) It is delightfully creepy.
Don't get me wrong. I love Christmas. I'm just a bit gun–shy about it. I'm not one of
those
people that hauls out the lights after I finish the pumpkin pie at
Thanksgiving. No, I like Christmas to sort of sneak up on me. Get used
to it gradually. Usually I go fetch a tree about 2 weeks before
Christmas, and it stays up through New Years, and then 2 weeks after
Christmas, everything gets packed away for another year. In this, I am
markedly different from my parents, who, until I was in my teens, used
to pack us kids off to bed Christmas Eve, and then put up & decorate
the tree, and put out all the presents, and decorate the house,
ensuring that "Magic of Christmas–wise" we were properly shocked and
awed when we got up the next morning. Yes, they were insane, but to
their credit, it was pretty cool, and when they realized that we were
old enough to not be crushed by mundane reality, they had us hanging
lights and ornaments or else while they supervised from the couch.
So– The Experiments growing up seeing stuff get hauled out of boxes and
such 2 weeks before? Wonder crushing reality!!! Doesn't really seem to
have spoiled them, though. They had their firm belief in Santa phase
(Experiment # 2 is a bit unsure, but, as Kaja has said, if you tell us
that you know that there is no Santa Clause, then we know that it is
okay to start filling your stockings with socks and granola bars), which
we continue to play along with, and will do so until they both roll
their eyes at the mention of his name. Then it's socks for everyone!!
Our Kickstarter campaign continues to do well (http://kck.st/U5IzHH).
We will be getting together with the folks from Gizmocracy later this
week to talk about stretch goals. I can't give details at this time, but
I will say that their latest proposal had both Kaja and myself sitting
their with our mouths hanging open, and Experiment # 1, who will no
doubt have a very successful career, as long as it involves playing
video games, declared, "No one's ever done that before." So we're pretty
excited about it. I promise I'll give people details later in the week.
Got a head–scratcher of a note from Titan Books. They are working on
advertising and publicity for the Girl Genius novels, and they asked us;
What other books would you compare Girl Genius to? I don't know why
they want to know something like this. Possibly so that they can figure
out how many copies to print or get a hook about how to spin the
presentation. With that in mind, I told them that we're remarkably like
Harry Potter, in that we have an orphan who discovers that they're a
magical person who everybody has expectations about. I felt unclean, but
if it helps sell a few million copies, I'll cope. Any suggestions?
people that hauls out the lights after I finish the pumpkin pie at
Thanksgiving. No, I like Christmas to sort of sneak up on me. Get used
to it gradually. Usually I go fetch a tree about 2 weeks before
Christmas, and it stays up through New Years, and then 2 weeks after
Christmas, everything gets packed away for another year. In this, I am
markedly different from my parents, who, until I was in my teens, used
to pack us kids off to bed Christmas Eve, and then put up & decorate
the tree, and put out all the presents, and decorate the house,
ensuring that "Magic of Christmas–wise" we were properly shocked and
awed when we got up the next morning. Yes, they were insane, but to
their credit, it was pretty cool, and when they realized that we were
old enough to not be crushed by mundane reality, they had us hanging
lights and ornaments or else while they supervised from the couch.
So– The Experiments growing up seeing stuff get hauled out of boxes and
such 2 weeks before? Wonder crushing reality!!! Doesn't really seem to
have spoiled them, though. They had their firm belief in Santa phase
(Experiment # 2 is a bit unsure, but, as Kaja has said, if you tell us
that you know that there is no Santa Clause, then we know that it is
okay to start filling your stockings with socks and granola bars), which
we continue to play along with, and will do so until they both roll
their eyes at the mention of his name. Then it's socks for everyone!!
Our Kickstarter campaign continues to do well (http://kck.st/U5IzHH).
We will be getting together with the folks from Gizmocracy later this
week to talk about stretch goals. I can't give details at this time, but
I will say that their latest proposal had both Kaja and myself sitting
their with our mouths hanging open, and Experiment # 1, who will no
doubt have a very successful career, as long as it involves playing
video games, declared, "No one's ever done that before." So we're pretty
excited about it. I promise I'll give people details later in the week.
Got a head–scratcher of a note from Titan Books. They are working on
advertising and publicity for the Girl Genius novels, and they asked us;
What other books would you compare Girl Genius to? I don't know why
they want to know something like this. Possibly so that they can figure
out how many copies to print or get a hook about how to spin the
presentation. With that in mind, I told them that we're remarkably like
Harry Potter, in that we have an orphan who discovers that they're a
magical person who everybody has expectations about. I felt unclean, but
if it helps sell a few million copies, I'll cope. Any suggestions?