Viable Paradise & Other Stuff

Got email last night saying I’d been accepted into Patrick & Teresa Nielson Hayden’s Viable Paradise workshop at Martha’s Vineyard at the end of September. Week-long writer’s workshop. Squee! In other writing news, I broke 150K words for the year and 12K on the novel I’m working on now. Chugga chugga chugga.

EIGHTY FOUR DEGREES. That’s what it was yesterday. That’s a record. And today is unbelievably gorgeous as well. I already brought the dog for a walk before it got too hot, but I *so* want to call in with the Blue Sky Flu and go biking. It’s just *so* nice out. Maybe tonight. After berry picking. And Pirating. And, uhm, writing. I’m going to have to get some writing done at some point before the berry picking and the movie, because I’d rather bike tonight than write. I did, though,…

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zippity doo dah

My oh my what a wonderful day– It’s absolutely beautiful day out. I meant to get up and take the dog for a walk, but Ted, to my surprise, got up as well and I wanted to talk to him before he went to work, so I didn’t walk. Yet. I may pop out for a break in a few minutes and go, because it’s just too damned beautiful out right now to waste it entirely inside. If I go for a short walk, I can be back within a…

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