega]

Sounds like a great time!

[sovay]

Sounds like a great time!

It was fun and I was glad to do it. (And I hope it leads to more sales. I don't expect to be rich from this book, but I do want it to encourage the publisher to work with me again.)

[kore]

You look super snazzy in that jacket!

Did you see this? https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/6044-new-independent-criterion-channel-to-launch-spring-2019 What do you think?

[sovay]

You look super snazzy in that jacket!

Thank you! It is my winter jacket. Some years I am still wearing my corduroy jacket this late in the season, but not with the last few days' drop into below-freezing temperatures and AUGH SNOW.

Did you see this?

I did! I have signed up for a subscription. I suspect it means that FilmStruck as we know it is dead, since Criterion was half of their programming, but Criterion really seems to have been startled (and screwed) by WarnerMedia's announcement, so if I have to pick someone to support, the online arthouse cinema is it.

[kore]

SNOW?? (We have had pea soup fog here. Some rain.)

I suspect it means that FilmStruck as we know it is dead, since Criterion was half of their programming, but Criterion really seems to have been startled (and screwed) by WarnerMedia's announcement, so if I have to pick someone to support, the online arthouse cinema is it.

Yeah, I really hope it takes off....starting from scratch sounds like it's going to be really difficult. :-/

[sovay]

SNOW?? (We have had pea soup fog here. Some rain.)

An enormous kerflomp of very wet, very slushy snow yesterday and then a drier fall of flakes this afternoon. God knows what happens tomorrow. Iced locusts.

Yeah, I really hope it takes off....starting from scratch sounds like it's going to be really difficult.

I know some very prominent filmmakers have been writing in support of FilmStruck, so it is my hope that if the revival of FilmStruck really falls through, they'll switch their allegiance to the Criterion streaming service. I bet Guillermo del Toro could pull a lot of subscribers.

[kore]

The release says they're going to be limited to US/Canada, which they probably can't help, but is probably going to cut way down on their revenue and base. God damn Warner, anyway.

[sovay]

God damn Warner, anyway.

It was the wrong decision on their part.

[thisbluespirit]

Aw, I'm glad it went well!

[sovay]

Aw, I'm glad it went well!

Thank you!

[shewhomust]

You *look* pleased, and justifiably so!

Uncle Sonya, the play Chekhov inexplicably failed to write...

[sovay]

You *look* pleased, and justifiably so!

Thank you!

Uncle Sonya, the play Chekhov inexplicably failed to write...

Fewer guns, more actual rusalky.

[asakiyume]

You look pleased--radiant actually!

Very happy about the crowd--that's wonderful.

[sovay]

You look pleased--radiant actually!

Thank you! It was after the reading, so I was in exhausted but glowing mode.

Very happy about the crowd--that's wonderful.

A larger crowd would have been nice because a larger crowd is always nice, but it was Friday night after the first bad weather of the year; I was glad that people came out at all.

[nineweaving]

The Fox not only liked the sound of your voice--it was like playing by the ocean--but clapped ardently.

Nine

[sovay]

The Fox not only liked the sound of your voice--it was like playing by the ocean--but clapped ardently.

Oh, that's wonderful. They were around the corner in the children's section, so I couldn't see!

[coraline]

I would have been there but decided not to share my horrible cold germs with you and the world. mazel tov.

[sovay]

I would have been there but decided not to share my horrible cold germs with you and the world. mazel tov.

Thank you! I appreciate your forbearance and I hope your horrible cold gets over itself stat.

[dhampyresa]

You look so happy!

[sovay]

You look so happy!

I was!

[thawrecka]

That is an awesome picture.

[sovay]

That is an awesome picture.

Thank you.