from Asimov's Science Fiction / Oct-Nov 2010 Reviewed by: Daniel R. Robichaud. After a quick perusal, Kij Johnson's contribution to the October/November issue of Asimov's Science Fiction might read like an optimistic science fiction vignette. Upon closer examination, however, something far more chilling lies beneath "Names for Water."Kij Johnson is the author of several novels, including The Fox Woman and Fudoki, and a short story collection, At the Mouth of the River of Bees. She is a three-time winner of the Nebula Award, and has also won the Hugo, World Fantasy, Sturgeon, and Crawford Awards. In the past she has worked in publishing, edited cryptic crosswords, waitressed ...Kij Johnson is a winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Awards. Her most recent books are The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe and The River Bank. She teaches at the University of Kansas, where she is associate director for the Center for the Study of Science Fiction.Kij Johnson. Locked. Can spring actually be coming? April 9. Various exciting things happened this week, though none of them are new, exactly.... Join to Unlock. 5. By becoming a patron, you'll instantly unlock access to …by Kij Johnson. Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady, by Edith Holden, from 1906 but taking the Gift Books world by storm in 1977 and for what seemed forever after. And still available, I see. This was the reason books like the Mountjoy (and my next two books) even exist, I expect. Holden was a brilliant watercolorist who created a journal that ...Kij Johnson is the author of several novels, including The Fox Woman and Fudoki. Her short fiction has sold to Amazing Stories, Analog, Asimov's, Duelist Magazine, Fantasy & Science Fiction, and Realms of Fantasy. She won the Theodore A. Sturgeon award for the best short story of 1994 for her novelette in Asimov's, "Fox Magic." In 2001, she won ...18 de set. de 2012 ... 299K subscribers in the printSF community. **A place to discuss published speculative fiction**—novels, short stories, comics, and more.by Kij Johnson. I still miss Jim, of course. I've been cat-sitting for Annie until she goes to her loving new home, which means I have been at his house quite frequently, for an hour or two at a time. Yesterday, it being Saturday, I made cinnamon rolls and took two over to his house along with coffee. For a little while, I sat in the chair ...by Kij Johnson. Locked Patreon post, here! Five weekends ago, I was in Rice Lake WI. Mom had just had hip surgery and we had just moved her from the hospital to short-term rehab, both an hour from where I was staying. I had been leaving the house at 8am and getting home at 8pm or later.Tor.com Publishing Editorial Spotlight #5 is a curated selection of novellas by editor Jonathan Strahan This collection includes: The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe by Kij Johnson Passing Strange by Ellen Klages Agents of Dreamland by Caitlin…Kij Johnson is a master of quiet, unassuming prose. Unlike some fantasy I have read Johnson's pacing is measured, it does not throw the reader between dramatic battle scenes and trite monologues about good and evil, instead she dwells on bright details and allows for her characters to grow. War, magic, and battle are elements in Johnson's ...Kij Johnson is the author of several novels, including The Fox Woman and Fudoki, and a short story collection, At the Mouth of the River of Bees. She is a three-time winner of the Nebula Award, and has also won the Hugo, World Fantasy, Sturgeon, and Crawford Awards. In the past she has worked in publishing, edited cryptic crosswords, waitressed ...Kij Johnson is the author of several novels, including The Fox Woman and Fudoki. Her short fiction has sold to Amazing Stories, Analog, Asimov's, Duelist Magazine, Fantasy & Science Fiction, and Realms of Fantasy. She won the Theodore A. Sturgeon award for the best short story of 1994 for her novelette in Asimov's, "Fox Magic." In 2001, …Kij Johnson works fresh magic with an old story in The River Bank, a sequel to The Wind in the Willows that introduces two new characters, Miss Mole and Miss Rabbit, but keeps the original's charm.Kij Johnson. Kij Johnson (kijjohnson.com) writes speculative and experimental fiction, and has won the Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Awards, among others. She also writes gaming material and teaches creative writing, novel idea generation, and science fiction and fantasy lit, at the University of Kansas and elsewhere. She is an associate ...Kij Johnson is a writer whose fiction has won the Nebula Award and the World Fantasy Award, and she has been nominated for the Hugo Award. She lives in North Carolina and climbs wherever and whenever she can. Ms. Johnson is at work on a series of essays about climbing. Read Previous Read Next. Explore.Kij Johnson is a winner of the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, and Sturgeon Awards, among others. She teaches creative writing at the University of Kansas, where she is also the associate director for the Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction. 27 de ago. de 2016 ... Kij Johnson's new novella follows an unlikely adventurer (and a small black cat) through a world built of dreams. It's a wonder-quest that ...The Privilege of the Happy EndingBy Kij JohnsonSmall Beer Press Fantasy writer Kij Johnson has a long list of awards and award nominations to her name, from Nebula and Hugo Awards — two of the ...The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe, by Kij Johnson Award-winning fantasist Kij Johnson’s latest is a witty, lyrical reinterpretation of a story by horror legend H.P. Lovecraft, The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath, retaining all the dreamlike wonder and dark beauty of the original (and, let’s be honest, bettering the prose by leaps and bounds) while …Medicine Matters Sharing successes, challenges and daily happenings in the Department of Medicine 40 Under 40_Dr. Sarah Johnson Conway Nadia Hansel, MD, MPH, is the interim director of the Department of Medicine in the Johns Hopkins Univers...Kij Johnson. Locked. Next story? March 19. Happily, I started a new story, and I think it's got legs enough to write it. How do I know? Hard to say, really..... Join to Unlock. 8. 3. By becoming a member, you'll instantly unlock access to 245 exclusive posts. 223. Images. 27. Writings.Novel Architects Kij Johnson and Barbara J. Webb can show you how to build it. We have eighteen years' experience teaching writers how to plan and build SF/F novels, helping everyone from experienced professional novelists like R. F. Kuang and Tina Connolly to talented new writers just getting their start.Ayesha Hardison. Associate Professor of English & Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies. Director, History of Black Writing. Co-Editor, Women, Gender, and Families of Color. she/her.d"Kij Johnson's haunting novella The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe is both a commentary on a classic H.P. Lovecraft tale and a profound reflection on a woman's life. Vellitt's quest to find a former student who may be the only person who can save her community takes her through a world governed by a seemingly arbitrary dream logic in which she ...Read free book excerpt from The Privilege of the Happy Ending by Kij Johnson, page 1 of 3KIJ JOHNSON is an American fantasy writer noted for her adaptations of Japanese myths and folklore. Her Tor.com story "Ponies" won the 2011 Nebula Award for Best Short Story. Her story "Fox Magic" won the 1994 Theodore Sturgeon Award, ...In Kij Johnson's "Ponies," winner of the 2010 Nebula short story award, all the girls have cute pet Ponies: short, fat, and brightly colored in various rainbow hues. The Ponies have small round-tipped unicorn horns and fluffy little wings, and they can talk. But to be friends with TheOtherGirls, each girl must bring her Pony to a ...Kij Johnson at the 2019 SF Summer Workshops reading in the Lawrence Public Library. The "Young Gunns" of 2011 Clockwise from left: Bradley Denton, Jack Ryan, Isaac Bell, Tepring Crocker, Kara Tan Bhala, Chris Kenworthy, Kathy Kitts, Mark Silcox, Chris McKitterick, Chuck Von Nordheim, and James Gunn (back to camera on left).Our guest for this article was Kij Johnson, an award-winning author, editor, and Associate Professor in the University of Kansas's MFA in Creative Writing program. Though primarily a fiction specialist, Kij offers courses in a range of topics related to writing. In her teaching Kij brings some serious credibility as an artist, scholar, and ...An interview with Kij Johnson. Kij Johnson on writing The Privilege of the Happy Ending: S/M/L Stories, a collection of speculative and experimental stories that explore animal intelligences, gender, and the nature of stories.. Even now, every story I write is a conscious craft experiment, whatever else it is. It was very early in my fiction-writing life that I realized the kinds of stories I ...In her skillful debut novel, Kij Johnson took the classic Japanese myth of the fox who dared to become a woman to win true love and created The Fox Woman, a luminous, lyrical tale of love, desire, joy, and the nature of the soul. Set in the same universe as The Fox Woman, this time Kij Johnson takes on another animal totem and enters the world of the creature who comes to be known as Kagaya ...Kij Johnson's short fiction has been making waves lately: she's won the Nebula three years in a row ("Spar" in 2009, "Ponies" in 2010, and "The Man Who Bridged the Mist," a magnificent novella, earlier this year).Get more from Kij Johnson on Patreon. Skip navigation. Log in. Create on Patreon. Log in. Join for free. Kij Johnson. Locked. A 250 from last month.... Feb 18, 2019. The Rules of Contentos.... Join to Unlock. 4. By becoming a member, you'll instantly unlock access to 246 exclusive posts. 224. Images. 27.Kij Johnson is the author of the novels The Fox Woman and Fudoki, as well as the short story collection At the Mouth of the River of Bees.She’s worked at Tor Books, Wizards of the Coast, Dark Horse Comics, and Microsoft, and is currently an assistant professor of creative writing at the University of Kansas.12 discussion posts. Deleted User said: Welcome to our discussion of our chosen October, 2013, SF/F Novella: The Man Who Bridged the Mist novella...by Kij Johnson. Locked Patreon post is here. For the past while, I have been clearing out Jim Gunn's house. It wasn't huge, but all of it was as full as it could hold, of everything from a Victorian wicker baby carriage to 1957 receipts. When you live in the same house for a long time, it's easy to declutter a desk or cupboard by pushing ...31 de mai. de 2016 ... Review of THE FOX WOMAN by Kij Johnson, a novel based on the traditional Japanese fairy tale about Kaya no Yoshifuji.Kij Bergdis Johnson Curriculum Vitae 2 World Fantasy Award Juried annual award recognizing the best works of fantasy and horror, awarded by the World Science Fiction Society. • Winner, Long Fiction (2019). “The Privilege of the Happy Ending.” • Winner, Long Fiction (2017). The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe.Kij Johnson is an American writer of fantasy. She has worked extensively in publishing: managing editor for Tor Books and Wizards of the Coast/TSR, collections editor for Dark Horse Comics, project manager working on the Microsoft Reader, and managing editor of Real Networks. She is Associate Director for the Center for the Study of Science ...Kij Johnson on Lovecraft’s legacy: “I think Lovecraft has come to the foreground because of so much discussion about the World Fantasy Award, which is a bust of Lovecraft. … There’s a lot ...Kij Johnson's "Ponies" is the second on Locus's Short Story Club list of award-nominated stories. More than that, though, it's an actuall award winner, having claimed a share of the Nebula for ...Kij Johnson is one of my favorite science fiction and fantasy writers. Her collection At the Mouth of the River of Bees: Stories is one of my favorite collections of all time. "26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss" is a near-perfect story. Aimee runs an act in which she makes 26 monkeys disappear on stage after climbing in a bathtub.by Kij Johnson. I mean, nowhere actually, but I have been distracted and busy. I finished the freelance job: 55,000 words and four maps by the end. Handed it in yesterday, and am waiting to hear now what they think. I cannot wait to talk about it publicly.Ponies ( tor.com, 2010) “The invitation card has a Western theme. Along its margins, cartoon girls in cowboy hats chase a herd of wild Ponies. The Ponies are no taller than the girls, bright as butterflies, fat, with short round-tipped unicorn horns and small fluffy wings. At the bottom of the card, newly caught Ponies mill about in a corral ...Kij Johnson does both. The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe is a strong novella as Lovecraftian fiction and on its own. To be frank, it's just a damn good read. It's smart, the prose is compelling ...by Kij Johnson. I have been a little busy, but in fact I did have time on Sunday to write an update, I just…forgot. Like you do sometimes. So, here are five things. This is the eleventh week of my fourteen-week semester, and workshopping starts today. I redesigned this class, Fiction I, a couple of years ago, and then again more radically ...キジ・ジョンスン （Kij Johnson、 1960年 1月20日 - ）は、 アメリカ合衆国 のファンタジー・SF作家。. カンザス州立大学 の教員も務めている。. この項目は、 文人 （ 小説家 ・ 詩人 ・ 歌人 ・ 俳人 ・ 著作家 ・ 作詞家 ・ 脚本家 ・ 作家 ・ 劇作家 ・ 放送作家 ...Kij Johnson's The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe is both a commentary on a classic H.P. Lovecraft tale and a profound reflection on a woman's life—available August 16th from Tor.com Publishing.Kij Johnson weaves together the contrasting threads of cartoon fantasy ― the Ponies are (intentionally, I think it’s safe to assume) reminiscent of the ponies in My Little Pony, and they bleed cotton-candy scented blood ― and the everyday horror of girls’ cruelty and cliquishness. The story is simple and straightforward, an allegory ...Kij Johnson (born 1960) is an American author. Links. Kij Johnson's Official Website. Star Trek: The Next Generation (numbered novels) Series contains 63 primary works and has 63 total works. Current series reading order on below. Main series Star Trek: The Next Generation ★ 6.00 / 1. N/A. N/A ★ 4.00 / 1Kij Johnson Author Guest of Honor Kij Johnson writes fantasy and science fiction including the novels The Fox Woman and Fudoki; the short story collection, At the Mouth of the River of Bees; the novella, The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe; and more than fifty stories. Sep 30, 2023 · After an unplanned hiatus, we’re back with the wonderful Kij Johnson, who will be a guest of honour at this year’s World Fantasy Convention in Kansas City this coming October. Small Beer will publish a new collection of Kij's work, The Privilege of the Happy Ending, to coincide with the convention. Kij Johnson. Small Beer, $24 (200p) ISBN 978-1-61873-130-2. Anthropomorphized friends Mole, Water Rat, Badger, and the notorious Toad of Toad Hall are back in Johnson's sequel to Kenneth ...Ughing. by Kij Johnson. This is a profoundly frustrating and disappointing moment. Everyone in the Kansas legislature, the KU administration, and the incoming student body seem committed to pretending the delta virus either isn't happening or isn't dangerous. This is somewhat true in certain ways some of the time, but no one seems to be ...28 de set. de 2020 ... Johnson's writing throughout them all is seemingly simple up close but when you zoom out to look at the story that she's created, you can tell ...LAWRENCE — After decades of acclaimed writing about exotic realms, Kij Johnson returns in her new short story collection to her Iowa childhood — though it ranges over such wild territory as the inner thoughts of a living sphinx, a horde of tiny velociraptors and a giant squirrel phantasm.by Kij Johnson. I have been a little busy, but in fact I did have time on Sunday to write an update, I just…forgot. Like you do sometimes. So, here are five things. This is the eleventh week of my fourteen-week semester, and workshopping starts today. I redesigned this class, Fiction I, a couple of years ago, and then again more radically ...Jul 1, 2008 · Kij Johnson is an American writer of fantasy. She has worked extensively in publishing: managing editor for Tor Books and Wizards of the Coast/TSR, collections editor for Dark Horse Comics, project manager working on the Microsoft Reader, and managing editor of Real Networks. Johnson’s poetic face is best captured in the story opening the collection, “26 Monkeys, and the Abyss.”. Lurking behind an obtuse little tale of a woman who buys into a traveling monkey show are the personal issues she is dealing with in real life, just visible off-screen. Showcasing the fact genre authors can indeed produce quality ...Kij Johnson Kij Johnson taught writing and science-fiction writing at Louisiana State University, and has lectured on creativity and writing at bookstores and businesses across the country. She has been awarded the William Crawford Award for Achievement in Fantasy. Since 1994, she has assisted at the Writer's Workshop for Science Fiction ...A surprising and exciting new collection of speculative and experimental stories that explore animal intelligences, gender, and the nature of stories. The Privilege of the Happy Ending collects award-winning writer Kij Johnson's speculative fiction from the last decade. The stories explore gender, animals, and the nature of stories, and range ...His novel The Vorrh is bold, shaggy, and surprising; often beautiful, arresting, or both. It has its problems, but they have nothing to do with timidity. Trying to capture the essence of this book ...Kij Johnson is a writer of short stories, novels and occasional other things. Her first sale was in 1987 to a small Minnesota magazine, Tales of the Unanticipated; …KIJ JOHNSON is an American fantasy writer noted for her adaptations of Japanese myths and folklore. Her Tor.com story "Ponies" won the 2011 Nebula Award for Best Short Story. Her story "Fox Magic" won the 1994 Theodore Sturgeon Award, ...Fudoki is a 2003 novel by American writer Kij Johnson, a (stand-alone) sequel to The Fox Woman.. Set in 12th-century Japan, it is narrated by Harueme, a dying unmarried princess in the Court of Emperor Sutoku, who gives her life story constrained as it has been by the privileges of her position.Interleaved with her own life account is a nested story drawing on elements of Japanese mythology ...By Kij Johnson. She sets a stepladder next to it. She claps her hands and the 26 monkeys onstage run up the ladder one after the other and jump into the bathtub. The bathtub shakes as each monkey thuds in among the others. The audience can see heads, legs, tails; but eventually every monkey settles and the bathtub is still again.Kij Johnson's "Ponies" is the second on Locus's Short Story Club list of award-nominated stories. More than that, though, it's an actuall award winner, having claimed a share of the Nebula for Best Short Story. Enjoy "Ponies," a short story by Kij Johnson and the winner of the Nebula Award for Short Story.Kij Johnson's as-yet unfinished fantasy/magic realist trilogy of loosely related novels, set in Heian era Japan. The Fox Woman (Love/War/Death, #1), Fudo...26 Monkeys, Also The Abyss. Winner of the 2009 World Fantasy Award. Winner of the 2008 Asimov’s magazine Readers Award for best short story. Finalist, 2008 Nebula Award. …Kij Johnson works fresh magic with an old story in The River Bank, a sequel to The Wind in the Willows that introduces two new characters, Miss Mole and Miss Rabbit, but keeps the original's charm.KIJ JOHNSON is an American fantasy writer noted for her adaptations of Japanese myths and folklore. Her Tor.com story "Ponies" won the 2011 Nebula Award for Best Short Story. Her story "Fox Magic" won the 1994 Theodore Sturgeon Award, her novel The Fox Woman won the Crawford Award for best debut fantasy novel, and her subsequent novel Fudoki ...Professor Kji Johnson Lecture Author Kij Johnson will give a free public lecture. Date. SEP. 12. Time: 12:00 p.m. Location: 130 Colson Hall SEP 12 - Professor Kji Johnson Lecture SEP 15 - Tom Bredehoft and Natalie Sypolt Reading OCT 17 - Paul Lisicky Reading ...Kij Johnson at the 2019 SF Summer Workshops reading in the Lawrence Public Library. The "Young Gunns" of 2011 Clockwise from left: Bradley Denton, Jack Ryan, Isaac Bell, Tepring Crocker, Kara Tan Bhala, Chris Kenworthy, Kathy Kitts, Mark Silcox, Chris McKitterick, Chuck Von Nordheim, and James Gunn (back to camera on left).1 day ago · Kij Johnson “The Privilege of the Happy Ending” is a collection of 14 speculative and experimental stories that explore nature, animal intelligences, gender and more. And it features various story lengths meant to fit each reader best. by Kij Johnson. is the difference between this post and my previous Sunday posts. Wonderful four-mile walk today. I am doing more of these, and with more energy, these days. This sad little moose was from a walk earlier in the week, before last night's wind, which blew the leaves out of the trees.Five things. by Kij Johnson. (Locked Patreon post is here.) I just watched a squirrel drag off an entire stick of celery I had thrown on my back deck. We had a bit of sticky snow last night, so everything is covered with the damp, slightly slushy remnants: still beautiful, but heavy and wet looking, and slithering off branches with a meaty ...Kij Bergdis Johnson Curriculum Vitae 2 World Fantasy Award Juried annual award recognizing the best works of fantasy and horror, awarded by the World Science Fiction Society. • Winner, Long Fiction (2019). "The Privilege of the Happy Ending." • Winner, Long Fiction (2017). The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe.by Kij Johnson (A locked Patreon post about writing….) I missed last week, because it got rather complicated. The original intention was to visit my mother in Wisconsin, leaving on Sunday and returning on Thursday. The drive up happened exactly as planned — and a lovely drive it was: fallen snow along most of the route, and an ice-white sky ...Get more from Kij Johnson on PatreonTopic Sentence: In the short story “Ponies” by Kij Johnson, it is evident that when the protagonists Sunny and Barbara face an imbalance of power against the antagonists, TheOtherGirls, tragedy occurs. Additional Details: -------------. Evidence #1: The imbalance of power that Barbara faces is evident when Kij Johnson writes, Kij Johnson is the author of several novels, including The Fox Woman and Fudoki. Her short fiction has sold to Amazing Stories, Analog, Asimov's, Duelist Magazine, Fantasy & Science Fiction, and Realms of Fantasy. She won the Theodore A. Sturgeon award for the best short story of 1994 for her novelette in Asimov's, "Fox Magic." In 2001, she won ...[PDF] [EPUB] Ponies Download by Kij Johnson.Download Ponies by Kij Johnson in PDF EPUB format complete free. Brief Summary of Book: Ponies by Kij Johnson. Here is a quick description and cover image of book Ponies written by Kij Johnson which was published in October 17, 2010.In The Dream-Quest of Vellit Boe (2016), Kij Johnson offers both a tribute to and a critique of the Dreamlands stories. Cleverly mirroring the structure of The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath, Johnson's novella is a delirious joyride through the Dreamlands, as Professor Vellit Boe from Ulthar Woman's College tracks down one of her students ...In a 2011 video interview with FRONTLINE, Magic Johnson stated he had contracted HIV from unprotected sex.Kij Johnson's collection At the Mouth of the River of Bees brings her trademark thoughtful, unsettling touch to a wide variety of speculative genres and unusual topics, from ethereal fantasy to ...Kij Johnson. Locked. Status? September 24. I was flailing about trying to figure out a title for this post but gave up.... Join to Unlock. 7. 1. By becoming a member, you'll instantly unlock access to 246 exclusive posts. 224. Images. 27. Writings. By becoming a member, you'll instantly unlock access to 246 exclusive posts. 224.Local author Kij Johnson will soon launch her newest book, which is full of imaginative stories from nature's perspective, during an event at the Raven Book Store. Contributed. Arts & Events October 22, 2023 - 2:17 pm Lawrence playwright invites hometown to join conversations on maternal health outcomes.View Kij Johnson's profile on LinkedIn, the world's largest professional community. Kij has 9 jobs listed on their profile. See the complete profile on LinkedIn and discover Kij's ...Stories and excerpts by Harlan Ellison™, Kij Johnson, Chris Barzak, Eric James Stone, Rachel Swirsky, Geoff Landis, Shweta Narayan, Adam Troy-Castro, James Tiptree Jr., Aliette de Bodard, Amal El-Mohtar, Kendall Evans and Samantha Henderson, Howard Hendrix, Ann K. Schwader, Connie Willis, Terry Pratchett, and more.</p> 335 pages ; 23 cmFeb 3, 2001 · Kij Johnson has created an achingly beautiful love story, a fable wrapped in smoke and magic set against the fabric of ancient Japan. Johnson brings the setting lovingly to life, describing a world of formalities and customs, where the exchange of poetry is a form of conversation and everything has meaning, from the color of the silks on wears ... "Kij Johnson has won short fiction Nebula awards in each of the last th, Kij Johnson, says Jeff VanderMeer, is "a wonderful writer who takes big chances and has a , creating lies, damn lies, and fiction., "The Evolution of Trickster Stories Among the Dogs of North Park After the Cha, Kij Johnson is an American writer of fantasy. She has worked extensively , 24 de set. de 2016 ... Title: Fudoki Author: Kij Johnson Rating: 4.5/5 stars S, Kij Johnson (20 de xineru de 1960, Harlan (es)), nacida col nome , Kij Johnson's short speculative fiction has won the, Join Kij Johnson on Patreon to get access to this post and more bene, In which we discuss two stories by Kij Johnson. ", Nov 17, 2010 · Enjoy “Ponies,” a short story by Kij Jo, by Kij Johnson. Locked Patreon post is here. Mom's do, The week. by Kij Johnson. (So, back in 1988, I made this sampler on, Mon, 10/09/2023. LAWRENCE — After decades of acclaimed wr, by Kij Johnson. I had my one-month followup with the ophthalmologis, by Kij Johnson This is actually a post I wrote a fe, by Kij Johnson (A locked Patreon post about writing….) I missed l, https://www.patreon.com/posts/34301410 I do most of my prepping for .