making a list, checking it twice

/Ted made an OMG good dinner last night. I allowed as how I was going to keep him for at least *two* more weeks (since I’ll be gone for a week, I better keep him for two so I can take advantage, you know). Really, I don’t know why I say that, because *I’m* not the one who’s got a waitlist of women (and possibly the occasional guy) who are hoping I might part ways with my spouse and therefore be available. I believe /Janne is first on the waitlist.…

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I taunt you with my monkey pants!

Ok, so even if I don’t get to see The Dark Knight this week and so you all get to taunt me, I have things to taunt back with! First: I’ve posted a teaser for HANDS OF FLAME, which is, quite astonishingly to me, out in a mere six weeks. Second: Subterranean Press‘s A FANTASY MEDLEY, starring writers Kate Elliott, Robin Hobb, Kelley Armstrong, and C.E. Murphy (one of these things is not like the others), will be out in March 2009. This is a limited edition anthology which is…

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comic con schedule, version 2

Version II of the Comic Con schedule. This is one of those things where I’m about to say something I can hardly believe needs to be in my vocabulary, but: All meals and meet-ups with friends are subject to change based on professional commitments. I would really love to be going to Comic Con to just be an utter fanboy full of squee, but I’m going to work. Meetings or meals with my publishers and promotional activities have to take precedence. Hopefully I’ll be able to manage it all, but…

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today is a day for minutia

Yesterday I took the day off (not so much because of the failed computer, because I write on a different computer, but because I needed it) and worked on my sunburn. It was practically the only opportunity there’s been this summer to work on it, so I did a nice job: That comparatively white stripe there is where my purse strap was slung across my body. A wise and clever Kit I am not. Yesterday my husband carried a tree home. I admired his manliness. :) It’s an apple tree!…

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