Oh yeah it's rollercoaster time

Here comes DragonCon, and I'm frantically trying to get everything sorted out before leaving ... thus my internet silence of late. I've had a lot of work to do, and have even scared up a couple of proposals for new projects - which have gone off to their potential editor, and we'll see how that goes.

Also there's been laundry and housework and shopping and a little bit of yardwork (but not much because it's been hella hot), plus research and planning and some stabs at proto-packing.

By proto-packing I mean, "Rounding up all those little things that I don't need, but will definitely want at some point." Stuff like a shower cap, my favorite lanyard (I have a vast assortment, these days), trusty flask, my own damn hand lotion so I don't run around smelling like the hotel, etc. etc. etc. Non-essential items that nonetheless make a convention easier and/or more pleasant.

Speaking of DragonCon - for what it's worth, I've shoe-horned yet another signing into my schedule, which you can find right here .

Sunday afternoon I'll be over at Larry Smith's booth, signing like a fiend; and I am told that - barring unforeseen catastrophe - Larry will have copies of Maplecroft on hand, fully two days before you're supposed to be able to get your grubby paws on one. In case that piques anyone's interest.

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Hey, remember a couple of years ago - how my husband and I found that kitten in a Wendy's parking lot? Here's a lovely little update on that story.

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In other four-footed friend-related news, Greyson got a bath this afternoon. Which is to say, my husband and I basically got a bath too, but you know how it goes when 85 pounds of shaggy-ass I DON'T WANNA would rather be beaten by a garden hose than bathed with one.

But you try telling him it's for his own good.

I'd post a sulky-pants picture of him to wrap up this post, but I didn't get a good one in time - for he promptly took off to go dig in the dirt and hide in the shrubbery like a jerk. Instead, here's a shot from our walk a day or two ago - whereupon we ran into his mini-dachshund friend "Heidi"...who is lovingly mauling him. She runs around in circles and squeaks every time she sees him; she absolutely adores him, and it's the cutest damn thing you've ever seen.




Yeah, that's a nice note to end a post on.
Good night, everyone. I'll try to update again before I head down to Atlanta on Wednesday.