That being said, this has still been the most successful year ever for my writing career, so you're not going to hear too much bitching from me. I haven't really gone into my health, but about a month and a half ago I found out I was zooming down that slope into all those middle-age fat diseases and decided I wasn't going to have any of it. I've dropped twenty-five pounds since then. Everybody was telling me how great I looked yesterday. Once I drop the remaining twenty-five, they'll only be talking to each other: "Jesus, Matt looks sickly!" Normal looks sickly to Americans..
Gord Zajac, the swell guy who edited my story Fluff and Buttons on the Teddy Bear Range for Chizine was nudging me about a novel the other day and I told him, "Not now," and then pulled out an incomplete novel and started digging into it. Don't anybody get your hopes up.
I'm reading some Raymond Carver right now as I have a couple of stories in suspension that could really benefit from his influence.
If you need some Fiction Crawler in your life, head over to this week's StarShipSofa. I apologize for talking so damn fast in it. I didn't realize it until I listened to it in comparison with everyone else. You also get a story by Pat Cadigan, the First Lady of Cyberpunk!
Aural Delights No 159 Pat Cadigan & Jason Sanford
Coming Up This Week
Announcements: Larry Santoro on StaShipSofa Stories Vol 2
Fact: Fiction Crawler by Matthew Sanborn Smith:
Main Fiction: Life on Earth by Pat Cadigan
Fact: Looking Back at Science Fiction by Amy H Sturgis
Serial: Sublimation Angels Pt 2 by Jason Sanford
Fact: Everything by Morgan Saletta
Promo: Schlock Magazine
Narrators: Cheryl Martin, Josh Roseman
Fiction Crawler Links:
Michelangelo’s Chisel by Christopher Miller
The Strega Cristobel and the Old Rattler Ken by Larry Santoro
Daughter Earth by James Morrow Pt 1
Daughter Earth by James Morrow Pt 2
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So, taking charge of a lot this year & getting in all kinds of shape, this sounds like a kickass year already and you're only better prepared for more. Wherever you decide the finish line is & whenever you cross it, there's going to be a bunch of folks cheering.
Thanks, Elke! Somebody hand me a water bottle.
Dropping 23 pounds is a major achievement. Perhaps this year isn't the one where you get 52 pounds out. Sure, it won't win you any literary awards, but it will win you the 'not dying yet' award, which I think is quite a good one.
That IS a good award.
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