I didn’t write yesterday (Monday). Partly because I was stupid (I really shouldn’t turn on the work beast until I’m really ready to start working. I don’t care if I’m planning on ‘just checking email’ and ‘plan on taking a break and writing after that’ because I never will.) Partly it was through choice — […]
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Dove into the new novel for the first time today. (The first novel is called Harp of Stars. This one is called Harp of Light.) Wrote 1000 words this morning. It was pretty much non-stop, just pouring from me. Man, I *missed* this. It’s art and craft and flying and getting into this character’s head
Guess what I’m holding in my hands? A completed copy of the new novel. 509 pages. 102, 520 words. SO VERY HAPPY. In other news, during the training walk today my hip kind of went out (at mile 11 of a 16 mile walk.) Muscle relaxants, anti-inflammatories, cold-heat-repeat has helped. I’m a lot better now
I finished editing chapter 16 today. It was as messy as I thought it was. Chapter 17, the last chapter of the novel, is likely to be just as messy. But it’s still THE LAST CHAPTER. WHEEEEE!!! I’ve had a really good day today. I’ve worked on the novel all day long. According to the
I didn’t go to JayCon this weekend — I decided that I’m so whacked out busy that spending the day driving to Portland and back would be sincerely crazy. Plus, the root canal I had last week has gotten infected, and I’m on antibiotics. (Which seem to be working — I am so much better.
The root canal went much better than I anticipated, which makes me really happy. I haven’t come down with an infection (and since it’s been a couple of days, I’m really hoping that I won’t, that I won’t have to go get antibiotics.) I’m also mostly out of pain. I took one prescription pain pill
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I’m going to try to be better about posting again. One of the reasons why I think I can be more consistent about posting is because I am making better progress on the novel. Since WisCon, I’ve worked on the novel almost every day — I’ve only missed one day. I just finished the rewrites
Long time no post, I know. To summarize: WisCon was wonderful, as always. The day job is kicking my ass. I’m still in training for the 3-day walk, and that’s eating up more and more of my time. However, while at WisCon I did get fired up about writing again, and I’m trying to ride
I was very pleased and privileged to attend Tim Gunn’s talk and book signing in Seattle.
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A writer writes. That’s how I’ve generally defined being a writer, and why I generally feel good about myself as a writer. However, not a lot of writing went on this week. Let’s just say that emotionally and physically it was a really rough week for me, and leave it at that. The writing that