thinks to do in august

– print up & proof STONE’S THROE – make fudge – go to loncon Loncon Schedule: Autographing 1 – CE Murphy Thursday 13:30 – 15:00, Autographing Space (ExCeL) THERE MIGHT BE FUDGE. :) The Superhero-Industrial Complex Thursday 18:00 – 19:00, Capital Suite 7+12 (ExCeL) The creation of the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been one of the most exciting pop culture developments of the last decade — and contradicts the decades-long strategy, followed primarily by DC, of keeping superheroes in their own worlds for their screen incarnations. Now DC have plans…

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what i did :)

As several people have asked, I confess that the weather was utterly miserable last night and so I stayed home and watched two more episodes of s3 Continuum, which continues to be a show that makes me happy. (It has a female lead in a role that 10 years ago almost certainly would have been a guy. She’s a ‘strong’ character in that yes, she’s kick-ass, but she’s also fragile and scared and determined and angry and loses her temper and makes mistakes and-you know, basically acts like a human…

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five things make a post

Gah. Didn’t swim this morning due to an utter failure to wake up. I’ve made up for it by doing forty minutes of combined Pilates, barre work and weights, and later I’ll go for a walk. The Janx & Daisani short story commission closes at 11:59pm Eastern tonight! If you want to be one of the first (few, only) people to read this story, scoot on over to Fundable and pledge some dollars! :) After ten days of this haircut getting progressively worse instead of at all better, I have…

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why yes, i am avoiding work

(sorry for repost, it is due to WP/LJ crossposting dipshittery) – get a picture frame » put together gift basket box – get envelopes » put chance issues in envelopes :) – box up Walker Papers for Mr. M – DEMON HUNTS revisions^H^H^H^H change of plans, work on critique instead – call bonk – make bread – do laundry (Ted’s doing this, bless him) – send receipts (VERY IMPORTANT) Nice swim this morning. I did my first 500 in 9 minutes, which is faster than I usually…bother to do, if…

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and it’s off!

DEMON HUNTS is revised, spell-checked, and submitted. 8-ball, I never knew thee. …of course, this is what being out from behind the 8-ball looks like: – revisions on “Cairn Dancer”, which must be done by mid-next-week because – my editor’s request for revisions on TRUTHSEEKER were “do you think maybe you can cut a third of the book and replace it with something else? *binkbink*?” – and then I need to write the proposal for the sixth (SIXTH!) Walker Papers novel – before writing WAYFINDER, the sequel to TRUTHSEEKER –…

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