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Return from Vacation 2: This time it's serious. Seriously.
As I wrote about earlier, the first half of my vacation was spent in San Jose with my wife's family. Good eating, but I had the vague uneasiness of feeling we stayed too long in the middle, even knowing Holly's brother asked for some time sans the parents.
After a few (too few) days back, in fact just enough time to do laundry, do a little ( Read more... ) -
Stop-Gap
I have things to write but very little time. I should have an update in the next three days, which will include a recap of the Lone Star Gaming Fest and the cool new board games I got to play there, including some prototypes.
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Back from Vacation
So my wife and I just finished spending a week in San Jose, California, doing Christmas with the in-laws. It was a good trip, but a bit long and I was concerned that my brother-in-law and his wife might have enjoyed a shorter visit from the ENTIRE family.
We went and saw the Winchester Mystery House on Monday, which was very cool. It was a bit ( Read more... ) -
Ending a Period of Quiet
Three weeks later and I've done more reading than writing. Not that I haven't done ANY writing, but I've definitely been reading more.
I've won two advanced reading copies through Goodreads: one for Anonyponymous: The Forgotten People Behind Everyday Words by John Marciano and one for Beyond the Stars: Kataria by Kelly Beltz. Anonyponymous was a ( Read more... ) -
Getting Educated - Chapter 3
I've started posting Chapter 3 of my story, Getting Educated, over in the forums at The Podge Cast. Pug gets his first recording session, Jorgen appears again, and Harry starts looking for a place to brush up on his bodyguard skills. The newest material is in the last three posts. I'm trying to break it up a bit to avoid the "wall-o'-text" ( Read more... ) -
Monitors
My wife asked “How can you stare at a computer screen all day at work and then come home and stare at it all night?”
I just realized that the real answer to this question is “Because I’m not looking at the screen itself - I’m seeing what I’m reading/writing.”
At work (where I am a tech writer and editor), I’m not seeing the monitor but the words. ( Read more... ) -
Comic Books
I read comic books.
Yes, I read comic books. Enough so that my wife and I have a pull-subscription at our local shop. I get between 5 and 7 titles each month, depending upon mini-series or one-offs or just freaking rare issues (e.g., Planetary #27, which took something like 2 YEARS to come out after #26).
I buy nothing from Marvel that isn't a ( Read more... ) -
The Promised Links
So here are the various links I promised:
Getting Educated - Chapter 1 and most of Chapter 2 of my current novel. I'll be completing Chapter 2 this month and go for as long as I can fit time for. My goal is to get much farther along this month as my NaNoWriMo effort. Deadlines are wonderful for focusing my mind.
The Bold and The Determined - ( Read more... ) -
A Week (or so) Later
So after my last posting wherein I unloaded a bunch of personal baggage to my friends so I could get past it (which helped tremendously BTW, so thank you very much for listening), I need to post something of an update.
My wife has clients! The business conference she attended two weekends ago was a bust for content, but generated many business ( Read more... ) -
Weekly Update - After the Speach
The weeks been busy, prepping for Saturday (yesterday) and beating a deadline at the Dayjob that I'm a bit slow on letting folks know how the guest lecture went ( Read more... )