{"id":2511,"date":"2013-02-10T00:01:33","date_gmt":"2013-02-10T06:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=2511"},"modified":"2013-02-14T09:08:02","modified_gmt":"2013-02-14T15:08:02","slug":"7-imp%e2%80%99s-7-kicks-317-featuring-erthe-flu-thats-going-around","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=2511","title":{"rendered":"7-Imp\u2019s 7 Kicks #317: Featuring, Er,
the Flu That’s Going Around"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear Imps, I am really very<\/em> sorry that I don’t have art for you today, but I seem to have the flu that is making its way ’round the country. I was actually in Boston this week (yes, I adjusted my flight in time and made it back before the big blizzard hit), but right before I left, I got sick—there’s nothing like flying while having the stomach flu, and I hope this hasn’t happened to any of you—and I’m still fighting it off. <\/p>\n

But, since I can’t not<\/em> post at least one image, here’s one for you. <\/p>\n

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While in Boston, I had dinner with illustrators Sean and Belt Hilts<\/a><\/strong> (left), who visited 7-Imp in July<\/a><\/strong> and who are as nice as they are talented, as well as author\/illustrator Scott Magoon<\/a><\/strong> (front). The woman next to me is a kicker, you all! It is very exciting when I get to meet one of you kickers in person. It’s Moira Swiatkowski<\/a><\/strong>, featured here<\/a><\/strong> last July, and she met us all the way out from Cape Cod. <\/p>\n

I’m such a fan of Scott’s books, and it was wonderful to finally meet him in person, too. His art was going to be featured today, but then I got sick, and he’s probably still digging out of snow. But we’ll do that soon, promise. <\/p>\n

I also had the chance to dine with author Jeanne Birdsall<\/a><\/strong>, who is so<\/em> fun and all-around lovely. And I got to meet over at Candlewick my editor and the assistant editor on our book. I could have talked to them all day. It was great, they were great, and the Candlewick offices are exciting. <\/p>\n

So, right now I have a great new novel<\/a><\/strong> and House of Cards<\/strong><\/a><\/em> on Netflix, while I’m trying to avoid being vertical, but I’m sorry I don’t have kicks today. I will next week. <\/p>\n

I leave you with this<\/a><\/strong> from the very funny Minh Le to entertain you. <\/p>\n

And I hope you New England kickers have power and are safe and warm. (While in Boston this week, it was the first time I’d ever heard the phrase “thunder snow.”)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dear Imps, I am really very sorry that I don’t have art for you today, but I seem to have the flu that is making its way ’round the country. I was actually in Boston this week (yes, I adjusted my flight in time and made it back before the big blizzard hit), but right […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-seven-good-things-before-monday"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2511\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}