Tell me, please

[pegkerr]

I've been asked to take stock of my resources, and in particular, to note all the things I am doing right. Not in the too distant past (yes, I wrote some good books, but that was several years ago). I'm talking about, within the past year.

Friends list, please tell me the things I am doing right. Lurkers, that includes you.

Right now, I need to hear that rather desperately.

Comments

[tenantofwildfel.livejournal.com]

I'm a lurker, so I can only comment on what I've read here.

1. You are an excellent parent who cares deeply for her children. Every entry you write about them is a constant expression of your love.

2. You are constantly seeking outlets for creative expression, whether it's your lunches, your soul collaging, or the paper you wrote for Fantasy Matters. (On a side note, you were also very nice to the incredibly geeky & nervous fan (aka, me) that complimented your writing after your heart of stone panel at the conference. I was so nervous, in fact, that I didn't get up the courage to ask you sign my book--which was in my bag. That, I think, probably indicates the level patience of needed with a fan like me . . .)

[pegkerr.livejournal.com]

Getting back to this belatedly to say thanks for this! And I'm flabbergasted and almost a little saddened for your sake that you felt too nervous about meeting me (!) to ask me to sign your book. I had no idea I could be so intimidating; it's not the way I think of myself at all! So if you'd like to send it to me, with an SASE, I'd be perfectly happy to sign it and send it back to you, if that helps? Send it to:

Peg Kerr
P.O. Box 2128
Loop Station
Minneapolis, MN 55402

[tenantofwildfel.livejournal.com]

Thank you for this offer, and I'll gladly take you up on it--after the holidays. Or, at least, after Christmas. I'm a grad student, teaching part time at a university, and working at Waldenbooks. Right now, I'm totally drained and don't want to even visit the post office.

I do want you to know that the reason I did not ask you to sign the book was not because you were too intimidating, but simply because I couldn't decide if it would be appropriate or not. I was at the conference as a scholar (I presented a paper on Robin McKinley's Damar fiction), but asking you to sign the book seemed to make this more of a fan convention, and I didn't see anyone else acting so, well, fan-girlish, so I decided to err on the safe side and merely say hi.