Dead To The World...

For the past few days, I've been, for all intensive purposes, dead to the world. That is, with a few small murmurs of life here and there. Battling colds and fatigue, we're rounding third base and in the home stretch for Cynthia's book, Enchanted Adornments. It's been a long process and probably more intense than any of Green Girl Studios crew could have ever imagined. It's true that there's a lot more to be done and many miles to cross before a final product is presented neatly in stacks at the local Barnes & Noble, but the major deadline is almost upon us. It comes with mixed feelings - "dread" being one of them and "relief" being another. Will It be what Cynthia has envisioned? Will It reflect all the work, love, and energy that has been poured into this project? What new things will come our way once It is finally released.

While finishing up some last minute details, we've been listening to the Sookie Stackhouse books by Charlaine Harris. The most recent one listened to was Dead to the World. Can you say, "Smitten Kitten?" Well, that's me. I can't get enough of these books. Not only are they greatly entertaining, but I can work to them! Normally when listening to books on tape, I sit in perfect quiet stillness, my mouth hanging slightly ajar, eyes gazing off distantly as the words pour into my ears. Luckily this is not the case.

One side effect, besides the constant consideration and thinking about of Sookie's world is that many of my thoughts have taken on a slightly more Southern flare and are narrated in a voice not my own, but of the woman who reads them named Johanna Parker. Even these words are ringing in my head in that very distinctive voice!