On Monday the Meerkat Slept In

There's nothing like a thoughtful review to really start a Monday right. The reviewer didn't -love- the book, but she respected it, and it made her think, and she'll come back for more. Job done.

Now I have to finish writing the next one. Why has no-one invented the brain-to-page direct transference method yet?


Meanwhile, it was 6 degrees, more or less, when I woke up this morning, with severe wind chill warnings in effect. The power plant (our affectionate term for the massive furnace that fuels the building) is doing its usual fabulous job, but I can still feel the chill in my flesh, even though it's not actually cold inside. I ain't going outside nohow. The things that needed to be mailed can wait until Tuesday.


Also, New!Bookcase! Um. Have I mentioned that recently? Yeah, my life really is just that exciting.

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New bookcase! Yay!

It's a paler shade than I thought (but it will darken) and oh my god, people. Books that were stacked and overflowing now fit with room to spare (damn well should, since this bookcase is two feet longer than the old one). And it's deeper, so I am able to hide extras [author copies] in the back, rather than stacking, and...

And wow. It's even got that new bookcase smell.

(it's also COLD - being on a truck all day in this weather can do that to wood).


Oh yeah, I also wrote a hair over 3,000 words today. Psh, that's nothing in the joyous glow of New!Bookcase....