Five Things Make a Day. Or maybe Six.

[lagilman]

1. The copyedit from hell is done. Okay, I still have to go over it again, to make sure I caught everything, and my stets and corrections are readable, but it's done. On deadline. And nobody died.

2. The page proofs are done. Yay. Yes, the copyedits for Book 3 arrived at the same time as the proofs for the reprint of book 2. Due back on the same day. Another item for the "why writers drink" list.

3. My one outstanding story submission came back with the dread "good, but not what we're looking for." Argh. I will never find a home for this story. But good-but-no is better than crap-hell-no. Right?

4. Due to various conversations occurring today while my brain was susceptible, I will apparently be writing a picture book featuring Spymaster the Turtle, & a skinless zombie squirrel named Frank. Any illustrators out there want to volunteer for the insanity?

5. I have celebrated today's achievements by clearing out my in-box. No, my 'real' in-box. The paper one. Everything's filed. Everything. Which means that tomorrow, more crap will land in my mailbox. Or I will die. One or the other.

6. It has been determined that the currently-predicted Rapture will occur, assuming it occurs, at 6pm Eastern on May 21st. At which time, much of the English-speaking skiffy world will be at the pre-awards cocktail hour at the Nebulas. I have proposed Rapture Bingo; first person to get five Raptured SF writers in a row.....

What? It could happen!


Okay, no, it probably couldn't.


Tomorrow, dear universe, I get to go back to writing. And editing (on someone else, rather than being edited myself). This? Should make my temper much smoother. Yay.

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

Yay for copy edits.
Ian Whates at Newcon Press (http://newconpress.co.uk/) is usually on the look-out for quirky stories. I don't know what anthologies he's plotting at present, but he might be worth a query. (He's a good bloke and the anthologies are well-regarded.)

[kriz1818.livejournal.com]

Hooray for accomplishments!

Also, that picture-book project sounds like it was invented with Ursula Vernon (LJ ursulav) in mind.

[bellinghman.livejournal.com]

I Strongly Agree.

That's the same ursulav who commented on mizkit's journal yesterday, if an approach is required.

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

Ursula is way too busy with her own stuff to do any collaborations. :)

[bellinghman.livejournal.com]

Ah, there is that.

A year or two back, it might have been different.

[threeoutside.livejournal.com]

#5 *may* be the most brilliant thing I've seen on the Internet lo these many years...I do so hope they perform a countdown. And YoutTube it.

[threeoutside.livejournal.com]

Number 6! I meant Number 6! *reaches for coffee*

[pbray.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on surviving the copyedits.

Due to amazing planning, boytoy Josh and I will be in Provincetown for the rapture... I'd say that qualifies as ground zero :-)

[lagilman]

I'd rather be in P'ton with you guys. Alas, I promised to help out/do a panel at the Nebs....

(I'll have fun in DC, natch. Always do. But P'town over Rapture Weekend? That's gonna rock.)

[pbray.livejournal.com]

And it's Restaurant Week in P'town, no less. So good food to go with the floor show.

[desperance.livejournal.com]

I b'lieve I'll be in mid-air when the Rapture hits. Does that mean it will take me sooner?

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

Yay for Spymaster the Turtle!

[mevennen.livejournal.com]

Erzebet Carr is on the look out for fantasy stories for Jabberwocky - obviously don't know which genre yours is in, but it might be worth considering.