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I don't watch Dancing with the Stars, only because I don't watch tv that much although if Twin B and Adorable Girlfriend came over on Sunday nights when Amazing Race is on I would probably follow that (I rarely watch tv alone as it was very much a social occasion in the house I grew up in). But I have watched DwtS in occasional clips, mostly because I think it's a cute idea, something most anyone who has ever had a thought of dancing a bit would love to try.
So I was really pleased to read this morning that 50 year old Jennifer Gray (most famous for her role as "Baby" opposite Patrick Swayze in DIRTY DANCING) won this year. She could paddle on my Senior Masters crew (and why wouldn't anyone want to, since my crew-mates are JUST THAT MUCH FUN)!
At one point in one of those "training montage" clips, when it is obvious she is hurting and they have to take a break because she is in pain, she apologizes to her (young, fit, congenial, and supportive) dance partner, saying, "I'm sorry I'm so old." How I loved her then! That's why I'm glad she won. She's lovely, of course, and very fit, and has dance training anyway, but she clearly feels every one of those 50 years and she competes because that is the kind of person she is.
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In other news, COLD MAGIC has apparently sold to Dutch publisher Luitingh-Sijthoff, who are also, I believe, Katharine Kerr's Dutch publishers.
I haven't had any novels published in the Netherlands* yet, so this is exciting, adding another language to the ones I've been translated into so far: German, Polish, Russian, French, and Spanish (Crown of Stars), and Hebrew (The Golden Key, which also has a Russian and German translation). It also marks the first translation sale of COLD MAGIC.
*ETA: fixed as per comment below
So I was really pleased to read this morning that 50 year old Jennifer Gray (most famous for her role as "Baby" opposite Patrick Swayze in DIRTY DANCING) won this year. She could paddle on my Senior Masters crew (and why wouldn't anyone want to, since my crew-mates are JUST THAT MUCH FUN)!
At one point in one of those "training montage" clips, when it is obvious she is hurting and they have to take a break because she is in pain, she apologizes to her (young, fit, congenial, and supportive) dance partner, saying, "I'm sorry I'm so old." How I loved her then! That's why I'm glad she won. She's lovely, of course, and very fit, and has dance training anyway, but she clearly feels every one of those 50 years and she competes because that is the kind of person she is.
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In other news, COLD MAGIC has apparently sold to Dutch publisher Luitingh-Sijthoff, who are also, I believe, Katharine Kerr's Dutch publishers.
I haven't had any novels published in the Netherlands* yet, so this is exciting, adding another language to the ones I've been translated into so far: German, Polish, Russian, French, and Spanish (Crown of Stars), and Hebrew (The Golden Key, which also has a Russian and German translation). It also marks the first translation sale of COLD MAGIC.
*ETA: fixed as per comment below
