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[lagilman]

A quick run through the f-list indicates that many of us are doing some sort of maintenance or another today. Moi aussi. I now have a new ergonomic office chair. And new storage shelves. And I'm figuring out where to put the new desktop tower and the soon-to-be-secondary tower. And how the cats will fit into this new configuration.

And the freezer is filled with meat, and the pantry is stocked with soup and cat food (the essentials of life-in-winter). And there is beef stew, simmering in the dutch oven. Mmmm. (because Someone decided to be cute -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_oven. Okay? You people are all eleven.)


I suppose I should do some more revisions on HARD MAGIC this afternoon....

Revisions for me are a mult-stage process. First, I skim the editorial letter, taking in the good and glancing on the bad. Then I go away for a while and console myself that "well, they don't think it's totally unfixable. And they liked some bits." Then I come back, armed with a red pen, a blue pen, and a yellow and a green highlighter. The blue pen crosses out the good comments (done). The highlighters pick out the stuff I need to dig into/think about. The red pen is for making useful and/or snide comments as I read through/highlight things. Once that is done, I take the annotated letter, and apply it to the manuscript itself.

I'm at Stage Three right now, and have figured out how to fix two editorial concerns with one relatively minor change. Yay for economy of auctorial motion!

Comments

[celticboy.livejournal.com]

simmering in the dutch oven?

*blinks*

None for me thanks.. :D

[lagilman]

cuuuute.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_oven

Okay? Sheeesh

[celticboy.livejournal.com]

*hangs head* I'm sorry, *blinkblink* I'm in a very odd mood tonight. Can we blame it on me making a huge decision?

[handworn.livejournal.com]

Ever do any hearth cooking? That's where the Dutch oven came about, back in the 18th century. The original ones had lids with high, flanged rims, all the better to hold in the glowing embers you'd heap on top so as to cook the food from all directions.

[lagilman]

Yep. I've made everything from stew to cornbread in a firepit dutch oven (you wouldn't know it from me now, but I spent a lot of time camping/hiking, as a kid. Give me 15 minutes and a pocket knife, and I can make a passable overnight rain shelter out of available greenery and a tarp)

[ex-fashioni.livejournal.com]

Okay, fellow foodie-- my lovely husband decided to give me one of the Christmas gifts early. (http://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/sku8260341/index.cfm?pkey=xsrd0m1|16|||0|||||||all-clad%20slow%20cooker&cm_src=SCH)

Any good recipes with which I should christen it? I have an old trusted and true beef stew, but I am, as always, up to expanding my horizons.

[lagilman]

ooo, a slow cooker! Hrm. braised lamb shanks, mediteranean-style? And my replacement pot roast (so-named because it's designed to adapt to whatever you have on-hand) is really good in a slow cooker... Lamb tagine would be good, too. And any brisket combination you can think of....