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The fun stuff

Okay, I thought of a bunch of you (yeah, you, windrose and Havoc) when I saw this: "Mansfield Park and Mummies"

*dies, snortling into her teacup*

Also: watching SyFy's "Alice?" Like reading Gaiman during a bad LSD trip. Extra butter on the popcorn, and you may have fun although you probably won't respect yourself in the morning. Oh, and I want me a Hatter.

The not-so-fun stuff

Y'know, never mind. I make myself read the national/international news every day but if you don't, I'm not going to harsh your mood. Yerwelcome.

The book stuff

EtA:: the copyedit for HARD MAGIC landed, due back... Monday. Errrrrk.

On the actual writing front, nailed down 2,900 new words yesterday, and we're into the first meeting between Bonnie and Wren. It's weird writing a scene you've written before, but infused with an entirely different mentality, not to mention being seen through the other side of the mirror.

Another character is starting to really get pushy about more page-time. My agent wants to know who's in charge here, me or the characters. The fact that she even has to ask is pretty much the answer right there.

The life stuff

Otherwise, my life is pretty much all about waiting: waiting for checks to arrive, waiting for people to get back to me with Y/N on projects, waiting for delivery people to arrive...

Have I mentioned recently how very bad I am about waiting?




Oh good, coffee's done. At least I'm not waiting on that any longer.

An odd question (that only YOU can answer)

Y'see, although I love food, I love taste and texture and flavor and scent, etc of food -- there comes a point when a taste I normally like goes 'off' to me. Or rather, it tastes the same, but I feel ill or put off by it.

Is this normal? Or, at least, common?


My mom said that, in Weight Watchers lingo, I'm a "civilian." In other words, my body tells me when to stop eating, and I stop. But do other people get the actual 'shift' in their taste buds, or do they just feel full? (I might still feel hungry, but if I try to eat more, I will become nauseated).

How the Universe teaches us humility and grace-under-disappointment

My otherwise pretty damn fine genre novel is released the same year as Bacigalupi's THE WINDUP GIRL and Priest's BONESHAKER.


... resigned face ...



THE WINDUP GIRL is on TIME's top ten novels of 2009 list, and well-deserved, too - http://bit.ly/7HBKct

(And before anyone starts with they comments, of course I'm thrilled for the success they're both having; they earned it the only way it matters, by writing damnfine books.)