I have done something phenomeonally stupid with “Year of Miracles”, which is to say, I have not updated the mailing list with the addresses necessary, and gmail usually takes a few days to clear them when you’re adding a bunch at once. So although the damned story has been done for three days I may end up delivering it late, because I’m a *moron*. So sorry. :P ETA: Screw it, I’m just going to do half a dozen blind CC mails. Half have now been sent and I should get…
oh, wow.
Oh, wow. A few weeks ago I did several Skype interviews with some 9th grade English students in MA–their teacher reads my books, and she’s been using the Walker Papers short story “Rabbit Tricks” in her curriculum. She and I both thought it would be fun to have the kids talk to the Real Live Author, so I spent several hours talking with several of her classes. They’ve written me thank-you letters. They just arrived in the mail, and I mean dozens of them. I’ve only read a few so…
final thinks of 2010
December, I said on the first of this month, was going to be a month of great accomplishments! Finish the AAs! Finish the collection! Finish WAYFINDER revisions! Finish the novella! Finish the coat! Throw a party! Lose weight! Make fudge! Nevermind that those last two things are incompatible! I WILL TRIUMPH! Unexpectedly, I actually accomplished all those things except finishing the coat, which I’m still trying to figure out how to manage. The problem is that Young Indiana’s nap time is the obvious, and in fact only, time to work…
Year of Miracles
Holy carp, the novella is done three days ahead of schedule! Weighing in at just under 28K, it will be delivered on New Year’s Eve… …which maybe gives me time to find somebody to do cover art. I should’ve thought of that months ago. Hrmph.
a post-christmas update
Just surfacing real quick here… Lovely Christmas here, with all the whiteness and beauty. I know it’s a terrible inconvenience (and indeed, my lack of getting out of the house because it’s too hard with the buggy proves it’s inconvenient to me, too) but I’ve loved the wintery weather. I miss it, though six weeks is enough. :) We gathered at Mom & Dad’s on the day, exchanged gifts, and ate huge amounts of food. Ted made a stunning filo-dough-wrapped cod with shrimp stuffing and a cream sauce as our…