Whoosh.

I got up early this morning for no discernable reason, finished up a scene, and have stitched TQB together so I could at least print it out and have a look at it. (I’m very proud of myself for cluing in relatively early in the “why isn’t this going anywhere” process and making the move to print it out before I’ve lost weeks and weeks of time trying to figure out what’s wrong.) I have 358 pages of manuscript right now, and another 35-60K (150-250 pages) to write. The reason…

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four down. three to go.

I have just turned in HOUSE OF CARDS. That’s the fourth manuscript I’ve turned in this year. I have one more to go, and one more revision (I’ve done two this year). You see that icon there? With the kitty cat with its face all mashed into the floor and its arms all spread out? That is me. That is so totally me. I just need to pull another 50K on THE QUEEN’S BASTARD out of my … mind. I swear to freaking god, I am taking six weeks off…

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photo shoot

Posted several photos from this morning’s shoot here. Stupid gallery put a mid-sized version in between the thumbnails and the full-sized, so they’re all clickable for a larger version. Mom thinks that set would make a fine 13-month calendar (and though I’d switch one or two of the pictures out, I think she might be right). That might be fun to do. Oh, hey, I can do a poll.

a plea from my brother in law!

A plea to local folks! I thought this article was well written, and it also points out that a documentary of Ó Cadhain’s life is on RTE tonight: Rí na bhFocal tonight at 10.15pm. It will most likely have English subtitles. Also If anyone can record TV I’d be very happy if you could record it for me, since Deirdre won’t be able to watch it :( http://www.gaelport.com/index.php?page=clippings&id=1325&viewby=date Has anybody got the capability to tape this? We haven’t (we don’t even own a VCR anymore), so I thought I’d throw…

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better.

Better day so far today, not that I’ve gotten as far as, oh, say, WRITING anything yet. I went down into Cobh with Ted and did a foggy-morning photo shoot before the post office opened. I think I’ve got some nice stuff, and I’m thinking maybe I’ll post a gallery of them instead of putting them up on kitsnaps in slow motion, because I feel like showing off. Heh. Anyway, once the PO opened I paid bills and walked home, which wasn’t a bad way to spend the morning. I’ve…

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