Went to my appointment with the orthopedist and four-hundred and fifty dollars later I've been informed that the injury I sustained on my wrist 43 years ago (how can it have been that long ago?) was rather severe and there were bones involved that they didn't even realize the function of at that time (I'm lucky they didn't bleed me, I guess) and also, there was bad tendon damage and well, now it's all gnarly and fucked up and throw in arthritis and they could do surgery to fuse the bones but that would limit my mobility and here's an ugly-ass brace to wear which I can't wear and do anything and it's made of 90% velcro and how in hell do you go through life wearing velcro without getting half the world stuck to it?
So. They're going to send me to a neurologist to see if I have carpal because I guess they CAN do something about that but hell. Whatever.
I do like that doctor. He was nice and took time to explain things to me and so forth.
And here's a funny thing- when I checked in at the desk, they thanked me for doing my paperwork online and to show their appreciation, they gave me a coupon for a free Chik-Fil-A chicken sandwich and I said, "Oh, I don't really support them," and then apologized and said, "I didn't even need to bring that up. I'm sorry."
But then the guy who came in after me who probably has ten years on me (in the older direction) had also done his paperwork online and when they gave him his coupon he said, "Nope. Don't go there! Their politics SUCK!"
Which cracked me up and I said, "See? It's not just me!"
So that was amusing and gave me a smile.
Anyway, that's not what I'm supposed to be talking about today. What I'm supposed to be talking about is this.
Yep. That's my Shebooks book and it's not really a book because Shebooks just does shorter things and they're in an online format and not a physical, you know, book, but it's two longish short stories and it's available for download onto your Kindle or tablet. Sort of. The Amazon site is here although I don't think you can actually download it yet because it says, "No pricing information available," so there is that. And it's supposed to be on the Shebooks website but so far, it has not appeared. And by the end of the week is going to be downloadable onto your mobile device.
I'll give you that link when it happens.
The information on the date of publication didn't quite get to me and when it did, it was wrong, and there was confusion but as the publisher said to me in an e-mail, since it's not a traditional sort of publishing, it doesn't really matter.
I am feeling extremely ambivalent about this and I'm not sure why. It is very exciting to be able to go to Amazon and type in my name as "author" and find a link, even if the link has "no pricing available" because, well, it just is.
But on the other hand, there's part of me that feels as if it is NOT a real book because I'm old and real books should have a smell and so I'm not like jumping up and down about it.
Then, on another hand, (who do I think I am, Lakshmi? and that would be terrific because I would then have three good wrists instead of just one)
I am proud of the stories and I do not think they are bad stories at all and they come from the heart.
AND on the one remaining hand I would have if I WERE Lakshmi, I am so very, very grateful for the opportunity to have something published, albeit in a non-traditional way and I think our darling Angella for that.
Here's what the blurb on Amazon says about my stories and me:
Mary Moon explores the landscape of long-married life—the hidden hurts and disappointments that lead women to consider leaving, and the tender weight of shared history that prompts them to stay. In “Into the Light,” a wife and mother finds the idea that she might legally choose the moment of her death comforting, but how will she balance the finality of that choice against the little joys and inevitable tragedies of living? And in “Missing the Boat,” a couple on a cruise vacation share very different ideas of how to spend their days, with unforeseen results.
MARY MOON lives in the small village of Lloyd in North Florida with her husband. She has four grown children and tends a very small flock of chickens and occasionally an even smaller flock of grandsons. She blogs about her life and anything else she feels like discussing at http://blessourhearts.net.
This is a short e-book published by Shebooks--high quality fiction, memoir, and journalism for women, by women. For more information, visit http://shebooks.net.
MARY MOON lives in the small village of Lloyd in North Florida with her husband. She has four grown children and tends a very small flock of chickens and occasionally an even smaller flock of grandsons. She blogs about her life and anything else she feels like discussing at http://blessourhearts.net.
This is a short e-book published by Shebooks--high quality fiction, memoir, and journalism for women, by women. For more information, visit http://shebooks.net.
So. There you go. I owe everyone in the entire world everything.
You know who you are.
Love and Kisses...The Author
