Almost Free!

[alanajoli]

My feet are kicking and I'm trying to get my head back above water. I just turned in an assignment, so I thought I'd surface for a moment and check in.

• Update on the Writers Strike? What Writers Strike? Strike is ovah, baby. The vote on the contract happens on the 25th.


• Reeses is trying to kill me. As some of you may have noticed, I've got quite the thing for chocolate and peanut butter. So what does Reeses do? They take those yummy chocolate bunnies that people put in Easter baskets--the ones that are usually hollow--and they fill them with peanut butter! The temptation is too great. I am going to suffer a painful, agonizing death due to overdose of peanut butter and chocolate.


• The wonderful Jamie Chambers has my script for the Serenity RPG adventure that I wrote, and the remarkable Lindsay Archer will be doing illustrations for the Serenity Adventures book in which my adventure will appear. Whether or not we shall be reunited on the page has yet to be seen...


• And did I mention the oversized Reeses Eggs? Doomed I tell you!


• I'm sending out C. S. Lewis devotionals to friends over Lent, which has been a great way to reengage in theological conversation via e-mail. If anyone knows of a Tolkien devotional book (I suspect one doesn't exist, but you never know), I'd love to have another Inklings kind of Lent next year.


• In ice cream news: Save the honey bees or your favorite flavors could be forfeit! Possibly even peanut butter and chocolate! (Are you getting the theme here? 'Cause I might stop now.)


• I'm putting the guest essays on hold until I can reliably update. I'm having trouble keeping the *comic* reliably updated (Jeremy is being good about nagging me when I'm behind, thankfully), and I get paid for that. I expect blogging to resume its regular schedule after DDXP, where I will be next week, at ur con, checkin' out ur 4e. Yup, that's me.

And now, after hours of writing essays about Brad Paisley, Ben Bernanke, and the Spice Girls, as well as obituary for Jerry Falwell, I am so getting off the computer.

P.S. "Water of Life" did not get accepted into the Fantasist Enterprises anthology, though I did get a very nice letter inviting me to their critique forums. I'm thinking about heading over. Any of the rest of you doing the same?

Comments

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

If anyone would know about a Tolkien oriented devotional, it would be someone at the Mythopoeic Society. (it is a super nifty idea!)

[alanajoli.livejournal.com]

I keep meaning to join that group. For years, actually, I've been meaning to. I think you've just convinced me to go and finally do it. :)

[alanajoli.livejournal.com]

(Done. Just now. And joined the yahoo group. So we shall see about my question being answered! Thanks for the nudge. *g*)

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

Yip! I've been a member since I was 16. I love that group.

Oh--they have a livejournal!

[alanajoli.livejournal.com]

I just had my membership request accepted. Yay!

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

Huzzah!

[bccreations.livejournal.com]

Hey, I was pretty burnt out when you got into Kalamar and I kind of brushed you off. Be sure to say hi if you see me. I'd like to shake your hand.

[alanajoli.livejournal.com]

I'd love that! I don't remember your brushing me off, actually--I was just one of a legion of Kalamar players then, and I do recall your saying hello. ;) But it'd be nice to see you again, now that I'm on the other side of campaign directorship with you... *g*

[stargatedragon.livejournal.com]

so... I hear there's this thing out from Reeses... something about chocolate and peanut butter?

:D

[alanajoli.livejournal.com]

Funny you should mention that.... ;)