LOOK AT THIS TRAILER. LOOK AT IT SO HARD.
Feb. 19th, 2013 11:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
karenhealeyInternets! Oh my gosh, it's been FOREVER.
Or nearly two weeks, much the same thing in internet time.
What have I been up to? Teacher training! Story of this year, Internets. If ever you find yourself thinking, "That Karen creature, what is she up to, why does she not post as regularly as she did of old?", you may then think, "Ah, teacher training," and nod wisely to yourself at your perspicuity. One should take advantage of every opportunity to nod wisely at oneself.
I also did some other stuff! Internets stuff!
1: Here is an interview I did with delightful Australian SF blog Spec on Spec Fic. A sample:
Trees are so hard, Internets.
2: I went to Oamaru and launched When We Wake from the familiar comforts of the Oamaru Library, a place that has been a wonder and a sanctuary to me since I was nine years old.
When We Wake Launch in Oamaru Library
IT WAS AWESOME.
Fabulous turn out, great eats (thank you, Allen and Unwin! The cheese was magnificent!) and even the tech behaved! I did a sped up and truncated presentation of the Sleeping Beauty essays I've been doing for you, Internets, and it was very well received.
3: The trailer for When We Wake was released.
Oh, Internets.
Oh, Internets, I can't even tell you how much I love this trailer. Everyone loves this trailer. ALL BLACK TAMATI ELLISON LOVES THIS TRAILER, TRUE STORY*.
Those who have read the book may have noticed that Tegan has an American accent in the trailer. Also, hair. But I cannot even bring myself to be mildly perturbed by these details, because I LOVE THIS TRAILER SO MUCH I WANT TO BAKE IT IN A PIE.
* He was at my mother's school for an assembly and she played the trailer to the assembled students and afterwards he came and told her how much he liked it.
So, omg, and also, MUM. WHAT? OKAY.
Or nearly two weeks, much the same thing in internet time.
What have I been up to? Teacher training! Story of this year, Internets. If ever you find yourself thinking, "That Karen creature, what is she up to, why does she not post as regularly as she did of old?", you may then think, "Ah, teacher training," and nod wisely to yourself at your perspicuity. One should take advantage of every opportunity to nod wisely at oneself.
I also did some other stuff! Internets stuff!
1: Here is an interview I did with delightful Australian SF blog Spec on Spec Fic. A sample:
How did you go about creating the Australia, and Melbourne, of the future for your book? What kinds of research did you have to do?
Living in Melbourne for five years was good research! It’s such a multi-cultural place, something I tried really hard to get across – that excellent blend of style, culture and voice. I wanted to get across the way the lanes and broad roads feel, that combination of wide spaces and squished, secretive alleys. I did a lot of research on the likely effects of climate change on Melbourne and Australia, none of it particularly cheerful. And, as always, since I know nothing about trees, I spent some time on horticulture sites. Trees are hard!
Trees are so hard, Internets.
2: I went to Oamaru and launched When We Wake from the familiar comforts of the Oamaru Library, a place that has been a wonder and a sanctuary to me since I was nine years old.
IT WAS AWESOME.
Fabulous turn out, great eats (thank you, Allen and Unwin! The cheese was magnificent!) and even the tech behaved! I did a sped up and truncated presentation of the Sleeping Beauty essays I've been doing for you, Internets, and it was very well received.
3: The trailer for When We Wake was released.
Oh, Internets.
Oh, Internets, I can't even tell you how much I love this trailer. Everyone loves this trailer. ALL BLACK TAMATI ELLISON LOVES THIS TRAILER, TRUE STORY*.
Those who have read the book may have noticed that Tegan has an American accent in the trailer. Also, hair. But I cannot even bring myself to be mildly perturbed by these details, because I LOVE THIS TRAILER SO MUCH I WANT TO BAKE IT IN A PIE.
* He was at my mother's school for an assembly and she played the trailer to the assembled students and afterwards he came and told her how much he liked it.
So, omg, and also, MUM. WHAT? OKAY.
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Date: 2013-02-19 11:53 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-02-19 10:17 pm (UTC)Well, I guess I can wait. I can also pre-order.
So, are you planning a U.S. visit to promote it? Remember that you have a room waiting in Connecticut.
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Date: 2013-02-20 01:36 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-02-20 05:04 pm (UTC)Looking forward to the book.