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November 18, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

However Hard You Try, You Can’t Run Forever, a guest post by author Myra McEntire

November 18, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS   3 comments


I counted my Doctor Who shirts.

I won’t give you the exact ​total, because anything over twenty would be ridiculous and . . . I’m ridiculous. 

Is it my fault TeeFury makes awesome shirts full of pop culture goodness for ​ten-ish bucks? Should I ​be the one to ​shoulder the blame for the​ir masterfully evil plan to offer a totally new shirt every twenty-four hours? Am I responsible for the artists ​who excel at making Doctor Who art? For the rabid fans that keep demand high? For my ​trigger​ finger on the mouse​, or the ease of shopping while wearing jammies,​ or my compulsion to own ALL THE T-SHIRTS?

Don’t answer that. 


​I have retro travel posters for Gallifrey and Skaro in an online​ shopping cart RIGHT NOW.  ​I purchased a tiny Tardis to hang on my Christmas tree. I​‘m searching for the perfect shirt to wear at NCTE/ALAN so I’ll match my Fourth Doctor arm warmers. ​

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I know the first step is admitting the problem.

The next series of Doctor Who starts on November​ 23rd, and ​I don’t know how I’m going to watch. Not due to the fact that the writing team has no regard for their own canon, ​or proper ​world building, or because emotion was largely absent from the last series. For me, Doctor Who is so closely tied to my books that the thought of revisiting the show, even with a new Doctor, makes me ​flat out​ wibbly wobbly. 

My time traveling days might be over. ​ The Hourglass series is complete at three books, and the characters ​(​well, the ones who are still alive) are happy. 

There are Doctor Who references in all three of my books. Not one was planned. They just jumped from my subconscious to the page. Even so, it took me a year to make a connection between my time travel adventures and the good Doctor’s. That was before all ​the ​paradox and theoretical physics ​research​. ​(I’m pretty sure brain juice has stopped leaking out of my ears, but just in case, do you have any extra cotton balls?)​

I’ve always been a fan of the ubiquitous cable marathon, especially when there’s housework to do. Thanks to SyFy–Sci Fi back then—and a new baby, I discovered a lovable alien with two hearts and a sweet ride. Funny, charming, and BRITISH. ​I caught reruns when I could, and was genuinely confused for a while. (“Bad Wolf” came before “Rose” for me. Can you even?)

Number Eleven is the first Doctor I experienced chronologically from beginning to impending end. Hourglass came out the week after I learned who River Song really is in “A Good Man Goes to War.” I turned in the last draft of Infinityglassshortly after I discovered who was hiding at Trenzalore.  

I’m certain that I’ll be watching on November 23rdalong with every other Whovian (especially since I’ll be in Boston with Beth Revis, who would cause me physical harm if I tried to do anything else), but I’m also certain it will be bittersweet. It’s fitting for me to say goodbye to the ​H​ourglass world as I say goodbye to the eleventh Doctor. ​Ends make way for beginnings, which are shiny and scary and wholly unknown, but deserve the chance to stand on two new (regenerated) legs, or to live between two covers.  

We can always revisit the past through reruns and rereads, but the future is where the next story lies. Remember . . . 


 


Author Myra McEntire is the author of the ridiculously awesome Hourglass series.  This is a series full of time travel and romance and one of the very few books that actually made me swoon.  Seriously, read Timepiece.  And Infinityglass has one of my favorite representations of slowly building intimacy and consent.  I recently abandoned my children and paid hard earned money to drive on toll roads into unknown places in the dark of night to meet her – and it was worth it.  You can find all of the Hourglass books – Hourglass, Timepiece, and Infinityglass – at EgmontUSA.com. I am obviously a HUGE fan and the fact that she wrote this post for us has made my life complete.

Look it’s Karen stalking meeting Myra McEntire
 Visit www.MyraMcEntire.com or follow Myra on Twitter @MyraMcEntire
THE HOURGLASS Books: HOURGLASS, TIMEPIECE, and INFINITYGLASS 

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Filed under: Doctor Who, Hourglass, Infinity Glass, Myra McEntire, Timepiece

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About Karen Jensen, MLS

Karen Jensen has been a Teen Services Librarian for almost 30 years. She created TLT in 2011 and is the co-editor of The Whole Library Handbook: Teen Services with Heather Booth (ALA Editions, 2014).

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  1. Sandy says

    November 18, 2013 at 6:21 pm

    TeeFury has the best Doctor Who shirts. I have quite a few myself.

  2. Lydia says

    November 18, 2013 at 11:44 pm

    Awesome!

  3. Shari Green says

    November 22, 2013 at 3:51 am

    It was just recently that I first heard the Hourglass series recommended for Doctor Who fans. I mean, I LOVE the Doctor, and I LOVE YA, so why I never thought to look for YA time travel goodness, I don't know. But now, yay! I have three more books to look forward to! 🙂

    I already bought a tardis for my tree… must check out TeeFury's selection now!

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