S.M. Carrière's Blog, page 218

What Day is It?

Oh, yes. Thursday. I had to check my calendar. That's what happens when I don't go to training - I lose track of days. It's rather annoying, actually. Ah well, with my Dad safely home from the hospital, I should be back at training next week.Writing has been... well... going. Despite writing a fair amount yesterday, a massive clean up of the manuscript meant that I deleted (read here, cut

Something About Some Stuff

My father, you'll all be pleased to know, has had his surgery and is doing well. He should be home sometime today, although there was talk of keeping him at the hospital for one more night. He was not pleased about that. We'll find out today what they've decided.I have been discussing names of the imaginary horses that my sister and I will one day own. I "have" a Baroque Friesian mare I've

Daydreaming of Horses

I really do want that Baroque Friesian, you know...Well, I'll just dream about owning one. A mare. And I've called her Gypsy. A lovely name for a horse, isn't it? Sigh.Oh, right, back to reality. Reality is so overrated! In it, I have no horse, no house of my own, and no publishing deal.I think I'll stick to dreaming if it's all the same to you...Writing yesterday went well. I did get to

A Change is as Good as a Holiday

Good morning, everyone.Happy Monday.If you're thinking that there's something about this blog that looks different, you'd be right. I got quite sick of the design I had before and so investigated blogger.com for a new one. The layout is the same, of course (with a few minor alterations). What really has changed is the background.You might be able to tell that I was in one of my darker moods

Happy April Fools

I want to come up with a prank, but find that I just don't have the imagination for it. I can envision a three day battle, but can't come up with something vaguely amusing to punk friends and family with. It's odd, and a little annoying!Today, I shall continue my writing break by watching more comedy panel shows. For those of you who do not watch them, start. They are hysterically funny. I

Special Announcement

Hi everyone!This is a huge shout out to these people here.An enormous congratulations to you all for being short-listed for the Terry Pratchett Prize. While I'm most vehemently envious, I think you all ought to go out and celebrate in fabulous ways. I know I would!Well done!If you're too lazy to click the link, here are the names and the titles of the authors and their works:1. Postponing

Well, That Decides That

Hi all,As most of you know, I entered the Terry Pratchett Prize with the first book of my two book series The Seraphimé Saga. The 6 (yes, only 6) shortlisted authors were to be announced today, having been informed of their making it by today. That italicised 'by' is important. It means if I haven't heard from them, I didn't make it. So, I suppose I didn't make it. I do have until the rest

Foot Fine, Hilarity Observed

Well finally the weather has improved a little. The Arctic blasts that have swept through Ottawa for the past week have died down. It was so lovely outside, I could get away with my short faux leather jacket and a scarf for protection. It's promising to be a very lovely day... and I'm stuck inside.Le sigh.In writing news, there isn't any. I'm taking the week off to rest my mind a little.

I'm Running out of Imaginative Titles for my Posts

That's bound to happen eventually, I suppose.There isn't all that much by way of news. I wrote my first ever guest blog post yesterday. You can read it here:http://speedyreader-allthingsbooks.bl... same blog has put up their lovely (squee!) review of The Dying God & Other Stories onto the blog (here), as well as in their notes on Facebook. It

Happy Monday, Can There be Such a Thing?

Biwrixle:To change, transform. - Sir James Murray's New English Dictionary, 1888Just to change things up a bit, I decided to put today's Forgotten English at the beginning of the post. If you're only reading for the Forgotten English, you can stop now.Friday, as predicted, I didn't write. That's not a bad thing as I usually give myself Fridays off anyway. Instead, I chose to read through the