While there is a threat of more snow and a bomb cyclone on the East Coast, the weather has turned warm and dry here. But it comes with winds that always feel a little ominous--particularly after all the fires that January.
My book news is that the trade paperback of DEATH AMONG THE STITCHES came out on Tuesday. And my agent's foreign rights people are submitting DEATH AMONG THE STITCHES and SCONED TO DEATH for editions in other languages. I'm not sure if anything will happen with them, but I had to set aside the next Yarn Retreat manuscript to put in some corrections the PDF files I have of each book. It's a whole involved process of turning the PDF into a Word file and then trying to locate the errors. I have a list with page and line numbers of them from when I originally went through the first pass pages and it would be easy except that the Word file is almost like the PDF, but off enough that it takes patience to find the mistakes.
But it's a cool thought that my books might be translated into another language. We'll see.
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Good morning, Betty -- That would be great to have your books in another language, though I'll stick with the English version. Do you speak another language? I know a few words of Spanish, French and German -- not enough to carry on a conversation, though. My grandmother was German and didn't speak English until she was a teenager. She forgot most of the language over the years, but could sing "Silent Night" in German.
The Ronald McDonald House let me know blankets aren't needed for the foreseeable future -- they have a very large supply so I need to find a new place to donate mine. I'm working on a basketweave pattern using Bitty Stripes yarn in the color Rainbow Mist -- lovely soft shades of half a dozen different colors, all blending together. Beautiful yarn.
My son's 65th birthday was yesterday -- hard to believe my baby boy is that old!! We went out to lunch together -- a party is planned for Sunday when all the family can get together.
A few housekeeping chores for me this morning, then more crocheting. Enjoy your day and whatever you choose to do,
Patty, I took "French and German in school and remember a little of both. If the foreign additions happen, I'll probably get a copy. It will be interesting to what they come up with for a cover.
I hope you find another outlet for your creations. It is hard to think of our children as adults getting up there in years. I still remember bring my son home from the hospital. My husband had put the car seat in all wrong and even though the hospital wasn't supposed to release a newborn unless it left in a car seat, when the nurse saw what a disaster the car seat was, she said I should hold my son in my arms. Now he's six feet tall. I tell Jakey stories about his father when he was small and tell Jakey stories about when he was born. Then I telll Jakey about when I was little. It's such a different world now. My mother worked and I had to get myself off to school on my own from Kindergarten on. Jakey has no sense of money and when I was his age, my friend and I went out to lunch in downtown Chicago on our own.
Both my kids say the 1970s were the best time. They could roam the neighborhood with their friends -- just had to be home when the lamp in the front yard came on. We lived in a two-story house, with a half-bath just inside the door from the garage. We felt safe leaving the garage door up -- I'd be upstairs in my sewing room and could hear someone came in to use the bathroom -- my kids or the neighbors. My daughter teaches fourth grade and her students are amazed when she tells them stories of what she could do at their age -- some of them aren't even allowed out in their front yard without an adult around.
I've had some of my books published in other languages, Betty, but I've never taken the time to try to read any of them, not even those in French, which I learned early in my life and now remember only some of.
Linda, What I remember most about French was my high school French teacher. She and her husband wrote Mr. Popper's Penguins and I thought she was amazing.
That would be great if your books get published in another language. That would introduce a new set of people to your wonderful books.
Miriam, Thank you. It would be great.
Hello! My computer is in the care of the Geek Squad so I’m a little behind. We are having record breaking cold here in Orlando. Three nights in the 20’s. My plants are frozen even covered but my fish in the pond have survived. They dive deep. Hope we get back to normal soon.
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