Developments!
• 13 rue Thérèse was published as a paperback in the UK this week, complete with a sexy quote from Simon Schama right on the front cover (“a flirty, dirty tease of a novel” ROWR!). Plus a nice review came out in various British papers from Pam Norfolk.
• Remember the gothic dog story I was talking about on this blog sometime ago? It found a home! It will be published in The Farallon Review in February of 2012. Pretty sweet, no?
• This afternoon, I blew some bubbles at my cat and it TOTALLY EXPLODED HER LITTLE WALNUT BRAIN. Her world was thoroughly rocked. She kept sniffing the ground where they popped to try to figure out where they went.
• I have been doing all sorts of awesome research for my novel that I can’t post about on this blog because it’s pretty raunchy. But I thought I’d tease and tantalize you by mentioning what I’m not going to talk about. Yes, my dears, you’re just going to have to wait to read my findings in book form Lord-knows-when…
• I took an awesome vacation in Barcelona with some friends. If you ever make it there, I recommend five things:
- Eat lots of ham. The Spanish rock at ham.
- Check out all the Gaudi architecture. That guy was the best kind of nut.
- Do NOT check out the sex show at the Bagdad Club if you ever want to sleep again.
- Bring bug repellent, unless you’re into sporting gigantic mosquito bites that turn into humongous bruises all over your body when they heal. I mean, you might be into it. Like, when people ask what happened to you, you can tell them you got into a bar brawl. Or you could wipe a tear from the side of your eye and say, “I guess I just don’t listen.” Your choice.
- Look up when you hear squawks! Barcelona has a very sweet and entertaining population of small green wild parrots.
• My stomach is currently growling. This is indeed a fascinating development. One that will unfortunately require me to sign off and forage for food…
Elena Mauli Shapiro 