Well, Denise Has a Point

I suck at self-promotion. She didn’t SAY that, because she’s a lovely person and she would NEVER say anything like that. But I know it’s true, and I’m trying so very hard to do better, truly I am. As part of the agreement with the publishers, you know.
So I’ll try to do better about letting y’all know about the magazines. Coming out September 1st, there’s Somerset Studio,

where I interview Danielle Hession, and Belle Armoire,

with Mihaela Manitiu, as I said earlier.
There’s also Belle Armoire Jewelry, where I re-visit Amy Hanna.

[Sorry—no extra copy of that one.]
The current issue of Art Doll Quarterly, which came out July 1st, has my interview with the fabulous Neva Waldt.
 
I try not to have favorites, but lord, that woman is funny! What is it about doll artists? Neva and Jodi Creager are two of the funniest people I’ve ever had the pleasure of talking to. The interviews with them were the most unprofessional things I’ve ever done, with me laughing like a crazy person and begging them to repeat things I missed. Jodi and I were on the phone for HOURS, and I finally had to tell her that she was making me laugh so hard I was going to have to get off the phone and go pee. If you ever, EVER get a chance to meet either of them or take a class or listen to them talk, go for it.
The autumn issue of Altered Couture has my last column in it:

And Art Quilting Studio, which is new this year and currently publishes in June and December—the premiere issue (June) has my interview with quilter Denyse Schmidt, and the cover looks like this:
 
Denyse, by the way, contributed to the fabulous book Drawing From Life:  The Journal as Art, by Jennifer New. Did you know that Jennifer also wrote Dan Eldon, The Art of Life? One of my all-time favorite books.
OK, I think that’s it for what’s out there currently.
For years now, I’ve been carrying the extra copies of magazines in the truck, giving them to people who express interest in the magazines but haven’t ever read them. In theory, this is a great idea. In practice, not so much:  the places we go where we meet people who’re interested in this kind of stuff are usually places—Santa Fe, New Orleans—where we don’t have the vehicle and are walking. And most certainly NOT carrying a stack of magazines with us. So I thought this would be a good way to find homes for the extra copies I sometimes have. It seems like one of those Everybody Wins things:  I’m happy because I find new homes for things. Some of y’all will be happy because you’ll get a free magazine. The publishers will be happy because it generates interest in up-coming issues.
Yay!
Now:  if anyone out there wants to give me a nudge the last week or so of the month, just before the new issues come out, I’ll let you know what interviews are coming up. It makes me feel kind of weird, though, for some reason:  like I can just imagine everyone going, “Yeah, yeah, so you wrote something. And I just spent 10 hours re-building a truck engine and all I want is for you to entertain me, dammit! Screw the self-promotion and make me snort beer out my nose, lazy wench!”
Or something like that, although I’m pretty sure none of y’all would call me “wench.” I think the cut-off for that, age-wise, passed me long, long ago, thank you jesus.
And now back to hanging bulletin boards. Two down, three to go:  what IS it about putting holes in freshly-painted walls that’s scarier than a root canal? It literally makes me SWEAT. Argh.