The writing life: isn't it ironic...

I had thought, going into this month, that August would be my catch-up time. Books were done and handed in, Occasional Employment project is going into quiet phase, waiting for people to get back to us. I thought that I'd finally get around to finishing up a bunch of short stories that have been hanging fire for too long*. Finally get caught up on my TBR pile**. Finally finish the two proposals that have been beta'd and back to me for many weeks now.***

Instead, this morning I get handed a freelance line edit, and a potential new writing project that will take up the next few-four weeks of my life.

Not that I'm complaining, mind you. Busy is good. Busy is very good. But the 'pending' pile is whimpering with a sense of abandonment and neglect.

And, of course, this is the year I finally admit that I need at least six hours of sleep a night. Bad timing, Suri. Real bad timing...


Thankfully, this weekend is the Persephone Retreat. I will be back on Monday, sparse of sleep but refilled with enthusiasm, energy, vigor and a lot of most excellent memories, ready to go.

Have a good weekend, everyone!



* With luck, I'll be able to get htem hammered and done this week.
**it's gone down by several titles, but not enough. And, of course, I came home from Pandemonium with more....
*** I have no excuse. I am a bad bad, heat-exhausted meerkat...

signing alert -- Annapolis, MD on Saturday

On Saturday, August 5, from 1:30 to 4:30 pm, four noted authors of the Persephone Writers Organization will be autographing their books at Hard Bean Coffee & Booksellers (410-263-8770) at 36 Market Place in Annapolis, Maryland. Together for one day, Karen E. Taylor, author of Blood Red Dawn and President of the Persephone Writers Organization, Laura Anne Gilman, author of Staying Dead (me!), Tina Jens, author of The Blues Ain’t Nothin’, and Barbara J. Ferrenz, author of Worse Than Death, will be appearing at Hard Bean, an independent bookseller and café overlooking the Annapolis Harbor in the historic district.

Historic Annapolis is host to fine restaurants, shopping, and colonial architecture. One could easily fill a day touring historic buildings, visiting museums and the Naval Academy, taking a boat excursion, eating fresh seafood, and shopping in the boutiques lining the cobblestone streets.

The Persephone Writers Organization was formed two years ago to promote the professional education and advancement of women writers of the dark literary arts, to raise the level of awareness of women’s past and current contributions to the field, to provide support, camaraderie, and information about the art and business of writing, and to establish a unified voice against discrimination and inequities in the treatment of female authors of dark fiction and non-fiction.