Well, Well, Well Look What the Blog Dragged In

I am sick.  I have lost my voice entirely, which has led to comments such as:

“No smart ass comments from you?  What shall we do?” – boss

“I think Mother Nature may be trying to tell you something.” – creative director

You know what, screw those guys.  I can still be cutting on my online book blog that no one knows about.  That will show them!

My illness has coincided with finishing Blue Asylum by Kathy Hepinstall.  I bought this book without knowing anything about it after hearing Kathy speak at Mike Hughes’ funeral.  She was hilarious and I love funny ladies.  Her blog is awesome too.  So her book took me by total surprise because it wasn’t just her personality come to life on the page like a quickly spouted blog post (referring to mine, not hers.  Like I said, hers is good.)  It was a real book.  With carefully crafted sentences, an interesting plot… the whole 9 yards.  She is an advertising copywriter and she is quippy… but she is a real writer.

I can tell that literary people would find this a good book because each sentence is so well crafted.  A simple-minded lady like myself for some reason felt it was a tad slow.  But it was a unique story of an insane asylum during the Civil War – can’t say that’s a topic that’s been exhausted.  Definitely a solid read,  and I am only somewhat jealous of all these people I am one-degree from are writing books and good blogs.  Dammit.