my very own garden

When I started to write this, there were almost 450 comments, and 20 trackbacks to my last entry. I also saw that some Trek news places picked up O’Reilly’s press release.
I’m really overwhelmed with the outpouring of joy and congratulations that are on this site, and in my Inbox. All I can really do is say thank you. I am incredibly touched and incredibly lucky to be the focus of so much positive energy and happiness.
I haven’t even had time to sit back and absorb the impact, though, because Anne and I had our house appraised today, and we spent about 12 hours a day for 6 days getting out shit together. All that landscaping we’d been putting off got done, and all the piles and piles of junk that had accumulated around my office finally got cleaned up. I hear that it’s easier to write in a clean and uncluttered space . . . but I’ve done it in chaos for so long, I wonder if this serenity will have any noticeable effect.
Heh. Serenity. There’s a pornstar joke there, but I don’t know what it is. Maybe I’ll just use it as an excuse to link Jenna Jameson’s website. Maybe she’ll see the fives of hits she gets, and then we can trade action figures!
Okay, I don’t know how I ended up on some pornstar rant there . . . must be the exhaustion and relief I feel now that the appraisal is over. And, to be honest, I feel a little lost in this insanely clean house we now have. I realized this morning that I’ve lived here for five years, and today was the second time I’d actually taken the screens off and done hardcore cleaning on the windows. Turns out the sky out my office window isn’t always as grey as I thought it was.
So what happens next?
I get to spend much more time working on the Just A Geek rewrites, because O’Reilly wants the book out in Spring of 2004. I’ll also do some media junk for the national release of Dancing Barefoot, probably in January.
A lot of people wanted to know what animal will be on my Website book. The answer is, I don’t know. I hear that rookie ORA authors (like me) don’t get to choose their own animal . . . but wouldn’t a monkey at a typewriter just be the coolest?
Some VH-1 news, too! The network is still committed to the show, and I think we found a guy to interview. I probably shouldn’t say exactly what it is, but it’s fucking hilarious. I have to go out the the East coast to film it, probably in January, and I’ll see if I can get some sort of book signing while I’m up there. As always, I’ll blather on about it right here if / when it happens.
I’m going to go fall onto the couch for about an hour now.

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55 thoughts on “my very own garden”

  3. Yes, but what sort of monkey? I see something in a macaque or a ring-tailed lemur.
    And you’re hardly the run of the mill rookie author. Use your pull to get the macaque in! (I’ll likely never again use that sentence.)

  4. Amazing what happens when you clean windows, I remember in my old apartment I cleaned my window and I actually was able to SEE things…..
    Anyways I hope the best for your house..
    Good luck to you and Anne..

  5. Hey Wil!
    Dont worry.. I think we have all branched out onto a pornstar rant at least once in our life, but some of us would rather not recall that time =).
    Great job with Oreilly! Monkey w/ Typewriter all the way!
    – Zack Shutt

  6. Congratulations again on the O’Reilly deal. But you mention a national release for Dancing Barefoot in January? I thought they’d have some out by Christmas?

  8. Congrats Wil but I hate to be the one to tell you…it doesn’t really matter how clean your house is for an appraisal. They are almost 100% square footage and comparable home sales driven.
    (Anne probably just used it as an excuse to get you to help clean up!)

  9. The Xmas release will be “limited” because there isn’t time for a huge media blitz between now and then.
    In publishing, reviewers and reporters like to have something like six weeks advance notice on something. I don’t know what will happen with TV. That ball is squarely in the ORA publicity department’s court.

  10. You should do a lay-over in Chicago.
    We’ve got good beer in Chicago.
    And the great taste of football.
    Don’t forget the great taste of football!

  11. When we refinanced what mattered most were the square footage, comparables, and any add-ons (like fencing, a/c, rooms, remodeling, etc.)…
    but the feeling of having a clean home is good.
    Congrats again, Wil, and WHERE on the east coast? Anywhere near Boston area?

  13. MOTHER JESUS BALLS! Please please PLEASE do a signing in Pittsburgh! I promise I’ll drive down just for it (I live about 2.5 hours away)!
    Glad to hear the VH1 Show is still on. Who are you interviewing that’s so Hillarious? Shiatner? How people… are… totally obsessed… with… his… Shatner… Method Acting? Or, maybe its… his… monsterous toupe collection…
    OK. Enough Shaterisms. Is it at least Star Trek related? Maybe it’s so hillarious because it’s Brent Spiner? It’d be cool as hell if it were Patrick Stewart…
    OMG. What if it’s… Rick Berman…?

  16. Now that your house is clean want to do mine? I can promise a nice cold Canadian beer out of the deal! Congrats on everything and it is nice to read that you are so happy. Back to lurking.

  20. Funny how you can feel so ‘there’ for someone you’ve never met (and likely will never meet). Eith way, it’s good to hear things are going well. If you ever do a book signing in Toronto do be sure to let me know 😉

  21. *prays hard*
    PLEASE LET IT BE NJ!
    PLEASE LET IT BE NJ!
    PLEASE LET IT BE NJ!
    PLEASE LET IT BE NJ!
    But NY will be just fine. Then maybe I can remind my best friend who you are.
    Anyway, best of luck. I am looking foward to reading your publications (damn I sound so formal).

  22. hey wil, glad to hear things went well. I tidied my room the other day, and i was so amazed to see what colour the carpet was! i had forgotton, it had been so totally covered in stuff, i literally could not see it…at all. i think it does bring a sense of serenity doesn’t it. i have been sleeping more, and working less!! too much serenity perhaps?!
    anyway…good luck with everything, i’m soo happy things are going for you…
    love
    rach
    xxx

  23. As someone who lives here in the center of the universe, I would welcome a reading here in Gotham. Let us know when, I know those of us who reject the left coast would still love to see someone who lives there reading his work.
    Bravo Wil, and Congrats!

  24. Isn’t it nice to feel the fresh breeze blowing through clean screens? I cheat and vacuum the screens when they get dusty. (Leave ’em on the windows, vacuum, and voila!) Saves time when I actually take them down for a real scrubbing.
    Congrats on your continued success! Am looking forward to seeing your books in the bookstore! :^)
    Take care and give your family a sunshiney hug from Hawaii for me! (That includes the four-legged ones too!)

  25. “Some VH-1 news, too! The network is still committed to the show…”
    Huh? What is this VH-1 show of which you speak?
    Confused,
    sandra
    ps. Congrats, again. We – *I* – always knew you could kick ass as a writer. It’s like you said: “50,000 monkeys at 50,000 typewriters can’t be wrong.” 🙂

  26. I agree with the other commenter about the appraisal. Basically, they come in to measure, and to assure there are no large holes in the floors or walls or ceilings.
    Then they go download, from your county’s tax assessor website, what the 5-7 houses most similar to yours in your neighborhood were appraised for, and put yours somewhere in the middle.
    Being a wife and a mother, though, I can appreciate Anne’s strategy. I wish that had worked with my husband…my windows are looking a little dirty 😛
    grats again.

  27. It must be overwhelming to have all this attention Wil. More so than when you were on
    ” That Show.” It was ” Different Strokes” wasn’t it?…You were the little guy with a catch phrase?
    Wait…Were you not Bart Simpson?
    Congrats on the book deal young man…
    I hope to be able to buy it in Canada.
    Selah.

  28. Hey Wil! (insert witty, pithy or deep comment of choice here) Now come to Colorado Springs to promote your book! We may not have the taste of football that Russ is promoting but we’re close to many ski resorts…mmmm skiing. And I work at a hotel. Sweet rates…skiing…and Red top hamburgers! Big as Shatners ego. Seriously, they are huge. Ok enough shameless promoting of this podunk little town. Congrats on the book deal and stuff and junk. Heh!

  29. *Sigh* I live in St. Louis.
    Lots of topless jernts.
    Football too.
    I’d mention the AB brewery but I know you favor Guiness.
    I think Nelly lives here, maybe you could hook up a signing and have him sing too??
    Congratulations and I’ll just settle for getting to buy your book in the stores I guess! 🙂

  31. congrats on continued good news!
    please….. try to come to south carolina somday!
    its really nice here! =)
    im really proud of our unca willie!
    jeannette

  32. Okay, you started out sappy, but recovered mid-posting in time to keep me from starting up the flamethrower.
    Oh, you NAILED the dismount, so… 9.77

  33. Long time lurker coming out to say:
    Serenity = pornstar joke?
    Beg to differ at this end – I hear Serenity, I think FIREFLY, Whedon’s short lived show, already a cult classic.
    And have to gush for a moment, cause I’ve been too shy to post: Dude, you’re writing is just brilliant. It brings me tears of joy. Can I join the posse?
    GF

  34. Wil,
    I do not know if you know the meaning of the word sweater or coat but you better get them fast. If you come off that plane California dreaming, you will feel like you are standing in a foot of snow. Keep yourself warm and you will have a great time.
    FG

  35. Geek dude,
    I have read your site for about a year and a half now, and I have to say that you give me the inspiration to write myself. I just wish that I was a child actor as well to fuel the fire for a book. Ok maybe not, but you get my point.
    I’ll be buying a book soon…

  37. I’m so happy for your sucess. I wish you many more years of happiness! Keep on writing because you will always have an audience if you think otherwise. Geeks never die. Peace.

  38. Wil, if you’re likely to be on the East Coast in January, you HAVE to arrange to do a signing or suchlike gig at Arisia, the big Boston S.F. con. January 16-18 2004
    http://www.arisia.org
    One of the scheduled guests is ESR. And likely, RMS will show up as well. So you might even be able to wrangle a seat on a Linux panel or two.
    And as this IS Boston, we get our Guinness at conveniently located sidewalk dispensers. Well, not really, but it’s a damn poor Boston/Cambridge bar or pub that can’t draw a ripping pint.

  40. Wil-
    If you get to come out to the East Coast, PLEASE do a booksigning in NJ. I would so love to meet you and have you sign my book! 🙂 How about coming to, oh, I don’t know, Monmouth County? Middletown, maybe? Just a thought…
    John Ross- you don’t have to be moving to want your house appraised. You can also be going for a loan, or refinancing. But who knows, Wil may be moving. Wil?
    -Alicia
    http://www.thewagband.com

  41. Wil,
    If you want a MONKEY on the cover of your book then just tell ORA that all your fans from the website
    WON’T BUY IT UNLESS IT DOES.
    Start a petition and get us ALL to write in in support of it.
    I have just placed a back-order for the FIRST COPY of “Dancing Barefoot” to be sold here in the UK.
    By the way, if it’s “Football & Guinness you want, along with a huge crowd of fans, come and do a book signing in London. London is easy to get to you just head towards N.Y and keep going.

  42. Let me join those that plead with you to come to the Boston area. I hear we’re about to get 9-14 inches of snow, if you’re in to that sort of thing. If you’re not……….well, it’s not that cold here, really! Okay, so it’s cold here. Still, it’s a nice place to visit.

  43. I always thought there should be more porn in your blog.
    Then again, I tend to think there should be more porn in *all* blogs.
    And I don’t think I’m alone on this one.
    Congrats again.

  48. Wil – Please, Pretty Please – come to Toronto. Its cooold up here, but we’re toasty warm and we love our geeks. Some say we are a nation of geeks. Legalized pot-smoking, gay-marrying, peace loving geeks! We’d love to have you!

  49. Am I the only one wondering that if they’re getting the reprint ready for the holidays if you’ll have time to do the rewrite/updates you planned to? Or will this copy also be wonderfully flawed?
    And just because It’s a trend for me now, I submitted this EPIC NEWS to your IMDB profile. (Hopefully they’ll update it like last time).

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