I'm going to go lie in the sun and read the most promising of the novels. Yes, there were one or two good ones in this first batch - I freaked too soon.
Quilty wrote to me (she judged something once... the L4mbda awards?) to tell me I'm freaking too soon and I should expect quite a lot of dreck to cross my threshold.
to be calm... not to panic... !
The point is - after months of scrambling to do Things That Had To Be Done and any leisure tainted with guilt -- I'm going to
***** lie in the sun on a blanket on my lawn amidst flowers and hummingbirds. covered in hawaiian tropic dark tanning oil. * with a tall iced drink and a box of kleenex by my side. ******
Do not tell Chula or Rook. They aren't here and cannot lecture me about skin cancer or spray me with sunscreen or try to make me wear hats. Hello. i'm nearly half sicilian. i have MELANIN.
* topless.
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