It wasn’t my fault, you see. It was a brand-new sketchbook, and it seemed like a shame to do a work-related drawing first thing in it. So I did a little drawing of my nephews the superheroes: Sorry for the quality. I can’t actually find the power cord for the scanner, so this was photographed and uploaded, and I can’t get the greys to go away without washing out the whole drawing. Which is going to be a problem when I have to upload maps and comic book sketches, hm.
rebellion in the ranks
My brain appears to be being rebellious, and I’m not sure why. Two of the items on my to-do list, the map and the Chance page, are really very easy. A couple hours’ work at most, and probably not even that. For some reason my brain keeps going NOOO DON’ WANNA. No clue why, unless it’s a bad case of finishitis. If I finish the map, TQB’s Done (except that new scene I need to write). God knows why this would be alarming, but perhaps it is. Similarly with the…
who am i, & what have i done with catie?
Last night I went to see a local production of “The Odd Couple” (which was good enough that there really wasn’t much to tear apart; the only real problem was in the first scene after about ten lines Vinnie completely lost his New Yawk accent for three or four lines, and never *quite* nailed it again), and then went out for a drink with Ted and his coworker Brian, who brought us around to a pub that’s usually got trad on Friday nights, and it did, so we hung out…
upcoming convention schedule
Next weekend (August 3-5), I will be in Belfast, Northern Ireland, for MeCon. There are a lot of very cool people attending, and anybody who can make it up should come along! The following weekend (August 10-12), I will be Guest of Honor at Pi-Con, in West Springfield, Massachussets. Anybody east of the Mississippi should come say hello! (People west of it can too, but I won’t *expect* you to!) My panel schedule for Pi-Con currently stands thusly (oh, it’s quite long, I’ll : Friday, 5pm Buffyverse — Laity, DeCandido,…
room with a view
I’ve been meaning to post this. This is the view from my office window, put :