What Else in February
From “David Abbott’s ‘House of Mystery’”, The Omaha World-Herald, 28 Nov 1920, pg. 4.
My intention was to start my rewrite of One Ahead in February, but every time I started rewriting, I ended up researching instead. So, I gave in, got a 30 membership to Genealogy Bank, and have been wading through PDFs of Omaha newspapers every since. I have two more weeks to my subscription in which to solidify the time period I want to use (I think I’m going to move it from 1906-ish to 1912, after the death of Alice (Abbott) Rowe) and take a look at the Kirkendall family at around that time.
Query-wise:
# of submissions for Luck for Hire: 7
# of responses: 2
# of submissions for Model Species: 1
# of responses: 2*
# of other subs/responses: 1/1 – two different short stories
*Response numbers includes submissions made in previous months.
Other Life Stuff
February was a very social month for me.* Spring frisbee league started. There was the Superbowl Party at Laura & Josh’s, Tricia birthday gathering at Four Peaks, dinner with Tyler at Thirsty Lion, and the Skirt Chaser 5K. This was the fourth year I ran the Skirt Chaser. I turned in the worst time of my four years, but was actually more pleased than I’ve been the last two years. I’m currently 10-ish pounds heavy and hadn’t run much since the last Skirt Chaser, but still (barely) kept my time under 30min.
Pre-race – Me, Jeff , and Tricia
Photo by Casey Harrison, courtesy Jeff Gehring
*For an introvert, anything beyond hanging out with people one evening in a month is “very social.”
Books Obtained
The Kiss Murder by Mehmet Murat Somer
Brothers of the Snake by Dan Abnett
The first in a series featuring a transvestite sleuth and a the adventures of a group of Space Marines. That’s what I call diversity. Both from PaperbackSwap.
Other Stuff Read
In the land of short stories, I meant to start in on the Nebula nominees, but ended up finishing up The Case-book of Sherlock Holmes instead.
Other Books I Want to Read
At Goodreads:
Six-Gun Snow White by Catherynne M. Valente
The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales by Yoko Ogawa
At the Greater Phoenix Digital Library:
The Mad Scientist’s Daughter by Cassandra Rose Clarke
The Bookman by Lavie Tidhar
Growing Up Dead In Texas by Stephen Graham Jones
The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott by Kelly O’Connor McNees
