Lane Morris Buckman's Blog, page 17

Galley Girl

I got my galley for PLAYING ALL THE ANGLES this mornng. It is beautiful. There’s just something about seeing your work go from a marked up Word document, to a formatted publication. Now comes the hardest part for me.

At this stage of the game, you read for typos. It is impossible for me to read something I’ve written, and not want to take a Magic Eraser to it. So, I will be reading and gritting my teeth, saying to myself, “That line needs to go. That could be so much better. What were you thin...

Playing All The Angles…June 10. Get your game on.

It’s almost here! PLAYING ALL THE ANGLES will be available on Tuesday, June 10. So, be ready to get your game on.

Playing All The Angles…May 6. Get your game on.

It’s almost here! PLAYING ALL THE ANGLES will be available on Tuesday, May 6. So, be ready to get your game on.

Caption Contest

It was the toilet paper on her shoes that got me! Congratulations, Gabrielle, for winning this week’s caption contest.

Troll Princess

I tried to do a hair mask, last night, to disastrous result. By disastrous, I mean that when I got up to wash my hair, this morning, I couldn’t wash out the oil from the mask. I looked like I had soaked my head in Crisco overnight. I couldn’t wash it four, or five more times and still get the child to school before lunch, so I used half a can of dry shampoo and called it a loss.

This means, my hair looked terrible at work today.

When it rains, it pours. My skin looked terrible, too. Bad hair. B...

Flying Monkeys

I took that Zimbio quiz to see which character I was from the Wizard of Oz. I got Flying Monkey. I am both proud of, and made worried by that.

Flying Monkeys are scarce, however. So, that’s fitting as I have been quite scarce. Work and wooliness have kept me from you, with all kinds of finalizing of edits on PLAYING ALL THE ANGLES (coming soon!!!), and keeping the temperature just right in every other pie I’ve managed to get a finger into.

I’ll have news about a cover reveal for the new book so...

You Better Work

the outside lane:

I just felt like this deserved another look.

I love it! I’m going to decorate it.

Originally posted on The Outside Lane:

I always forget how much I love Peter Murphy. He came on the radio this morning, and I remembered.

I never forget how much I love RuPaul.

RuPaul came to my attention in the 80s, a couple of years before he popped up dancing in a B-52s video. I can’t remember how I knew of him–it probably had something to do with my Andy Warhol obsession. I remember being excited...

When I Grow Up…

I still have no idea what I want to be when I grow up. I’ve given up on knowing, actually. I don’t think I really care. I just like to do stuff.

I have my professional career/day job, which is enjoyable.

I’m a writer, but that has more to do with the fact that I’m just constantly writing, than any conscious desire to be one.

I have my little graphic arts side thing going–and it’s actually going consistently, which is a source of great bemusement.

I’m still freelancing when I feel like picking up...

Spring Break, Selfies, and Monkeys with Mustaches

It’s Spring Break here, and since B’s workload didn’t line up with taking time off, Thor and I have been staycationing. What have we done?

We have watched movies, like Die Hard. Yes, language. No, nothing he hasn’t heard before–just usually in traffic.

We drove down to San Antonio to visit family, and stopped at Buc-ee’s.

We took selfies in the hotel lobby.

And I took moody portraits in the hotel room.

And Thor, and I walked the river walk, then took a boat tour.

and I asked him to pose for a bajil...

Updates

I’ve been too busy to write much. Sorry about that. Spring Break is on the horizon, though, so maybe I’ll have a chance to sit down and spare a few moments.

The new romance novel, Playing All the Angles, is in the hands of the copy editor, and it’s looking like I should have a galley to review in April.

The next Destinee is actually coming along nicely now. Hopefully, I’ll have that in Arwen’s hands by May.

It is funny how quickly time slips away.

Nothing else exciting going on.