Oh yeah, did I mention I really thought I was the person responsible for “discovering” Neil Gaiman? Don’t ask. Well, anyway, it’s true ”“ I do love it and Fragile Things was an extra-special treat for me because having just discovered Neil Gaiman last year, I hadn’t read at least 3/4 of the stories in the collection even though many were award winners previously published in magazines and anthologies. I hope you aren’t expecting a normal book review from me ”“ I have no idea how to do that properly but at least I’m not going to start this out “I loved Fragile Things because”¦” Here’s Robin introducing next week’s guest and his newest book. One day, I’ll have to bring her back to talk about her own writing, but today she’s here to talk about Neil’s FRAGILE THINGS. Robin is a writer of fast-paced, comedic heartbreak.

I’ve got Robin’s back for ever and ever, for hundreds of reasons, but this is one of them. When it was clear to both of us that I’d taken the conversation out to the moon, Robin first tried to make me feel better by bragging how she couldn’t see well enough to read the menu, and then we started laughing so hard, we were crying. Two things often happen when you have rotten hearing – one is that people treat you weird and the other is that they leave you out. Not only did I misunderstand the topic to be “middle-eastern erotica,” but I found I had plenty to say on the topic. The topic of conversation happened to be “middle-age erotica,” something Robin specializes in writing.

But the background noise is still there, and I’m missing words and parts of words.

Okay, so Robin and I are sitting together, and we’ve both ditched the idea of having this cross-table talk with everyone in the room and just start talking to each other. In a crowd, when there’s more than one conversation going on, or someone has their back to me, this is harder to do. People who know me casually almost never notice this because I can be a good faker. And people who know me well know I rely heavily on lip-reading to follow a conversation. We were at a large, loud roundtable of fabulous writers. Robin and I had known each other for years from the Zoetrope online writer’s workshop, but one of the first times we met in real life was a classic moment of bonding.

I would never dream of having Neil Gaiman on LitPark without including the incomparable Robin Slick, whose blog is an odd and awesome mix of rock n’ roll, erotica, and Neil.īefore I turn things over to Robin, I have to tell a funny story.

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