Announcing: the Librarian

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Announcing: the Librarian

Just in time for this new April month: I’m now officially on leave. Yesterday was my last day at work and it was a bit weird, as I’m not returning until after summer’s end.

You’ll be asking why (or, if you were at Mancunicon, you will not be asking why).

The H and I are working on a sequel to the snakelet, called the librarian (as in, “baby going to be born in the year of the monkey” => “ape” => Terry Pratchett because of course always Pratchett). Delivery deadline is end of May, just in time for a wonderful summer of not sleeping…

For those wondering: The House of Binding Thorns has shifted a bit due to, erm, the wonders of the first trimester, but hopefully nothing major (sayth she, knocking on major bits of wood). I’m also looking like a beached whale at the moment and seriously considering two months of non stop Netflix streaming (alas, I’ve got a few things to do. But it’s tempting!).

It was an interesting exercise in being a public persona: the first trimester coincided with my brilliant plan to pack an October month full of events in France and abroad–I didn’t have any major health issues, but fatigue was always a bit of a problem. Also, it turns out that it’s a lot less easy to hide the second time around, making for a careful choice of clothes to make sure I didn’t get odd looks (the Gollancz festival in particular was really interesting as it was showing quite a bit by then ^-^)

ETA: just so we’re clear, this isn’t an April’s Fool in spite of the timing

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  1. Congratulations, Aliette and family! Exciting times! – Keyan

  2. Oh wow congratulations! Hope everything goes well!h

  3. Congratulations!

  4. Wonderful news, Aliette!!! Congrats!!!

  5. Yay! That’s wonderful news!

  6. Congrats, Aliette!

  7. Congrats!

  8. Thanks everyone!

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