There's no time here in space

I don't want to shock you silly or anything, but I haven't written anything new on Ninja Planet in the last couple of days. My excuses are threefold: (1). I'm getting over having been sick for weeks, (2). we're now about a month out from the Big Move, and preparations are getting underway, and (3). I have another Super Secret Project on deck.

This one shouldn't be secret for too much longer, and I'm really looking forward to getting started on it -- now that I have only a Big Move, final editorial cleanup on The Inexplicables, and one book to write before this fall.

When I put it that way, it looks daunting. But after last year, it feels like a vacation.*

I still have a little time before I need to have every last duck in a row with this SSP, but I figure I'm better off getting a jump on things. Besides, I was hijacked by a fantastic idea for a fantastic new character who I am DYING to tell you about but alas, cannot at this time. And when one is hijacked by fantastic characters, in my experience, one should really take advantage of it -- especially if the hijacking occurs on behalf of something you have to write anyway. Where I come from, we call that a win-win.

So. Yes. Hm... what else? This week has actually been pretty busy already. To give you the dull list version: I exhausted my supply of quarters in order to WASH ALL THE THINGS**; cleaned the whole apartment, which badly needed it; bought a fabulous vintage refurb bedroom set and swapped it out for our crappy Ikea stuff, which left me with some truly amazing bruises; went to the bank; went to the post office; proofed a short story reprint (sort of, long story); printed up contracts and got them ready to mail; sorted out some details re: upcoming convention travel; tackled some translator questions re: the Japanese edition of Boneshaker; did one email interview; got my inbox down to ZERO that's right ZERO; and yes, banged out a full (if not very good) summary/pitch/lineup thingy for this Super Secret Project.

So I think I can cut myself a little slack and log off now, in favor of killing time potting around on Pinterest -- which is an unexpectedly charming time-sink when you've got remodeling plans on deck.

Oh - and P.S. - you can also pre-order The Inexplicables on Amazon.com for ten bucks. In case this is relevant to your interests. (That's the book with at least one guaranteed zombie sasquatch, I swear to God. Please check it out!)

And that's all I can think of right now.

I'll be back later (tomorrow? next day?) to ramble about tv shows and whatnot. Don't worry. We're on season #3 of Justified and I am ALL AFLAME with the fangirl glow. So you'll definitely be hearing about that.


* Last year's tally: Four books released (including Fort Freak), one book written, one book tour, more than a dozen out-of-state trips, and a full-time long-distance day-job of a super-secret nature which will likely remain super-secret for the foreseeable future, maybe indefinitely.

** I realize that laundry doesn't seem like a super huge accomplishment, but let me add the following - we live on the top floor of an old building with 9-foot ceilings and no elevator, and the laundry room is in the basement. Several loads of laundry are roughly equal to climbing Mt. Ranier. I totally bet. Anyway, it's no small undertaking and believe me, this was a LOT of laundry.