NANCY KILPATRICK WRITER: Writer Re-Learning to WalkWith the mounds of snow...

NANCY KILPATRICK WRITER: Writer Re-Learning to Walk
With the mounds of snow...: Writer  Re-Learning to Walk With the mounds of snow and the ice slicked sidewalks of late, I have not gone out much. Once a week?  Twic...

Writer Re-Learning to Walk

With the mounds of snow and the ice slicked sidewalks of late, I have not gone out much. Once a week?  Twice, maybe?  Ubering my way to and from. It takes a toll.  

Yesterday, I bused to a shopping area and actually walked someplace other than my apartment, hitting 5 or 6 stores. And quickly became aware that my legs had forgotten how to walk, so it took a while to relearn those skills.

Today, I did something about this.  I headed to the spa, which I've put off a few times this winter, due, again, to weather. But today was a good day, meaning, it was cold, not unbearably so, and there were only a few flakes coming straight down, like some never-ending Christmas light show imitating snow.  

The spa was for a pedicure and a facial. I have pedi's every 4 to 6 weeks. Helps me walk because over the years my poor feet have suffered so much abuse (anyone else wear spikes in their youth?) that my feet need to be in tip-top shape now. The facial, well, I've become a facial sloth. I haven't had one in about a year, and my face needed this. 

But the important part of this day is that my spa moved in December to the Ritz Hotel, which has a pool and health area, and spa patrons get to use those facilities. So I took my swimsuit, got keyed up to the health club, and submerged my body into the warmish waters of the infinity-like pool.  Not a real infinity because there is no ocean or lake leading to the horizon, only a band of water about a foot wide continuing from the pool (which ends up as a waterfall and turns into a wall of water). In any event, the pool, while lovely, is a modern hotel pool, meaning, shallow.  1.5 metres (just under 5').  I like to tred water, which gives me a workout, interspersed with swimming lengths, interspersed with wading lengths.  Most of that is impossible in such a shallow pool.  And after 10 minutes, I was really tired and ready to get out. I persevered, distracted by a young couple, the guy waiting in the pool for the girl who came and went 5 or 6 times over 20 minutes, for a shower, for a hair band, for an extra towel, to chat with the woman at the desk, and finally she arrived and stood at the wall of water flirting with the boyfriend who was still in the pool. By the time he pursuaded her to join him, I had hit the 30 minute mark and figured I'd done well, for someone relearning to walk, so I left the delightful waters to the lovers.

The highlight of the day was showing the pedicurist my book cover for Revenge of the Vampir King. She actually gasped, then declared it 'magnificant', not a word one hears often.

By the end of this (to me) very long day (waking at 6 am, unable to get back to sleep, finally out of bed at 8, leaving home at 11 am, returning home at 7 pm) I needed food and took myself to Le Taj for dinner, since it was just about around the corner.  (And now I have the equivilent of enough leftover curry for two more dinners!)

My face looks good, my feet feel good, I'm pleased I moved at least a bit. Maybe tomorrow I will move some more!

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NANCY KILPATRICK WRITER: BOOK REVIEWREVENGE OF THE VAMPIR KINGReviewed by...

NANCY KILPATRICK WRITER: BOOK REVIEW
REVENGE OF THE VAMPIR KING
Reviewed by...: BOOK REVIEW REVENGE OF THE VAMPIR KING Reviewed by  Little Corp Goth Girl B#14

BOOK REVIEW

REVENGE OF THE VAMPIR KING

Reviewed by 

Little Corp Goth Girl

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NANCY KILPATRICK WRITER: Scream Quietly - The Best of Charles L. Grantedit...

NANCY KILPATRICK WRITER: Scream Quietly - The Best of Charles L. Grant
edit...: Scream Quietly - The Best of Charles L. Grant edited by Stephen Jones Charlie Grant was a special writer.  If he had made films, he...

Scream Quietly - The Best of Charles L. Grant

edited by Stephen Jones

Charlie Grant was a special writer.  If he had made films, he wouldn't have needed special FX, or extreme makeup on the actors. Endless chases and car crashes?--not necessary.  Charlie Grant knew how to construct stories and novels in the way of a great wordsmith. He could get under your skin and make it crawl and you wouldn't know about it until you noticed your flesh moving!

This book is a homage to Grant, a man much loved in the SF/F/H communities (and he also wrote mysteries, humor, and some romances under a nom de plume). It brings together some of his stories and novellas, combined with writers remembering him and his work: Stephen King, Kim Newman, Peter Straub, Thomas F. Monteleone and Nancy Holder.  Back in the day I interviewed Charlie about his background, and also his unique skill at writing 'quiet horror'--that interview is included. 

Here's a link for the just-released trade paperback from PS Publishing:

Scream Quietly: The Best of Charles L. Grant

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NANCY KILPATRICK WRITER: DARK DISCOVERIES MAGAZINEThis is one of the good ...

NANCY KILPATRICK WRITER: DARK DISCOVERIES MAGAZINE
This is one of the good ...: DARK DISCOVERIES MAGAZINE This is one of the good publications in the dark writing field.  I had a short story in issue #25, the all-fe...