K.V. Johansen
Where, oh where, is my other sock?
Okay, not that one.
When I was about nineteen, I had the very vivid impression of seeing myself in a dusty mirror in a dim room. I looked about twenty years older and had long hair, which at that point I'd never had. Me-in-the-mirror looked very sad and worried and intent. When I was about forty and long-haired, I one day glanced into a mirror and saw that exact face, shocking, like seeing someone you recognize but haven't seen in years. I hadn't had that recognition brushing my teeth the day before and never had it again, just that one moment. So ... (cue the foreboding music) ... all very myffic, right? What precisely was I trying to tell or warn or advise my younger self about ...?
Maybe ... don't grow your hair long. It doesn't actually work for you, you know. Really. Keep it short. Embrace disshevelment. Windblown Mick Jagger -- it's you, love. Honest. Just get some decent styling gel for a bit of body. There'll be some good stuff along in twenty years. Hang in there.
(That said, I notice my author photo on here is still long-hair me ... but it's such a nice photo of Ivan-the-Wicked.)
Clearly my mystery book plot is a comedy.
Okay, not that one.
When I was about nineteen, I had the very vivid impression of seeing myself in a dusty mirror in a dim room. I looked about twenty years older and had long hair, which at that point I'd never had. Me-in-the-mirror looked very sad and worried and intent. When I was about forty and long-haired, I one day glanced into a mirror and saw that exact face, shocking, like seeing someone you recognize but haven't seen in years. I hadn't had that recognition brushing my teeth the day before and never had it again, just that one moment. So ... (cue the foreboding music) ... all very myffic, right? What precisely was I trying to tell or warn or advise my younger self about ...?
Maybe ... don't grow your hair long. It doesn't actually work for you, you know. Really. Keep it short. Embrace disshevelment. Windblown Mick Jagger -- it's you, love. Honest. Just get some decent styling gel for a bit of body. There'll be some good stuff along in twenty years. Hang in there.
(That said, I notice my author photo on here is still long-hair me ... but it's such a nice photo of Ivan-the-Wicked.)
Clearly my mystery book plot is a comedy.
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Hi! Do I have to read Blackdog, The Leopard, and The Lady to enjoy Gods of Nabban? It's my understanding they all take place in the same universe; The Leopard and The Lady are a duology, but as far as the other books I don't know if we should read them in order. Thank you!
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