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July 16, 2010
Taking the Day Off
I am giving myself permission to relax and do nothing even remotely authorly today. If I feel like writing, I'll write. If I don't, I won't. I'm just going to relax today and take some time to rest.
Everything has been so hectic for so many months now that I've forgotten the importance of giving myself space to breathe. Today is a day for catching my breath.
I've edited on short story and locked it into the anthology template I created. I have eight more stories that require serious editin...
Everything has been so hectic for so many months now that I've forgotten the importance of giving myself space to breathe. Today is a day for catching my breath.
I've edited on short story and locked it into the anthology template I created. I have eight more stories that require serious editin...
July 15, 2010
A Quiet Day
Well, life is quiet indeed. You know, apart from my mania...
Yesterday I finished the fourth (of five) illustration for my anthology The Dying God and Other Stories. It was supposed to be a man, but the face ended up being terribly effeminate, so I changed the body a little bit and now it's a woman. Apparently, I can't draw men. Grrr! Oh well, the end result was actually pretty good... as far as my skill level goes.
So, it looks like I'll be finished the basics of the anthology by the end ...
Yesterday I finished the fourth (of five) illustration for my anthology The Dying God and Other Stories. It was supposed to be a man, but the face ended up being terribly effeminate, so I changed the body a little bit and now it's a woman. Apparently, I can't draw men. Grrr! Oh well, the end result was actually pretty good... as far as my skill level goes.
So, it looks like I'll be finished the basics of the anthology by the end ...
July 14, 2010
The Awesomest (it is too a word) Flatmate in the World....
Ladles and Jellyspoons! Step up step up! Come and see the most amazing, most incredible flatmate in the woooooorld!
Ahem. I've had coffee. And chocolate. Can you tell?
In any case, my flatmate is incredibly awesome. She read my blog post yesterday and I depressed the hell out of her (I'm assuming many others too - sorry guys, that's how I was feeling). In any case, early in the afternoon, just after lunch, I returned to my computer and sat down. I just opened up the browser when my...
Ahem. I've had coffee. And chocolate. Can you tell?
In any case, my flatmate is incredibly awesome. She read my blog post yesterday and I depressed the hell out of her (I'm assuming many others too - sorry guys, that's how I was feeling). In any case, early in the afternoon, just after lunch, I returned to my computer and sat down. I just opened up the browser when my...
July 13, 2010
My Emotional Roller-Coaster
Perhaps I have a severe chemical imbalance or something. Perhaps it's just the nature of the game. Whatever it is, it's dragging me through hell.
I don't mean a literal hell, of course. My bedroom has not turned into a cavern filled with fire and brimstone... or a world of ice, for that matter. There aren't actually daemons running around dismembering people left, right and centre.
The daemons that do exist are mine, running around in my head, sabotaging what took a very long time to build....
I don't mean a literal hell, of course. My bedroom has not turned into a cavern filled with fire and brimstone... or a world of ice, for that matter. There aren't actually daemons running around dismembering people left, right and centre.
The daemons that do exist are mine, running around in my head, sabotaging what took a very long time to build....
July 12, 2010
A Brilliant Weekend
Well, though I've all but given up hope on The Great Man series, I had a fabulous weekend. My flatmate bough D.D.R. for the Wii. Oh, sorry, for those who don't know D.D.R. is Dance Dance Revolution. Yes, I am that much of a geek.In any case, we played it for close to three hours Friday night. It was ridiculous fun... largely because I am an uncoordinated goof who couldn't step right if my
A Brilliant Weekend
Well, though I've all but given up hope on The Great Man series, I had a fabulous weekend. My flatmate bough D.D.R. for the Wii. Oh, sorry, for those who don't know D.D.R. is Dance Dance Revolution. Yes, I am that much of a geek.
In any case, we played it for close to three hours Friday night. It was ridiculous fun... largely because I am an uncoordinated goof who couldn't step right if my life depended on it. I have decided to make it a weekend tradition. At least once every weekend I w...
In any case, we played it for close to three hours Friday night. It was ridiculous fun... largely because I am an uncoordinated goof who couldn't step right if my life depended on it. I have decided to make it a weekend tradition. At least once every weekend I w...
July 9, 2010
Friday At Last!
I don't know how a three day work week can seem so long, but it did. I'm glad it's over.
Some depressing news. The agent I had queried two weeks or so ago (and, I promised myself, the last one I'd query regarding The Great Man series) has rejected the book The Third Prince. Le sigh. Perhaps it's time to shelve that series for now.
Other than that, life is good; and by good I mean very, very, very busy. I have some Beta Reading to do, and I must get on that. So far I've only managed 30 pag...
Some depressing news. The agent I had queried two weeks or so ago (and, I promised myself, the last one I'd query regarding The Great Man series) has rejected the book The Third Prince. Le sigh. Perhaps it's time to shelve that series for now.
Other than that, life is good; and by good I mean very, very, very busy. I have some Beta Reading to do, and I must get on that. So far I've only managed 30 pag...
July 8, 2010
Gone Home... sort of
Well, last night was the last night that my sister and her husband stayed in Ottawa. They're leaving on a jet plane, don't know when they'll be back again... ahem... sorry. They're off to Vancouver today. The plane leaves in about an hour.
To celebrate them being here at all, the entire Carrière gang headed out to a restaurant called BDT in Hull, Quebec. That's just across the river from Ottawa for all you non-Canadians. The food was great. The atmosphere was... sweltering! This must be...
To celebrate them being here at all, the entire Carrière gang headed out to a restaurant called BDT in Hull, Quebec. That's just across the river from Ottawa for all you non-Canadians. The food was great. The atmosphere was... sweltering! This must be...
July 7, 2010
I'm Ba-aack!
Did you miss me?
Well, it's a sweltering day out there today, and I am mighty glad to be inside where there is air-conditioning. For those of you who have no idea where I've been for the past few days, the answer is: Montréal. Mostly. My weekend adventures ran a little like this:
Friday morning was a gorgeous morning. Bright, sunny, warm, but not too warm. It was a perfect day for a trip out to Lafleche Aerial Adventure Park for the second attempt at the tree-top obstacle course and ziplin...
Well, it's a sweltering day out there today, and I am mighty glad to be inside where there is air-conditioning. For those of you who have no idea where I've been for the past few days, the answer is: Montréal. Mostly. My weekend adventures ran a little like this:
Friday morning was a gorgeous morning. Bright, sunny, warm, but not too warm. It was a perfect day for a trip out to Lafleche Aerial Adventure Park for the second attempt at the tree-top obstacle course and ziplin...
July 1, 2010
Happy Canada Day
Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Canada Day! I hope that everyone is in good spirits. I'm supposed to be doing things with family today. I hope they let me know precisely what it is.... and more importantly, when.
There isn't much else to report on. I've got the day off and I'm going to start a bacon and egg breakfast for myself and my flatmate. Tomorrow morning, we're going ziplining.... or we're going to try. Hopefully the weather holds off until after we're done!
Then it's off to m...
There isn't much else to report on. I've got the day off and I'm going to start a bacon and egg breakfast for myself and my flatmate. Tomorrow morning, we're going ziplining.... or we're going to try. Hopefully the weather holds off until after we're done!
Then it's off to m...
