15 seconds of fame

[altivo]

Somehow it doesn't feel like much, but it's still sort of giggly like having had too much champagne. I became an official "author" today, according to Amazon.

Here it is, complete with photo.

Yes, that's the real me hiding behind the bearded collie (whose name was Sarge, and he was father to my Simon.) Obviously, it's a few years old as the only gray is in my beard, and now the snow is accumulating on my head too. ;p

Thanks to Alex at Bad Dog Books for triggering this appearance, as it were. It's both amusing and kinda surprising to be named as one whose work was purchased along with that of Kyell Gold. Not that I think it means much other than that we both happen to write furry stuff, and there's not a lot of that on Amazon.

Today was a beautiful day, sunny and breezy. Tess went out in the morning and came in when the flies got bad. We went to Woodstock and had lunch on the square, then did a little shopping, but Gary still has a bad cold and grew tired quickly. I baked the promised apple pie, which we haven't yet cut into but we will. We went up River Road to Cody's Farm Stand, ostensibly to inquire about hay, but the hay man was out cutting. So we bought sweet corn, a canteloupe, and some zucchini instead. The corn was good, we had some for dinner along with steak(!) on the grill and baked potatoes to celebrate the spiritual end of summer. An inexpensive Australian shiraz went with the steak. (No, I don't often eat steak, but maybe a couple of times a year it's a celebration of some sort.)

And tomorrow? Back to work. At least it's now a short week.

Comments

[lobowolf.livejournal.com]

Hooray for celebrity status! 8)

[altivo.livejournal.com]

LOL. Right, celebrity. One interesting thing comes of it though. I hadn't paid any attention to the Amazon page for that book. There's a single reader review, and he lists my story as one of the "outstanding" ones.

[avon-deer.livejournal.com]

Nice one! That's good going. I wish you luck if you chose to publish works there.

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I'm actually still trying not to think of publishing anything myself. Not because I don't believe it's legit, but because so many others don't think it is. That one book with one story in it is likely to be all there is on Amazon for the foreseeable future. I've linked the page to my Dreamwidth blog, though, so soon all my furry laundry will be on Amazon. ;p

[cabcat.livejournal.com]

*eyes the pie*

Get a hair cut :D

[altivo.livejournal.com]

What's a horse without a mane? We look really silly when they're cut.

[dar-han.livejournal.com]

Nice. I've always had that little thing about wanting to know the real faces and names of my online contacts...

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Well, that's my real face at least. Still the furry pseudonym. I did non-furry erotica years ago under the pseudonym "Garth Lee." My real name is no secret: Gary Lee Phillips. Hunt hard enough and you'll find non-fiction under that one. (But no, I'm not the one who writes zoological treatises on fish, nor the one who wrote technical books about the Macintosh. Definitely not the Macintosh.)

[wolfgrowl.livejournal.com]

Congrats! That's a nice picture.

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I was taken aback by the request and had to scramble for a photo. They said "no pets, no groups, no artwork." I have no photos of me from recent years without pets, but they took it anyway.

I should have looked at Kyell's page. He has a typical furry badge type picture, not a photo. Of course, his stuff sells a lot more, so maybe he got some slack for that. Since the Amazon page will now echo my Dreamwidth blog, I need to decide whether to keep double posting Dreamwidth and LJ or treat Dreamwidth as strictly an "author" blog. ;p Ursula Vernon gets away with blogging her private life, though, in spite of the fact that she writes children's books as well as adult, so maybe no need to worry.

[kyellgold.livejournal.com]

Honestly, I was one of the first to do the author pages, and I don't think they had that restriction when I did it. Maybe I'm the reason they put it in. :D (And please! That pic is too pretty to be a "typical" furry badge. ;)

FWIW, my LJ blog posts to my author page and I don't really worry about it. The way the culture is going these days, people are looking for individual connections, and I rarely put anything on the LJ that I wouldn't want up on Amazon anyway.

Welcome to authorship!

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Thanks. That's particularly nice coming from someone I respect as much as I do you.

By "typical" I meant the layout and presentation. Though, really, I've seen a lot of badges that have really nice artwork on them, and those are the ones that stick in my mind when I think of con badges. You have several nice images you've been using.

Oh, and thanks to you and Hirosaki-san for the podcasts. Even though I'm not writing erotica these days, I have enjoyed listening.

[flamekist.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on your newfound celebrity status! I also enjoy getting to see what people look like when they come out from behind their avatar. Not that I didn’t already know what you look like, but it was nice getting to see a younger version of what I already knew. Still handsome! ;)

Any chance I can talk you into sharing that pie recipe? I’m always looking for new ones to try out. Name your price!

Michael and I just recently found out that there’s a farmers market that sets up in a nearby town square every Saturday. We plan on checking it out this weekend.

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Umm, hardly a recipe for apple pie. I do what my mother and grandmother did, except I use less sugar because I like to taste the apples.

Or are you asking about the pastry?

The apple filling: Peel core and slice five pie apples (NOT red delicious, those aren't even worthy of being eaten.) Cortland, Spy, Spitzenberg, Jonathan in a pinch, or another variety esteemed for cooking. Toss the slices in a bowl with half a cup of sugar (brown is best,) two teaspoons of cinnamon, half a teaspoon of nutmeg, and a quarter teaspoon of ginger. Turn into prepared nine inch pie shell and cover with top, slash to let steam out, and bake at 400°F in convection oven or 425°F in conventional oven for about 30 minutes. Edges will be quite brown and top golden. Resist temptation and let cool before eating. Hot apples will really burn your mouth.