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bigcats-birds-and-books · 1 year ago

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Martha Wells and John Scalzi at Joseph-Beth Booksellers!!

Y’all GUESS WHO I GOT TO SEE!!! In real life!! With my own two eyeballs!!!

It was an absolutely delightful chat (I took two pages of notes! scribbled in All My Margins!), very cozy, AND neither of them had signing limits! I love hearing authors talk about their Authorial Woes and Process Quirks, because it’s always hugely validating and just neat to hear.

#books #martha wells #john scalzi #murderbot #the murderbot diaries #all systems red #network effect #the kaiju preservation society #book signing #book photography #my photography #full disclosure i did purchase kaiju while i was there because i didn't own any of his books #but i had read locked in and liked it and kaiju looked most up my alley of what was on his table!!#AAAAND I DELIVERED MY FAN MAIL TO MARTHA!!!!#so far i have only had success with physically handing authors fan mail as delivery--i've tried to email/mail/web form a few others but--#--those always bounce back #so i've now handed both martha wells and ve schwab physical fan mail in exchange for getting books signed XD #they were both very funny and very kind and i am very awkward lol #also the difference in signature and personality is hilarious to me #i strive to have something bold like scalzi #i suspect i'll end up more like wells XD #but yeah i want to transfer some of the writerly percolations to my bitch journal for driscoll purposes going forward it was. seriously.--#--so validating and relieving to hear <3 #witch king #the cloud roads

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