My reference book has gone walkabout :-(

[julesjones]

For the last week or so I've been at the stage of writing the WIP where I could do with re-reading Troublesome Things. Which of course has sprouted legs and walked off somewhere. Granted, I have not looked *everywhere* in the house yet, but it doesn't appear to be on any of the bookcases. Were it a penny-plus-postage item on Amazon I'd shrug and buy another copy to use until mine turns up, but it's not. I may have to bite the bullet if I can't find it this weekend, but I'd really have liked to have it to hand over the next week or so's plot noodling. It does appear to have been republished recently under a new title and publisher, so I may just get myself a new copy of the current edition rather than a second-hand copy of the out of print edition, and hope that it's the same text.

I may indulge and get a couple of Katharine Briggs' books while I'm at it. At least at the moment I can point to a manuscript-in-progress where they are clearly a legitimate research expenditure for business tax purposes.

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[neyronrose.livejournal.com]

I looked on Amazon. Is that the book about fairies? I love the part about how the books are a research expenditure for tax purposes. My favorite books often end up by or under the bed, as that's where I do a lot of reading. I'm sure you looked under the bed. Good luck finding it.

[julesjones]

Yes, the Diane Purkiss one. Eventually tried under the bed this morning, but no joy. I've checked with the person I'm most likely to have lent it to, and she confirms that no, I didn't -- I didn't think I had, but I could have forgotten doing so. The remaining places it might have hidden itself are going to take enough unpacking to check that I think it's easier to just order a new copy.

Tax-deductible doesn't make it free, but it does effectively discount it by my tax rate, which is worth having. :-)

[kalypso-v.livejournal.com]

Could get you an early Christmas present?

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

Ouch, know that feeling (we have a book that's been missing for ten years and is way too old to get a copy of. It is here somewhere, we remember seeing it when we moved in...