Victimised... and Diana Cover

[ffutures]

Got home last night to find a message on my answerphone asking me to call someone with the name of one of my nieces, and sounding a lot like her, at an unfamiliar number. So I called, and it turned out to be someone from the police "victim support unit". Following Saturday's incident it appears that I am now officially a victim of violent crime (rather than a klutz who squashes little old ladies). Got one lot of leaflets from them in the post yesterday, and another today from a different office. Everyone's being very helpful and supportive...

Except that it's beginning to feel VERY annoying. I've got a bruised finger (not broken, thank Cthulhu), and apart from being that and being a little annoyed and embarassed I'm fine. I really don't want to think of myself as a victim, bearing in mind what happens to victims in most of the fiction I read. Can't I just go back to being a guy with a sore finger?

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In better news, a preview version of the colour cover for Diana Warrior Princess is on line; it's a big (370k) file, but absolutely gorgeous. Address is

http://www.heliograph.com/promo/DianaCoverComplete.jpg

Comments

finger issues

[suaveswede.livejournal.com]

I hope this will not keep you from writing. Waiting for the next chapter
in your latest story. Read the long Buffy/MiB crossover and the one you recomended with the dragon in it.

Re: finger issues

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Typed bits of two stories tonight, fortunately I'm mostly a two fingers and thumbs typist and it isn't one of the fingers I use.

[elementalv.livejournal.com]

It could be worse — they could have sent over a counselor to help you past your trauma. After all, you might end up with a life-long fear of falling into elderly women.

Sarcasm? You're soaking in it.

Meanwhile, back to the cover, yes, it's positively lovely. Congratulations!

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Oh, the caller yesterday offered counselling. I turned them down.

[elementalv.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry — I know this is supposed to be a serious subject, but I keep flashing on a generic comedy sketch. It doesn't even matter if it's Monty Python, Kids in the Hall or Saturday Night Live. It's just that — odd? absurd? silly?

Maybe you could insert the aftermath of the incident into Deeds of Maidenly Unkindness, should the police need to pay a visit at some point.

[sirernest.livejournal.com]

at least they seem to care. couldn't expect such from the coppers here

[vicarage.livejournal.com]

Will it help if I say I think of you as an Urban Hero?