October 3

We’re desperately worried about the World’s Greatest Receptionist. She’s off in Mexico this weekend at a family wedding. We’re all for destination weddings when they’re in Fiji. Or New Orleans. Or places where random drug lords don’t steal American citizens and chop their heads off. We begged her to keep her head down and not sass anyone, but who are we kidding. She’s one of us. We don’t think it’s within her power to keep the sass inside. Her head is likely to explode. We don’t think her plan of screeching, “Get your hands off me. I’m an American!” is going to help anyone. Keep your eyes peeled on the news. This stuff should keep you occupied with giggles until then.

1. Jared Leto. No one should be surprised by this pick.  Of course, Jared is a favorite thing this week. How can he not be? A. Ava thinks he’s adorable. B. We get to put up another picture of him. C. She got to annoy Amy about him all week.  That’s a triple people. WIN WIN WIN! (Amylynn here – I think he wears the facial hair so that people will be sure he’s a boy. A very pretty boy.)

2. Appetizers. We met our friend Pumpkin again today to whine about the state of publishing, to gossip about books and writers we’re reading, and to plan our world domination of the publishing world. This time we met at Chili’s. “Meh,” was our opinion when it was suggested. However, when we got there we ordered the soft pretzels with cheese sauce and salt. OOOOh, mama. They were super yummy, super soft, and just the right amount of tang. THEN we had a warm skillet chocolate chip cookie with ice cream. Honest to god, it’s a miracle we’re not 5,000 pounds. Our opinion of Chili’s has swung the other direction.

3. Best mug…EVER. At our local writers group meeting, we have a raffle every month of fun stuff our membership brings in. This last week we wanted a mug that was up for the offing. We wanted it bad. Or badly. We always screw up those adverbs. Anyway, we coveted that mug. This is what it says: YOU ARE A BRILLIANT WRITER. Seriously, you are the freaking queen of story. When you approach your computer, the keyboard trembles, just the tiniest bit, because it knows something awesome is coming. That is how much you rock. Now get back to work. You got this. Talk about motivation with caffeine. It’s brilliant. Anyway, sad story short, we didn’t win. It took only minutes to find the cup on Zazzle and buy two. Go here to get your own. They have them for boys, too, if you’re not comfortable being a Queen.

4. Finding new authors. The Sisters really love to read. REALLY LOVE TO READ. Obviously. All writers love to read. The problem is that most writers are too busy writing to read. It’s a real tragedy. Seriously. Anyway, this week both of the Sisters have found new authors. Well, new to us. These particular authors have been around for a while, but sadly we didn’t get to them. It’s that writing thing I mentioned. We introduce you to Courtney Milan and Jennifer Armentrout (sometimes writing as J. Lynn). Courtney wrote a stunning book that finaled in the Rita Awards (the Oscars of Romance) called The Countess Conspiracy.  It’s fantabulously glorious – the story is atypical of a historical and worth whatever money you spend on it. Jennifer wrote Stay With Me – a book that jettisoned right to the best seller lists upon its release and the reason is clear. Jennifer really has a handle on this New Adult subgenre. Both of these books were from a series so that is bad for the Sisters ’cause we just don’t have this kind of time.

5. Quitting like a boss. We’ve shared with you before several different ways people have dramatically quit their jobs. We remember one in particular that involved a marching band. This lady worked as a news reporter in Alaska. She was also apparently the owner of a Alaskan Cannabis Club. We don’t know if the station was being difficult about her other employment or what, but the way she quits is dramatic. The kind of quitting you don’t come back from. While on the air, she says, “Fuck it. I quit.” You can’t start applauding yet though because when the camera flashed back to the stunned anchor she is all over the place. The station apologized and stated that she’d been fired, but we’re thinking they don’t have a time machine so… Anyway, good luck to you Charlo Greene and all your efforts. We hope to have the opportunity to quit like you one day.