Yesterday. Editor: Marketing Blurb 1 or 2? Art Department: Cover 1 or Cover 2? Agent: Alien 1 or Alien 2? Kid 2: Sentence 1 or 2? Optometrist: Better 1 or better 2? ::sigh:: Quick answers: The map was made with Inkarnate. Watch Tulip and I is grammatically incorrect. Watch I do things is not English.
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Grumpy
I am back from yet another cardio test, this one involving nitroglycerin – ugh, beta blockers – meh, and contrast dye injected into me – never again if I can at all help it. I am so behind on everything. If you are waiting on an email from me, you may want to resend and
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Busy, busy
I’ve been working on this enormous genre post for you, where we interviewed all sorts of people and we have all but one person in, so it will go up soon. Phew. A word about fictional marriages in our work. The general rule of thumb is, if there is more than a ten year difference
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A Relaxing Bath
I decided to take a stress-relieving bath in our new bathtub. I’ve got my bath bomb, my bubble bath stuff, and my book. I’ve informed the family that I will be gone for about an hour. I’ve filled my tub and climbed into it. Here I am in the tub, all set to relax. However,
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Novella Edits and Fun Wildlife
The “novella” edits are done and have been sent to the editor. After which I decided to take a wee nap on the couch because I felt a bit tired. I slept for four hours. And Then I went to bed at a normal time and slept some more. The edit took a lot of
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For Nila
Nila wanted to know how the African Violets are doing. Most of them are either getting ready to bloom or thinking about it, but I do have this one to show off. The color has not been photoshopped. It’s really that vivid magenta. This is Cherry Delight from Lyndon Lyon. The other varieties from the
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All the Colors
By popular request, here is one of the yarn things I bought. I still need to call and order stuff from the West Coast. I bought this set from Expression Fiber Arts. It’s called Romantic Morning Hues, 50% Merino Wool, 50% Mulberry Silk, “pearlescent fingering,” the total of 2200 yards. Now I have no idea
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When Zoogleal Mat Goes Bad
An explosion is a rapid expansion in volume associated with an extremely vigorous outward release of energy, usually with the generation of high temperatures … Explosion – Wikipedia We make efforts to avoid sudden loud noises in our family, so it was particularly jarring when yesterday, as Gordon and I were knee-deep in the wonder
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Centruoides vittatus
Gordon was stung by a scorpion last night in our kitchen. His toe started swelling, so I dragged him to ER. The stings of Texas scorpions are not deadly in general, since our guys are not that venomous. You have to go to Arizona to get into serious danger. But he has never been stung
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The Woe of Bulldogs and Other Things
Sookie had to have an eye surgery. I am not quite clear on the details but flesh around one of her eyes was putting pressure on the eyeball and eye lid. She came through it with flying colors but when we brought her home, she was slightly doped up. We are in our study, playing
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Pfizer Dose 2
Yesterday I had my second Pfizer dose. I was told to expect fever, chills, headache, fatigue, etc. I have nothing so far. I was tired yesterday, but I think it was less about the vaccine and more about not sleeping well the night before and then going furniture shopping, because Kid 2’s bed is not
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Novella finished
So we finished the “novella” project. It was supposed to be a 20K story. It is now 40K. I am not sure what reaction this will produce on the editorial end. Once we have more details, a cover, and a preorder link, I will let you know more. We are pivoting back trying to take
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