hullo teresa and patrick, i'm usually a lurker here as well, because i miss your wonderful minds, but i really must add to this thread. first off, i live in bisbee, az. and was disappointed that i was so close to this wedding and didn't know about all the excitement untill now. here goes:
when i first moved to bisbee i waited tables in a nice restuarant that started doing breakfasts. i had a lovely couple i always talked to who had moved here a month after me and we were all new in town. one day, he used his credit card instead of cash and when looking down at the name had to pause. william shetterly (a tor author--i used to be the mass market art director at tor). i returned to the table and asked if he was a writer, and then, is your editor patrick nielsen-hayden? emma? bull? i worked on your covers and read your books and would you like some more cream? amazing. we never met in 7 years at tor.
when i first moved to new york from berkeley, ca. i moved with my best friend rohana and we stayed with her aunt ruth until we found a place. several years later i got a job at tor and a month in was staring at a painting done by ruth's son tristan elwell (one of the many wonderful artists in the tor stable). i had seen it in progress before i ever got the job. i told teresa the story and she asked about ro. it turns out she knew rohana's mother millea kenin and had no idea she was tristan's aunt. and my first office i shared with the boyfriend of one of my closest judo friends. and tom wanted to hire my uncle. there were about 16 more of these coincidences at tor the first year and people started calling it "six degrees of alison."
but now it is clear, perfectly: patrick and teresa are the center of the universe. and like attracts like.
next time come visit me.
hullo teresa and patrick, i'm usually a lurker here as well, because i miss your wonderful minds, but i really must add to this thread. first off, i live in bisbee, az. and was disappointed that i was so close to this wedding and didn't know about all the excitement untill now. here goes:
when i first moved to bisbee i waited tables in a nice restuarant that started doing breakfasts. i had a lovely couple i always talked to who had moved here a month after me and we were all new in town. one day, he used his credit card instead of cash and when looking down at the name had to pause. william shetterly (a tor author--i used to be the mass market art director at tor). i returned to the table and asked if he was a writer, and then, is your editor patrick nielsen-hayden? emma? bull? i worked on your covers and read your books and would you like some more cream? amazing. we never met in 7 years at tor.
when i first moved to new york from berkeley, ca. i moved with my best friend rohana and we stayed with her aunt ruth until we found a place. several years later i got a job at tor and a month in was staring at a painting done by ruth's son tristan elwell (one of the many wonderful artists in the tor stable). i had seen it in progress before i ever got the job. i told teresa the story and she asked about ro. it turns out she knew rohana's mother millea kenin and had no idea she was tristan's aunt. and my first office i shared with the boyfriend of one of my closest judo friends. and tom wanted to hire my uncle. there were about 16 more of these coincidences at tor the first year and people started calling it "six degrees of alison."
but now it is clear, perfectly: patrick and teresa are the center of the universe. and like attracts like.
next time come visit me.
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