Home from the Big City

May I just start by saying that, much as I enjoy living where I am... I miss Manhattan. Horribly, wildly, and with much whining because I, like most mortals, cannot afford to live there.

*sniff*


But I was down for the day to teach a 3 hour seminar on getting your foot in the door of genre publishing. A good class, filled with writers in pretty much every genre, from Regency romances to full-out horror, and I hope that I gave them the information they needed. Teaching a seminar for the first time requires a lot of adapting on the fly, and I'm not entirely happy with my performance, but I'm my own toughest critic, especially in these circumstances.

The review sheets will come back soon enough, I suppose. If I did good, they will invite me back. And if I was really good, maybe they'll let me do an on-line course, so y'all can play along at home...

Anyway, that, and visiting with my folks who are just back from the fjords of fjordland, ate most of the day. I have only written 600 words. I am a looosah.

and now I need to sleep.

update

retrievers #6

A little behind where I want to be, but still mostly on track. The working title is now BLOOD FROM STONE. Having said that, TPTB will now announce they hate it, and it will become an unworking title.