Monday started with my email being down, for hours, no explanation, no time estimate for it being fixed. And who-knows-how-many messages bounced back to their senders–I only know about the folks who wrote me on my gmail account (which I dislike and rarely use) to tell me their initial messages bounced. Meh! Makes me look […]

Because lo, Randy cometh-ed to town, and signeth-ed the wall he did. And he also read at Beaverton, and instructed on paper-airplane-making. And much fun was had! I do look forward to reading his book, it sounds like a hoot. (I have it here on this giant pile of newly-acquired to-be-read books….heh.) This morning he

We put Editor/Publisher Jak on a plane tonight; it was a marvelous visit with him, we are sad to see him go! A week was too short, especially since we were away for part of it. But–he’ll be back at Norwescon time, so that’s okay, at least. While he was here, we took a trek

RadCon was very awesome! We had a splendid time! And we are exhausted. But happy. This isn’t a con report. I’m no good at those things anyway. But this IS to say that, of the 19 prints that Mark put in the art show, 11 sold, including 2 that went to auction (!). We know

Mostly I forgot to take my phone out, but when I did, I took a picture or two. Well, three. A dude wearing a snake: And the costuming here is amazing! But I only got pictures of this amazing costume: (this is her in the dark with no flash) (with flash, still in the dark)

Here we are in lovely Pasco, Washington, for RadCon which starts tomorrow. It was a scenic drive out here–at least until the sun went down, whereupon it was a dark drive. Not much else to report. We stopped in The Dalles for a late lunch/early dinner, due to having had a late breakfast/early lunch with

I must be doing something right–the spam-comment count on this blog has increased almost fifty-fold in the last week or so. (No, you don’t see them; they get shunted off to a folder, where I periodically glance at them and delete them.) (Sometimes they are very funny; maybe I should let you see some of

Up to about 14,000 words on the rewrite of Q&T. Plodding, plodding along. Mark is reading it more or less as I go, giving feedback, which is both helpful and sort of painful. But it’s totally making it a better book. Yep, I’m gonna keep telling myself that. 🙂 Meanwhile: book group is Tuesday, and

Oh my. Part of the process of getting organized around here is beginning to deal with the Absurd Excess of Stuff that is in this house. I mean, it was bad before Mark moved in, and then–well, Mark moved in. (and to think! I moved here from a one-bedroom apartment, not five years ago; after

Almost 2,000 new words today in Queen & Tower! Which included starting a scene where I knew [thing] had to happen, but [thing] was really just the setup of the scene; I didn’t have a clue what the scene was actually about. And then I pondered. And then I figured it out. The scene isn’t