Lilith Saintcrow's Blog, page 115
October 25, 2019
Steam, Sun, Cedars
Some mornings you go outside with the dogs and a cuppa, the sun is peeking through a break in the cedars, and the steam is so beautiful you’ve got to get a shot. It’s been a dreadful week after losing poor Fearless!Cat. None of us are quite right. There’s been a lot of hugging, a …
October 21, 2019
Adieu, Fearless
So… yesterday, the Princess padded into my room somewhat early, bearing a mug of coffee and some bad news. Our Fearless!Cat was not doing well. Regular Readers will remember Fearless!Cat was my father-in-law’s; when he went into assisted living he was distraught over what would happen to her. Of course we took her in. It …
October 18, 2019
Plastic Bat Objections
Yes, that is a small bat encased in Lucite. No, I did not buy it. Yes, I was awful tempted; no, I really didn’t buy it, because of Philosophical Objections. But given that the morning I saw it was full of uncomfortable things, like being doused in asafetida-laced, salted rainwater while people were screaming, maybe …
October 15, 2019
RELEASE DAY: Throne of the Five Winds
Did you ever want to do something really, really different? So different, indeed, nobody would guess it was you? I did. And my publisher was willing. And now you can read it. The warlord Garan Tamuron and his general Zakkar Kai have unified Zhaon. The crown to their conquest is the neighboring country of Khir, …
October 14, 2019
Soundtrack Monday: Sinister Kid
I had the beginning of The Marked inside my head for a long time. One of the things keeping me from writing it was Preston Marlock; he is a cagey character, slippery and desperate. I don’t deny I was often frustrated with him. I had Jude, I knew what made her and Aggie tick, and …
Gift Reserved
Had to cut short my run this morning because of my damn heel. I’m doing everything right–icing, rest, gel inserts–but I have to run, goddammit, and what’s the point of doing everything I should if it doesn’t work? My body is not doing any favors by trying to cut me off from the one thing …
October 11, 2019
En Garde, Good Doge
We are Doge. We are Good Doge. We have the entire couch but choose the ottoman. We are waiting for the Evil Delivery Driver. When he shows up in his big brown truck we will LOSE OUR TINY LITTLE MINDS. We will create SO MUCH NOISE he will leave and then we will require pets …
October 8, 2019
Loose Ends, Hot Work
Upgraded the workbeast to Catalina yesterday. It took almost two hours, and now almost all the things I love about Macs have been made more difficult to access. Most of all I’m missing iTunes. I could see hiving off the podcasts into their own app, but the appeal of iTunes was that I could see …
October 7, 2019
Soundtrack Monday: Qadukka-i-Mayyas
It’s Soundtrack Monday again! I was tired of modernity when I wrote The Hedgewitch Queen. I wanted something else, and all of a sudden Vianne was in my head, telling me about a muddy skirt on the day her entire world was upended. My love of Dumas (père, naturally) spilled into the books, as well …
Monday, Always Behind
Well, I’m awake, though I didn’t get the one damn thing I wanted to this weekend. I have a book hanging fire and waiting for feedback, but the amount of cooking that had to be done (mostly by the Princess, who was attending a couple different events this weekend that required culinary offerings) meant more …
