This weekend is birthday weekend–not mine, but one that I’m happy to celebrate anyway. In this case, the birthday present required a lot of work out of the office, hauling trash and old furniture out of the house, reorganizing a few work spaces, and generally reworking the kitchen so that …
Some days, things go sideways. Today was one of those days. The day started off well enough, with a booth shift that got derailed by a coughing fit–throat congestion from leaving the heater on all night. I ought to know better, but I forget from time to time. So, I …
Another long day, but a good one. Most of the day was eaten up by admin again, but I did get a little bit of booth time. Not much else to report. Tonight I cycled back through the story from the beginning, got a good sense of what’s happening–caught some …
Taxes! Taxes! Beautiful, lovely taxes! I spent first and third shift today working on Blood and Weeds — Lantham book 7 — getting the rest of the proofs applied, working on the ebook. Should be ready to start spooling out to markets tomorrow. Second shift, I spent watching a seminar …
Boy oh boy, today was a day that illustrated the great peril of beta readers. About three weeks ago I received a manuscript of one of the new Lantham books from my oldest and most weather-eyed beta reader. It came in right under the publication wire, and most of the …
Gorgeous day out there today. Low, low tide exposed a lot of continental shale. Trixie had a blast–the ball bounces every-which-way, keeps her very excited about the chase. When you’ve got a dog with this kind of high energy, you gotta keep them exercised or they tend to eat the …
Sundays are typically my slow day. Only one or two shifts, tops. The days are filled with a group lunch with other local literati where we all get in some socialization and talk shop about new projects, latest developments in the industry, experiments we’re running, things like that. After that, …
Yesterday afternoon, I crashed hard. Got involved in a long hike that triggered a migraine, so I lost the night shift. On the upside, I woke up this morning seriously refreshed, today was a great day. First shift and second shift was where I got all my booth time. Hit …
Today as all about the writing. I did 8,000 words on the nonfiction book, brought it to a close. It’ll be releasing as a reward to those of you who support NaNoWriMo Every Month in the next few days, and then to the general market a few days after that. …
A song came up on my playlist today, an old 80s tune called Believe it or Not. It was originally the theme for a goofy-fun show called The Greatest American Hero. One of my favorite songs ever, it captures a feeling of soaring exuberance that, as a kid, I thought …