I had a moment when I looked in my freezer and realized I’d eaten all the freezer meals I’d made. And there had been a lot of meals in there, too. But we’re pounding away on the book now, and I haven’t been cooking. So this week, I cooked: spaghetti on Saturday, stroganoff on Sunday, tortellini on Monday, mustard chicken on Tuesday, chicken ( Read more... )

I had the master of The Honey Pot Plot all last week (Bob has it now) and we are currently at almost 50,000 words. When we hit around 100,000, we rewrite and argue and rewrite again. I really wanted it out before Christmas, but that was insane. Still, we’re a lot closer.

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The internet can be hell, of course, but it’s also full of fascinating things. Like Cake Wrecks, “when professional cakes go horribly wrong.” Or Instagram’s Terribly Bad Book Covers. (especially the one with the turkey). Or my personal favorite, Reddits’ r/ATBGE (Awful Taste But Great Execution) which showcases exactly that: terrible ideas done ( Read more... )

This week I finished my reread of PD James. Terrific writer, kind of depressing books. I had to keep going back to Pratchett to survive.

What did you read this week? (And for the Americans out there, Happy Thanksgiving!)

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So we have a deal for audio from Brilliance, who did such a brilliant job on audio for the Liz/Vince books. Bob says they’ll be out in June, long time, but hey, audio


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Susan Elizabeth Phillips put up on Facebook this book cover of a foreign edition of one of her novels, and it’s my second favorite book cover ever. I do have questions, though. I get that the snake is a metaphor, but why is she covered in spinach? And why is he so uninterested in the grip she has on his anaconda?

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I’ve been working my butt off and getting a lot done, but never enough. I mean, the progress is real, I can see it, but there’s so much more to do. Some of it is finite-getting the website revamped and updated, working out a good compromise on the newsletters, finding the top of my desk-and some of it is over and over again, like emptying and ( Read more... )

So this week, I’ve been trying to figure out my future, and along with that, my website, which is about to get a revamp, along with writing a newsletter that doesn’t bore or annoy people, which is tough because boring and annoying are two of my life skills. But while I was figuring out what I wanted, I thought of the life theme I’d picked out years ( Read more... )

I’m trying to decide how I want the website design for the new year to look, so I did a review of all the old website designs (okay, Mollie actually did that).


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I don’t know if this helps dispel the series/spin-off confusion, but it was interesting to make.


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