did you lose an hour too, or was it just me?

Because occasionally there must be more than Work, no matter how much you love it, I spent the past 48 hours doing absolutely nothing business-related (okay, there was some post-dinner discussion Saturday night that veered on writerly, but we were drinking a 1997 Barolo so I don't think it should count). There was relaxation, and eating, and shopping, and shopping-enablement, and I am now so off schedule I may just have to die.

But I shall die slightly mellowed out. ;-) At least until I start reading the news again (ETA: oh well, that didn't last long).

And my new life-quote comes from David Steinberg, on the secret of having a successful, multi-faceted career: "I just kept working, and I never looked too far forward or too far back."

an Update:


Down Into Darkness: A Retrievers Novel

And a Meme:

Turn to page 123 in your work-in-progress. (If you haven't gotten to page 123 yet, then turn to page 23. If you haven't gotten there yet, then get busy and write page 23.) Count down four sentences and then instead of just the fifth sentence, give us the whole paragraph.

( DOWN INTO DARKNESS )

( THE NIGHT SERPENT )

Also? I think it should be required that George Clooney contribute to the gene pool. Really. Just sayin'...