Limp pimping

[tadorna]

This pimping is limp because I'm feeling limp. Yuck. Anyway.

The Machine of Death anthology, in which I have a story, is available now on Amazon.com, complete with a five-star review for what appears to be an entirely unrelated product.

It will also be released on the website as a free e-book (pdf, probably) and an audiobook, I believe, as well as the print book itself. But should you want to purchase a copy of the print book, or just have more money than you know what to do with (I know, hollow laugh), then consider buying it from Amazon on October 26th? I believe the idea is that if about a hundred people all buy it on the same day it gets to be, very briefly, a bestseller! Which would be fun. Anyway, this post explains it properly.

You don't have to buy it for my sake. Even if you actually hate me, there's people like Kate Beaton, that XKCD chap, Erin from A Dress A Day, the Dinosaur comics man, that Wondermark drawing bloke, and that Yahtzee games-type person. Loads of people like that. Including them. So, you know, it's likely to be a fun read.

Now, can anyone tell me why I've been feeling so achey and muzzy-headed and shivery and weird all week? Doctor? Anyone?

*falls over pathetically*

Comments

[justwolf.livejournal.com]

Wow, you have a story in this? Sweeeet, I would have bought it just for Ryan North, but I'll DEFINITELY buy it now that you're in it! That's so exciting! I'm not suprised, because your writing is amazing, but I am really pleased! :)

Hope you feel better. Maybe spend tomorrow in bed? xxx

[sheldrake.livejournal.com]

Yeah! :) Three years ago I wrote that! Hee! I'm very much looking forward to seeing it all proper-like, it has a lovely illustration to go with it too.

Thanks. I will probably just go to work and whine and complain and snap at people all day. Which is *much* better, of course. ;)

[poose78.livejournal.com]

HOW AWESOME ARE YOU?!!!

I dunno. I am now sick. And it's a full moon. And I think Mercury may still be in retrograde. And it's becoming winter. And everything is going further and further to the right, politically. And people are shitheads.

BAH.

[sheldrake.livejournal.com]

Come with me now to my underground bunker lined with otter-hair. We will sit in it and muse on the horrors of the world, and then sleep until at least April.

[poose78.livejournal.com]

You do know that my ultimate dream is to hibernate through the winter, right? I am 100% serious about this.

[sheldrake.livejournal.com]

I'm 100% with you.

[poose78.livejournal.com]

We will create adjoining bed-wombs in our creaky old house out on Cape Cod, then.

[poose78.livejournal.com]

THERE IS A QUOTE FROM CORY DOCTOROW ON THE COVER MY GOD WHY ARE YOU SO COOL??!!

[sheldrake.livejournal.com]

INORITE? I bet he didn't read mine though. Mine isn't... a lot of fun.

PS HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

[poose78.livejournal.com]

YOU ARE FAMOUS I BET HE DID!!!

Thank you!

[rebism.livejournal.com]

I did not know you were a story writer! Nor will I know which is yours, because I don't know what your name is. However, I saw this on Wondermark last night and it seemed quite good. Exciting that you are a part of it! Congratulations.

[sheldrake.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :) (And I think I'm the only Julia in the line-up, if that's any help) ;)

[qwentoozla]

That's cool! I might actually buy that, I do have an Amazon giftcard to spend and everything.

[sheldrake.livejournal.com]

Oh yay! :D (Tuesday is the day for it).

[birdgerhl.livejournal.com]

yayyy!! can you remind us all to buy it on tues... :)

[sheldrake.livejournal.com]

I feel like I should answer this, even though it is now pointless. I don't like to leave gaps, it's undtidy.

[shrinetolust.livejournal.com]

OMG, this is such AWESOME news!! A proper book and all, I'm so happy, though of course I'm not surprised as I've always known you were a brilliant writer.

*does happy dance*

[sheldrake.livejournal.com]

omg, Shriney, it went to No.1 and Glenn Beck got annoyed and denounced us and Keith Richards as everything that's wrong with America today because we beat him! It was SO COOL!