Sweating bullets: Friday Update

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Seriously. So hot. Humid. No breeze.

News:

No news this week.

Works in Progress:

I took on the “Glory to God” edits for A Coup of Owls and turned it back in. Still so pleased with that grimy little story.

My publisher got the edits for Tooth & Claw (Meridian Book 7) back to me faster than anticipated, so I’m working on that now. I hope to be three-fourths finished by the end of the day. I have a few extra days off of work, today and Monday, so I should be able to finish by the end of Monday. I’ll probably work on some short stories while I’m waiting for the final proofreading edit to come back. Then I’ll start writing the last Meridian novel, Never & Forever (Meridian Book 8). We’ll see if I’m capable of writing something long again.

Books I’m Reading:

The Fisherman by John Langan
Raising Loki: A Memoir by Elliot Manarin
Texas Bigfoot by Lyle Blackburn

Things I’m Listening To:

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Score album
Hannibal TV show soundtracks
Synthesis by Evanescence
Taking Chances by Celine Dion

Things I’m Watching:

Predator 2
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
CSI: NY series
CSI series
9-1-1 series
The Amazing Race series
Say Yes to the Dress: Tan France series
America’s Got Talent series
Brooklyn Nine-Nine series

Poem of the Week:

futility is concrete
blocks on my feet
looking for a lake
shuffling along
spark-ridden tarmac
burning skin with rubber
such a long way
left to go
till the water
swallows the heaviness
to steam