S.P. Wayne's Blog: STUFF IS HAPPENING, page 23

theworstthingsforsale:Inspirational wall banner, your heart is...

theworstthingsforsale:

Inspirational wall banner, your heart is in the right place, but here’s some real advice from a wolf:

1. Howl a lot and do it all night long.

2. Eat cats and small animals from a neighborhood.

3. Turn into a dog and go live in the neighborhood.

4. You’re a dog now.

I am in Spain! I have been in Spain since—a while? I will be in Spain a little longer....

I am in Spain! I have been in Spain since—a while? I will be in Spain a little longer. Everything is beautiful and nothing hurts except my boyfriend’s sprained ankle.

Very little writing is getting done—but looking at him from over the ocean, I am, in retrospect, very pleased. I feel Axton is as intensely American as I wanted him to be. An American Werewolf in Spain he would not be, unless someone kidnapped him and let him loose in, say, the mountains of Olvera. And even then he’d want to know: but where are the moose? And Madrid? Forget it, babe. The city wolf of the second book’s title he is not (spoiler alert).

Picture dump scheduled for, oh, about a week from now. Currently in Madrid; going to Toledo; have been to Granada.

Apropos of nothing, let me tell you about how I dyed my hair...

Apropos of nothing, let me tell you about how I dyed my hair again this week. The years—YEARS!—of henna are finally paying off, and I will eventually be in the Burgundy Hair Club, content with my ascension into Fake Redheadom.

100 grams henna + 1/2 cup lemon juice + Chamomile tea + cloves + 2 eggs 

I’m going full hippie with my hair and made my own hair gel, too.

“OHSHITOHSHITOHSHIT,” thought Axton, “IS THAT...

“OHSHITOHSHITOHSHIT,” thought Axton, “IS THAT A CAR? I AM SO DOOMED.”

Internet was down all week. You’d think this would make for a very fertile...

Internet was down all week. You’d think this would make for a very fertile writing environment, and any other week, you would be correct. However, this is the week before I go to Spain. Consumed by  logistics, my creative productivity has been merely average.

But here, now that I have my precious wi fi back, let me tell you about one of my FAVORITE INTERNET HOBBIES!

So. I am fortunate, in that lots of nice people leave nice reviews on my (also nice) book. For reviews that are particularly striking for any reason, I will click to see what else the person writing the review has rated. Sometimes these people have wishlists. Which makes me go—

(if I was a rich girl)

If I had all the money in the world

(if I was a wealthy giirrrlll)

Ahem. Anyway, if I were loaded, I would so buy random fans shit off their wishlists. Why? Because I fucking LOVE browsing over people’s wishlists. Like, I just spent ten minutes perusing Saddleback Leather Company items, because someone had some on their wishlist. Last week I went through a bunch of old Wolverine trade paperbacks when a comic book fan reviewed my book.

Also, obviously these people have great taste. They like fine leather satchels, the X-Men, and Axton.

You guys are the best. 

I have regret.

I just squeezed three lemons by hand.

By my dry, dry, cracked, paper cut hands.

I finally joined the 21st century in the cloud and got a dropbox...

I finally joined the 21st century in the cloud and got a dropbox account hooked up to my phone. PREPARE FOR DOG PICTURES.

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Ended up on reddit practically doing I AMA about working in a zoo with a silverback gorilla today....

Ended up on reddit practically doing I AMA about working in a zoo with a silverback gorilla today. For those at you keeping score at home, silverbacks are super dreamy.

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