First-ever reading accomplished. Internet friends’ reality confirmed.

July 19, 2010

First of all, thank you so much to Greg Gerke and John Dermot Woods for inviting me to participate in the Soda Series #2 reading last night. I had so much fun, didn’t fall over or faint or anything, and got to listen to Matt Bell, John Madera, and Jeff Parker read some great material and share a really interesting conversation with them as well. (I even got to share my karaoke song with the crowd, which probably made them sad but maybe if they feel sorry for me they will buy a book if I ever publish one.)

Plus, I got to meet a whole bunch of my favorite online people, who I now can picture in my head as real, walking, talking, and very cool human beings. As John Madera said, “Sometimes it’s nice to feel like I’m not just a bag of bones sitting in front of my computer.” Amen. It was also a nice excuse to get to NYC for the weekend, celebrate our anniversary with my husband by gorging on ceviche, paella and sangria, hit up St. Mark’s, hang with old friends, and make new ones.  A great weekend all around.