So, my dog was lost. We let her into the backyard and it turns out *somebody* hadn't shut the gate and I'm not saying it was anybody. But that gate was WFO. Hours pass, she doesn't come home and my kids are crying and I'm damn near crying because I love that frickin' dog. So I'm getting desperate and when I'm agitato, I have to DO SOMETHING so I make a lost dog poster and I'm about to go back to the office to print it out when I thought I'd post it to Twitter and Bookface just on the off chance someone there might've be able to help.
Not three minutes later someone RTs at me a Humane Society of Pulaski County tweet, in which Cookie is mentioned.
Now the Cookster is home and all is well though I did have to take some time to explain to my wife how Twitter works so she could understand how I found the dog.Ah, the power of social media.
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Hey, if you didn't already know, I have a pre-order page on Amazon now for Southern Gods. If you want to pre-order a copy, you can go ahead and order one now. Much obliged.Also, there's an author's page there too. And the audiobooks are up and ready for pre-order.
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If you come here with any regularity you'll know I haven't been blogging much of late. Some of that is because I've joined a group author's blog called The Night Bazaar and write a post for it every week. It seems that I'm just a one blog post a week kinda guy, maybe.
Thing is I've been been busy finishing up The Incorruptibles. First draft is complete and I was very lucky to get my awesome agent to read it and give me editorial feedback. So now I'm working on the second draft.
And the last stone on the cairn of my embloggerous pursuits is that my life is pretty dull. If I blogged more frequently than I do currently, it would only be to ask you for recipes or request your opinions on the fluff I've pulled from my navel. A waste of both your and my time.
So I'll focus on my work-work, my kids, finding lost dogs, and making my novels into things that you'll want to read, hopefully.
News, of course, will be posted here.
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My thanks to all the folks on Twitter and Bookface who assisted in finding Cookie.
Look at this dog. Is she not a marvelous bitch? Gods how I love her.
That's really a great story, John. I bitch about the pile of poochers we have up in here, but I'd be a wreck if anything untoward happened to any of them.
ReplyDeleteWhat's funny, is I read WFO and read it as "wide fuckin' open" without a beat. I don't know why, but that cracks me up.
Hey, thanks Chris. It's great to have the Cookster home.
ReplyDeleteI should change all my profanity to acronyms, then I'll be all PG up in this B.
Okay- when I first read your tweet last night I took such a deep breath of panic my husband wanted to know what happened. I couldn't get him to understand just how awful this was... he really isn't understanding my twitter family stuff. But we do have 2 beagles, so even Richard was worried about the weather and how dark it must have been for Cookie when we sat down to dinner. He was just as happy as I was when we read that you had located her. Twitter rocks!
ReplyDeleteAs for the WFO- I read it as "way fuckin' old." Please tell me I'm right because all this lettering crap doesn't make sense to me, and just once, just once, I'd like to get one right.
As for the book... pre-ordered. Very happy for you and look forward to the read.
Thank (insert deity here) you got your dog back! There's nothing worse than a loved family pet going missing, even if only for a little while. (Actually, if I think about it there are plenty of worse things, but know what I mean)
ReplyDeleteBTW, SG is also available for pre-order from The Book Depository, free postage worldwide FTW! Linkies here: http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/book/9781597802857/Southern-Gods or here: http://www.bookdepository.com/book/9781597802857/Southern-Gods
I'm sorry, Sabrina. WFO stands for what Chris said. And here I was trying not to curse on my blog.
ReplyDeleteOh, man. I am so glad to hear you pooch is home and safe. She is an absolute cutie. Looks like a sweetheart.
ReplyDeleteWe had a cat go exploring (indoor cat got outdoor) a couple of months ago, and it was a terrifying few hours. So glad to hear Cookie is home safe.
Another win for the internets!