Link Salad, And Some Advice

Most of the Dames are at RT this week. (You can see some fun pics here and here and here.) I, however, am at home. (Well, mostly.) I am actually engaging on a mini-vacation before my drop-dead date hits.

A "drop-dead date" is the date I set myself when I'm looking at publication schedules and figuring out how much time I need to produce a certain novel. I have to carefully look at what else I'm under deadline for during that time; turning in 18-hour days are no fun. Well, they're fun, but...