My plans have not survived contact with the enemy

So, my computer melted.

Not the whole thing. Just the part around the power cord input. I pulled it out and there was a green fluid around the contact.

This is, I have been assured, a bad thing.

It hadn’t been charging, so I’ve had to wiggle the cord around a bit to get it at the right angle. This got worse and worse before the whole “melting” revelation.

Desperate Efforts

So I spent yesterday on my laptop’s last charge moderating a desperate race between Dropbox and my battery life. I was evacuating my hard drive, getting all of my writing and notes and covers safely into the cloud before the dark night fell. It was a good effort. I couldn’t save everyone, but I made a valiant effort of it.

A new laptop has been ordered. It’ll be a few days before it arrives, so I’ll be taking a mini-vacation. I could probably use one, but the estimation of the taxes I owe for my 2013 income disagrees.

Lamenting the lost

I saved a lot, but I lost a lot more. A lot of notes, a lot of half-written books. I don’t mind the rewriting, but this puts a small crimp in my release schedule. Not a huge setback, but I resent anything that impacts my productivity.

Fortunately not much was lost on my current project, but I can’t say the rest for the rest of my projects. Here’s an updated release schedule for 2014:

Spring 2014

Infernal Revelations


Summer 2014

Great and Secret Game
Oh Human Child


Autumn 2014

Ghosts of Shaolin
Hero’s Journey


Winter 2014

Crimson City



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