What Else in November

Writing Work

Despite NaNoWriMo dreams, I didn’t quite get 10K added to the Abbott project. Instead, Eric and I have been working on the Big Damn Plan. By the end of next week, the website should be online and Model Species should be available for download.

Query-wise:

# of submissions for Luck for Hire: 6

# of responses: 1

# of submissions for Model Species: 0

# of responses: 1

Other Life Stuff

Basketball season began, signifying the beginning of winter for me. Fall league ended, signifying…uh, a week devoted to setting up winter league and New Year Fest. This is the busy time of year in Phoenix for disc. My team went 0-3 after winning the play-in game, but it was a fun team and my favorite part of finals is catching up with people I don’t see too often. You can’t do that when you’re actually playing in finals.

Photo courtesy Kris Kaufman

I have sort of a consternated grimace going on there. Also, I’ve seen several pics of me gripping the disc with both hands after catching. It’s not an action that I’m not conscious of. I find that interesting.

Also, there was Doctor Who‘s 50th anniversary, which I seem to be celebrating until the end of the year.

Books Obtained

River City Empire: Tom Dennison’s Omaha by Orville D. Menard

Other Books I Want to Read

At Goodreads:

Falling Free by Lois McMaster Bujold
The Rabbit Back Literature Society by Pasi Ilmari Jaaskelainen
The Magician’s Assistant by Ann Patchett
The Troupe by Robert Jackson Bennett
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
The War Magician by David Fisher
Dream London by Tony Ballantyne
The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
Kindly Inquisitors: The New Attacks on Free Thought by Jonathan Rauch
The Color of Light by Helen Maryles Shankman
Trip of the Tongue: Cross-Country Travels in Search of America’s Languages by Elizabeth Little
The Blackheath Seance Parlour by Alan Williams
Affinity by Sarah Waters