Two weeks before the move, and I’m living a weird kind of half-life. Â Ideally, this makes me focus more on the work. Â Ideally. Lunch with my agent this week, to discuss projects pending, and new. Â Which means I really need to get the existing stuff off my desk and onto someone else’s (editor and/or formatters). […]
State of the Meerkat: Waiting, and Revising Read More »
So yeah, the weekend was spent dealing with paperwork and filing (did you know that 8+ years of royalty statements = Â a LOT of paper? Â It does. Â I probably should get that stuff scanned in at some point, and coldfile the paperwork….) and the aforementioned culling of the shelves. Â So I woke this morning to
Ah Monday, we meet again! Read More »
After nearly one year, four passes, two false endings, and some brave work by a small army of beta readers, and at a weirdly lean 114,000 words, SILVER ON THE ROAD is off to Twinling and Agent for their not-quite-so-exhausted take. Yay? *decides that yes, yay* So that’s one deadline down, two to go. Â Since
Deadline and the Longest Day Read More »
Reaching for a research note this morning, my elbow hit the edge of my coffee mug. Coffee spilled EVERYWHERE…. except onto my laptop. *waits for heart to resume normal operations*
children, fools, and writers on deadline… Read More »
1. Â You know you’re in introvert hibernation mode when the thought of ordering take-away over the phone is overwhelming. “No talking to people! No! Why aren’t you on Seamless or GrubHub?” Â I need a “bat signal” so I could turn it on and they’d know to have my gyro ready for me…. (there was a
Five things make the only post you’ll get from me today…. Read More »
March did not exactly start off with a bang – Saturday was reasonably busy, but then I got nailed with serious insomnia Sunday morning (not a thing I am normally prone to, thankfully) and the rest of the day my brain felt much like wet taffy. I can no longer function on 4 hours of
State of the Meerkat, Monday Edition Read More »
Gone and back again, reunited with the cats and planning to spend the rest of the day putting my house in order for 2014, in oh so many ways both literal and metaphorical. I hope your celebrations were enjoyable and safe, and you woke this morning feeling good about the year to come. Stolen from
There are many people who despise mornings, who consider the only 6 allowable is 6pm (and don’t even speak to them of 5!). I may, possibly, pity those people, although I respect their dedication to the slow slothful waking process and emulate it on regular occasion. But to miss the early morning, especially in winter,
a meditation on mornings Read More »
Today is going to be about untangling and reknotting plot threads. And kitten-wrangling. These two things have much in common… For those of you who missed it over the weekend I have a new post up at Book View Cafe, on owning your shit and leaving the drama on the page. New Kitten Update: I
Monday Morning dawns less hot but just as humid…. Read More »
Despite my plans to WAIT, damn it, on Thursday afternoon I found myself drawn to several shelters, looking to see if any paws reached out and grabbed me. Gentles, meet Cas*. He’s four months old, full of mischief, affection, and a remarkably deep and piercing voice, and may well grow up to be a Big
So. That happened. Read More »