in which i pretend to be a very fancy writer

Last night I went to a book launch party for Sabina Murray's novel Tales of the New World. I got to talk to all manner of writers – journalists, non-fiction writers, novelists, and even some sort of famous writerly people. I met Jennifer Haigh, author of The Condition and Mrs. Kimble and a whole bunch of other books I would like to read. You would think meeting such a successful author would be intimidating, but when she described her writing style as slow but diligent, I felt comforted. She writes slowly, too! Then it must be okay. As if all of this writing talk wasn't enough, I also got to pet a very beautiful golden laborador, who also attended the reading. Sigh.

Tonight, I have a date with some kale, and mushrooms, and red peppers. I am terrifically excited.