No chemo–and a much more upbeat appointment this afternoon. Even the possibility that it is not cancer at all, though that seems amazing to both of us. Details here. In what other news there is: it’s over 100 degrees here, even now; and, I wrote a Full Lake on OUR LADY OF THE ISLANDS; and […]
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I have arrived, and am glorying in the gorgeous summer weather here. Yes, SUMMER. As in, that time of the year when the SUN comes out and it is WARM and you can wear SANDALS. Off to a family dinner soon…I just wanted to say, Ahhhhh warmth!
Up to 13,000 (and change) words on OUR LADY OF THE ISLANDS. I’m liking how it’s going; I’m following the outline close enough to not be losing track of the story, but making it enough of my own to feel like I’m still committing a creative act. I was, indeed, out Very Late last night
Busy evening planned, so I shall get my posting done from the Day Job. I may or may not get to writing when I get home; if I do, it’ll be quick. The President of Glyptotronics is coming by at 6 and we’ll grab a quick bite somewhere; then it’s off to hook up with
After a few days of Not Writing, for one reason or another, I wrote 2,400 words today for a total of 10,000 on OUR LADY OF THE ISLANDS. Yay! The story is coming along well. I’ve gotten onto the second page of the outline. Which is, um, 18 pages long. So, perfect! 🙂 Books can
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Went to the second opinion docs with Jay this morning. I, too, am cautiously optimistic. Actually, I’m thoroughly optimistic and extremely relieved, because that’s just how I am. Jay is still waiting for the other shoe to drop, not because that’s just how he is (he’s actually very positive and hopeful), but because he’s not
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Got word this morning that my nonfiction piece “On a Certain Day” has been sold to tor.com. Woo hoo! This was sold as a package deal, as an introductory piece to a pair of stories by Jay Lake and Ken Scholes. And for more details, you’re going to have to wait till it all goes
Apparently, the deal is, I write the fiction and Jay makes the blog posts. Go here to see why. I was planning to write more–I am totally going to write more about this, because I’m so excited about it–but it’s time to go to dinner, and I wrote 1,500 words on Our Lady instead, for
Dept. of Cheating: See here for details. What he said, plus let me just emphasize the incredible, mind-boggling awfulness of our dinner experience. There is really no excuse. It’s the Mission District, it’s Saturday night, it’s San Francisco; we had reservations, they weren’t terribly busy (well now we know why!), there was no excuse…THEY JUST