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May 10, 2019
Cracked, And Serviceable
My favorite mug has survived a bookstore fire, losing its handle, having its handle glued back on, having the glued handle fall back off, and various other mishaps. It still works, though it’s a bit battered, and I plan to use it until it doesn’t. The fact that it yells “I AM GOING TO HEX …
May 9, 2019
Time Passes
I would really, really love not to have Wichita Lineman stuck in my head when I wake up. It would be super swell not to hear that song again for a while. It’s not that I don’t like it, I’m just ready for a new record to hit the needle inside my skull. *time passes* …
May 7, 2019
Endurance Novel
5k on The Poison Prince yesterday, and I can see the shape of the end. All I have to do now is hang on long enough, and it will sort itself out. It’s 85k of epic fantasy, and will only get bigger through the publication process. For right now, though, it’s all mine, and all …
May 6, 2019
Advent Madge, and Clarence, Too
April was difficult. Between recovering from several birthdays, late celebrations of said birthdays, freaking out over approaching epic fantasy deadline, and worrying about everything under the sun, it’s a wonder I didn’t lose what little sanity remains to me. I did wake up today with Jody Watley and Glenn Campbell duking it out inside my …
May 3, 2019
Peanut Blackmail
Yes, your eyes do not deceive you. The Princess brought home a big bag of roasted, unsalted peanuts, and is leaving handfuls on the deck. For the squirrels. “Maybe if we’re nice to them the hijinks will stop?” she said, when I raised an eyebrow. “Oh, my dear sweet springtime child,” I said (for she …
April 29, 2019
Reading Weekend
We had a huge (for us) dinner party Friday that edged towards Saturday morn, which, since I was fighting off the Little Prince’s cold (the one he thoughtfully brought home from school for us) and remain in the status of fighting off said cold, was perhaps not my best move, but what can one do? …
April 26, 2019
Tomaters
I have taken to experimenting with my red sauce. This time, after the tomatoes and garlic had enough time to sweat, cook, and reduce, I took out the bay leaves and used a stick blender to puree everything, then added browned meat, mushrooms (raw but rinsed because I wanted all their juiiiiicues and glutamic acids), …
April 25, 2019
Pondering
Here’s a short list of the things I’m wondering about lately: Reading about the bombing of Europe in WWII, I came across a description of the frantic effort to save cultural treasures from the air war. In particular, a Botticelli was spotted on the floor among men drinking tea, and it halted me in my …
April 23, 2019
Freeing, Not Optimal
Writing epic fantasy is very…different. For one thing, I’m not getting the “oh, this phase of the project is done” hit of dopamine as regularly as I’m accustomed to, and that makes me cranky. For another…well, let’s just say that working under another name is freeing, certainly, but it’s not even close to optimal. It …
April 22, 2019
Adversarial Book
Took a bit of a sabbatical last week, at least from the blog and most social media. It was nice to do some deep breathing and restore my sense of proportion. I keep thinking I can save the world. The world, however, either doesn’t want saving, or the job’s just too big for me. The …
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