Erik Amundsen's Blog, page 60

Such a Scream

Looks like Coffinmouth liked the spiders!

I'll let you know when you can read it.

Run Blogging

5K in 45 minutes is slow as hell, but I managed it all with no walking, so I'll take it.

Then you get to eat shit, space cowboy (episode 3). #submissionsdontmatter

Sent "Pony" off to Analog, because why not?  And third time's a charm, right?





Right?

Wiggled and Jiggled and Tiggled #submissionsdontmatter

I sent the spider story to Coffinmouth.  Despite the threats of an army of rabbits.

Bicycle

6 Miles in an hour, pretty slow, but it's brutal out there.

Also 28 Push-ups (6-6-5-5-6)

A Damsel there from Lexington was Pleasing to my Mind #submissionsdontmatter

Blue Vervain Murder Ballad #5 Lily of the West, which, for some reason, I sat on for two years, is now flying on a wicked tune to places that I hope, owing to Ayelish's allergies, are not full of bees.

Submissions Don't Matter

And Pony is back.  The turnaround at Lightspeed was quick, though, and the rejection was encouraging. 
If I wrote more SF, I would sub to them again.

I am the maker of wings that you teach, teach me how to sew...

1. I've sent out a whole lot of stuff, mostly poems, to a whole lot of places. 

2.  I am done with the new first section of King of Pine, made infinitely better by some well timed and sage advice from aliseadae  and (though she knows it not) a different direction supplied by erzebet  .  I know where that story is going, I just need to let it sit while the brain follows the trajectory.

3. Push-ups continue.  I am considering adding squats (I seem to remember enjoying those back in the day, and what I've been reading is that those, push-ups and cardio is a respectable exercise routine that hits all the things I want to hit).  Today I did not run, but I walked a combined 5 or so miles, trying to get my legs used to standing and exercising.  I am finding that it hurts more to slack off on push-ups than do them.

4.  I just recovered the conceptual spider story, and have a much better grasp of the protagonist, so I am going to mess around with that a little, if I can.

5. Monday game went well.  My players all opted to be of the Birch Province and be pitted against Maple, so I have to develop those two out, and thanks to yendi  , I now have a notion to crib from Twitch of the Death Nerve for the first arc beyond the introductory.  

6.  Occular migraine with pain.  I think I'm going to go abuse my liver and kidneys with analgesics before this gets too far ahead of me.

Okay, we're trying this again.

Yep, I have been on a lot asking for help for friends.  And here I am again. 

shadesong  's kitty Victoria broke her arm.  Really.  Recently we feared that Deedee had done the same, but it was VERY FORTUNATELY not so.  I hadn't realized how fortunate until I heard about what fixing kitty legs involves and how much it costs.

The thing about broken arms on cats is that you can't just slap a cast on and be done with it; the arm won't heal. So she needs to have a metal plate implanted or an external/internal rig of pins and screws, depending on the severity of the break, which is why the estimate is rough - $4,700-$5,300.

  sindrian   is offering cool things he makes, and I hear that there may be an auction, soon. 

I am offering the last five pieces of Autumn War art, and whatever I can get painted in the next day or so...

For instance, this picture of kids of the Provinces:



Watch this space for more.

Art is now up for auction at kittycyborg  .  I am also offering to READ ALL THE THINGS.  Go see.


In other news, we got csecooney   to THE CITY for her play!  Thank you!

DAMN YOU LJ

Thank you so much for eating the middle of my last post.  No.  Thank you.  Really.