Good Mail Week
Nov. 22nd, 2011 10:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alanajoliLook at what I got in the mail!
Remember back to two years ago when![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
slwhitman was running a Kickstarter campaign (which I wrote about frequently) to start Tu Books? A refresher on what happened next: the campaign was successful enough to grab the attention of Lee & Low, who brought Tu Books on as am imprint with Stacy at the head. The above book is from the first publishing season of the house, and was a gift for my contribution to the Kickstarter campaign. Inside, Stacy did a little doodle for me.
I am clearly thrilled for Stacy, and wish her the best in continued successes. All three of this season's books look fantastic!
I also got my contributor copy of Haunted in the mail this week, and it is super exciting to see my name right there on the cover. It's nifty that my married name has made me alphabetically first so frequently. We also got a very thoughtful and largely positive review from Hunter C. Eden over at Ravenous Monster, and I especially appreciated his comments about the characterization in "Missing Molly." He writes: "Abbott's sensitive portrayal of the soldier's state of mind admirably avoids both 'psychotic veteran' and 'American hero' clichés in favor of genuine character development well-served by the author's command of dialogue." (That's a review to pin to my bulletin board to cheer me up on frustrating days!)
In more personal news, I am sick of having a cold (pun intended), but despite being under the weather, I did pass my kempo test on Friday, so I am now a second degree brown belt. Twostripe had his third degree black belt test on Sunday, and from now on shall be known as Threestripe here on MtU&E. Huzzah!
Remember back to two years ago when
slwhitman was running a Kickstarter campaign (which I wrote about frequently) to start Tu Books? A refresher on what happened next: the campaign was successful enough to grab the attention of Lee & Low, who brought Tu Books on as am imprint with Stacy at the head. The above book is from the first publishing season of the house, and was a gift for my contribution to the Kickstarter campaign. Inside, Stacy did a little doodle for me.I am clearly thrilled for Stacy, and wish her the best in continued successes. All three of this season's books look fantastic!
I also got my contributor copy of Haunted in the mail this week, and it is super exciting to see my name right there on the cover. It's nifty that my married name has made me alphabetically first so frequently. We also got a very thoughtful and largely positive review from Hunter C. Eden over at Ravenous Monster, and I especially appreciated his comments about the characterization in "Missing Molly." He writes: "Abbott's sensitive portrayal of the soldier's state of mind admirably avoids both 'psychotic veteran' and 'American hero' clichés in favor of genuine character development well-served by the author's command of dialogue." (That's a review to pin to my bulletin board to cheer me up on frustrating days!)
In more personal news, I am sick of having a cold (pun intended), but despite being under the weather, I did pass my kempo test on Friday, so I am now a second degree brown belt. Twostripe had his third degree black belt test on Sunday, and from now on shall be known as Threestripe here on MtU&E. Huzzah!
