Morning breakfast with Jeffe Kennedy, thanks to Roshani for cooking, no pics from that, we were too busy talking, but I got some great advice from Jeffe which I really appreciate, she knows so much. (President of SFWA, 65 published books!) She has a Patreon where she advises writers, $5 / month, and I’m sure it’s well worth it.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/welcome-80827705
And then in the afternoon Emily Mah Tippetts took Roshani and me to have coffee with Arkady Martine and her writer wife, Vivian Shaw. I’m a massive fan of Martine’s two novels (A Memory Called Empire and A Desolation Called Peace), so it was a pleasure to fangirl all over her — and she turns out to be a U of C alum too, about a decade behind me. Cool!
While I haven’t read Vivan’s work yet, I am also now a massive fan of her jewelry — I bought myself an early birthday present of one of her necklaces, and I LOVE it to pieces. Isn’t it gorgeous? Doesn’t it make me look more gorgeous? Yes, yes it does. 🙂
She’s about to open up an Etsy shop, Bleeding Hart Studio. Instagram etc. details on the business card in the fourth pic! There’s nothing in the shop yet, but check back — she has to take kazillion photos and upload them, and I’m sure you can inquire about any pieces in my photos —
https://www.etsy.com/shop/bleedinghartstudio/
We talked for four solid hours, and honestly, I would have happily kept talking to them, except I was very tired and about to fall down. But I hope to coax them to visit Chicago.
