Amigurumi Mascot #2: Ourosboros.
Fun fact: the pattern I followed used the same yarn as I was planning on using. Okay, maybe this is more a “fact” than a “fun fact” but there you go.
After a week of pricey car repairs and hot water tanks leaking all over my basement floor, I thought to myself “at least my social media manager and I can make an awesome unboxing video when my books come” (and yes, I paid my fourteen year old fifty bucks to be my social media manager).”
Well, that all fails when I assumed the box that showed up at my door yesterday evening was liquid plant nutrients for my indoor garden and not twenty copies of my book.
The cost is $10, but I’m also open to trades/barters, or drop me a message if late-stage capitalism, inflation, and greedy corporations mean you’d like a free copy.
Tomorrow: Amigurumi Mascot #2!
So what’s something I like as much as writing stories? Making cute things!
Fifteen stories in The Summer The School Burned Down = Fifteen amigurumi mascots.
Will this take me a bunch of time to do because I only came up with this idea last week? Yes.
Will these amigurumi-short-story-mascots posts be irregular since some things will take me longer to make. Absolutely.
Are my stories kawaii and adorable? Well, not really. But amigurumi people! AMIGURUMI.
And so, Mascot #1 for the first story in the collection: Breathe.
Does this have anything to do with the fact that I had just bought my mom three copies? In any case, I’m back down to something like seventeen in the Canadian Short Stories category.
So, if you’re interested in getting a copy, how do you do it?
- Kobo: epub;
- Amazon: kindle;
- Amazon: paperback print-on-demand;
- Local area peeps: I have a bunch of paper copies coming by the end of the month. You can buy them off me if you are local once they come in. I will let everyone know when they are here.
- As someone who has spent the last ten years un- or under-employed, if you would like a copy but it just isn’t in your finances right now, just send me a line and I will send you an epub or a PDF if you’d like. If you are local, I can lend you a paper copy when they come in. I understand how frustrating it is in this stage of late-capitalism to even try to survive, let alone buy any non-necessities.
And, if reading or short stories aren’t your thing, just send me a smile and be on your way 🙂
That’s right! Fifteen short stories, all written by me, coming out on October 12th.
Interested in learning more? The media kit is available here: The Summer The School Burned Down Media Kit.
And stay tuned for giveaways and kawaii, book-adjacent, posts over the next little while.
Today I got three compliments! Not about writing, but about general work-preparedness and teaching, which is still pretty good, especially after feeling so down about myself lately. And Geoff sent me a picture of capybaras, which are the animal I am most likely to become (rodent, low to the ground, enjoys sitting in pools, etc.).
So take that intrusive thoughts and anxiety. Maybe I’m not so lousy after all.
I got a (temporary) job in a bookstore.
Reading a book that is.
It meandered, and so did I. I wish I’d enjoyed it more. I guess the whole point was focus, since it’s about a photographer.
Rather than close-up, everything was panned back and too much for my brain to keep straight.
But I did it. A book done. Maybe I’ll get back to reading sometime, and not just Am I The Asshole threads on Reddit.
I am having a really hard time reading books. In the past week, I’ve read six pages of a book and disliked every minute of it.
Maybe it is the book? Maybe it is me? Probably it is me. I used to go to the library each week and bring home a stack of books. I’ve been to the library twice this year, took out one book each time, and didn’t finish start either.
Can I blame my dishwasher, which is still not working and I wait for the repair person? I would like to assign blame to something. Why not that?