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almost functional
April and May seem to be my months for being sick this year. I've got a stomach bug that keeps coming back for a couple of days, then fading out, then coming back... It had me down completely on Wednesday, and then at about half power yesterday. I'm up to about 80% today, which I can't complain about.
Working on the outline. Just starting it, ( Read more... ) -
working late and such...
working late tonight, which is always fun.
Actually, I love my day job. I write end-user documentation for high-precision measurement hardware, the sort of stuff that Rolls Royce uses to test jet engine part tolerances. My company does R&D for our Japanese parent company, which arguably makes the best high-precision measuring instruments in the ( Read more... ) -
nerves
there's a writing get-together on Tuesday at the Wayward Coffee house in Seattle. I've been planning to go, but it's the first time and my introvert is showing. Trying to pull it together enough to go. Don't know yet if I'll succeed. -
keeping things moving
Got "Flight of the Gods" turned around and out to another market on the same day. La. -
blogging and other stuff
I haven't posted for a couple of days -- rather busy at work (well, if you can call spending 6 hours in meetings on Wednesday "busy"). I've also been trying to decide whether to keep this journal focused primarily on writing or not. I'm thinking that I might open it up a bit -- right now I'm working on research and getting a synopsis done and ( Read more... ) -
not the best of fantasy novels
Had an interesting view of a bad fantasy, this weekend. I'd spotted a book called Den of Thieves by David Chandler at Norwescon, but didn't end up buying it. Got it from the library the other day, however. Since I finished Gardens of the Moon on Saturday, I thought I'd start on it. Felt like something light, and I figured this might be a go.
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weekend highjinx
Didn't get most of what I'd planned done this weekend -- I decided that I'd rather spend the time dealing with a kidney stone -- always fun. Saturday was miserable, but Sunday was much better, although pretty low energy after the stone was gone. Did some research and work on names (always a hard thing for me -- names have to be just right).
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more background
It's been a long week, even if not terribly exciting. Still not feeling 100% -- stomach cramps that were bad enough this morning to think that I was having another kidney stone, even if a mild one. Ah well... I'll be glad when I'm back to feeling normal.
I finally got around to reading Steven Erickson's Gardens of the Moon, the first in his ( Read more... ) -
the joy of meetings
I love meetings at work.
Well, actually I don't -- I loathe them -- but they can be handy. Most of the time when I need to be at a meeting, it's only peripheral to my work. In other words, I need to be there for the information, but I don't have to worry about doing more than keeping a weather-eye (or weather-ear, really) open for things that ( Read more... ) -
yum...
I have to admit, there are truly great things about being married to someone from South Florida. T has just enough of the south in her to bring some of the best food with her, while not being a "southern belle." (Nothing against them, just not my style).
Tonight brought hot tomato pie. Incredibly rich (of course), but so good. And never any