Closing in on the end of the book…

I’ve got three scenes to go. It’s not going to be the full 120,000 words, but it will be as long as it needs to be. And it is, except those scenes, ready to go.

Jane's birthday.

Yes, it is. we’re going out to eat tonight—the pub offers a free birthday steak. Can’t miss that. Tomorrow she’s asked for a mandarin orange chicken dish I do, and we will see if I can remember it.

Jane’s birthday.

Yes, it is. we’re going out to eat tonight—the pub offers a free birthday steak. Can’t miss that. Tomorrow she’s asked for a mandarin orange chicken dish I do, and we will see if I can remember it.

Strongest ever hurricane heads for Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/23/americas/hurricane-patricia/index.html Blew up real fast—some are saying it’s ‘only’ cat 5 because that’s where the chart stops. They’re comparing this to typhoon Haiyan, which did immense damage and...

Fall has fell! fallen! oh, my!

Fog. The season is changing. We are forecast to go to 32 at night in coming days. The book is nearing completion. I have scenes mapped. I can see the finish line. My publisher has had an adventure, meanwhile: her husband broke his leg very badly while on tour in...

October deadline

I found out around July that I had to have the next book in come the end of October—normally it would be due about next June. What with Worldcon in town, Washington state nearly burning down, and Shejicon, I have still managed about 80,000 words, and now have...

Finally—wooden floors.

We bought this house back in 2007, and it underwent a bit of a transformation then—from tired drapes and green paint to something we liked a lot better. The carpet, well, short-shag brown-white. Not horrid. But I’m not a fan of carpeted floors. Bad for...

Tuckered out—

Turned out, in our walk today, most every eatery in Garland District, our old little shopping area, vintage about 1930—was closed. The place lives only after dark or on weekdays, apparently. To our new ‘regular’ place is a 1.5 mile round trip. It...