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Any ideas on where I might find a Victorian costume?
The Victoria BC Children’s Literature Roundtable is celebrating its 25th anniversary on June 4th with a Victorian tea and I have been invited. The catch is that participants are supposed to come in Victorian costume.
Help.
The anthology — Kobzar’s Children: A Century of Untold Ukrainian Stories — is coming out in June. Because the photos are black and white and the book is all text rather than an illustrated story like Aram’s Choice, it can be reproduced in Canada, rather than in Hong Kong like Aram’s Choice.
The editing and formatting and proofing is complete. The photos have all been placed and the captions have been added. I did the acknowledgements page yesterday.
Now I am just waiting for the final final final page proofs. That should arrive tomorrow I think. Then I look it over with a fine-toothed comb and hope against hope that I don’t miss any tiny errors.
I am so excited about this anthology. It is the first time I have been an editor. The stories are all fabulous and I am pleased and proud. And I can hardly wait to sign off on the final page proofs. Sort of like sending a child to kindergarten!
Happy Easter!
Just wanted to let you all know that I have started up a new endeavour with my good friend and fellow author, Valerie Sherrard. Check out this blog to find out all about it:
http://authorsbooking.livejournal.com/
On Monday, I did a book signing from 3-ish til 5pm, then was picked up by The Ladies of the Trinity in A LIMOSINE!! Can you imagine? I saw the limo pull up, and some people waiting in the lobby with me said, “Oh, it must be Mayor Bob dropping by.” Lloyd Sereda, from the Lethbridge Ukrainian community had emailed me to let me know that I would be picked up by a limo, but I thought he was joking. What an amazing welcome!
The limo service was Lethbridge Limo (lethbridgelimo.ca) and the driver was Dave Duckworth. He was a real gentleman! You could tell that he enjoyed his job. They even rolled out the red carpet for me. If you are ever in Lethbridge and want to be treated like royalty, call Dave!
It was a wonderful visit with the Ukrainian community. Dinner was delicious and company was interesting. I sat beside a woman who was 101 years old with vivid recollections of the past century. After my presentation, they gave me two dozen roses and then Dave drove me around the town. An unforgettable experience!!
As we flew into Lethbridge from Calgary on a 19 seater Dash-18, the view was stunning. Down below were the “coolies” which are like mountains that go down instead of up. And the nice thing about travelling by Dash-18 is you don’t have to worry about whether you get an aisle or a window seat, because all are both.
When we got to the Lethbridge Lodge, there was a walking path right from the hotel to the coolies, so after I did my keynote on Monday, I got into my trekking clothes and headed out. Just as I had my hand on the door, one of the organizers called and said, “Marsha, don’t forget that you have a TV interview in about 5 minutes.” I had totally forgotten. I whipped out of my exercise clothing and dressed back up in keynote clothing and went for the interview, then went back upstairs and changed. I did get a short forty-five minute walk through the coolies. They were stunning!