laid-back day

I’m feeling very mellow, due to having stayed up far too late last night. I’m not accomplishing much, or at any great rate of speed, but I did at least manage to finally call the bank and ask what happened to the check I deposited in May (I’ve been meaning to do this since July), so they’re investigating that. I also paid bills, thanks to ‘s helpful Western Unioning. If I’m very together I might call my bank in Alaska tonight and actually talk to a live human person about…

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no mystery novels…

I didn’t have any mystery novels, so I was obliged to read Allen Steele’s COYOTE trilogy today. Good stuff. I have a couple hours before I meet Robin on CoH. I’m thinkin’ maybe I can fit one more book in, if I can find one lying around that I want to read. Or maybe I’ll make a cake, which has put me in mind of. Or maybe I’ll make a dinner with no morally redeeming qualities except its ease. That part I’m already doing, so there’s little question of it…

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just for the record…

…I would like to make it blazingly clear that I cannot abide Livejournal’s customization capabilities. Also, I apologize to people who look at my homepage and who do not have their screens set to the same resolution I do, but apparently somewhere along the line I determined I probably looked at it more than anybody else did, and started optimizing for 1152×864. It’s obnoxious beyond belief and if I were a real web designer I’d do something about it. Thank God I got to grow up to be a writer.…

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A Profound Revelation

(ok, the scary thing is I’ve learned to spell that without looking) says she’s going to try to back off, relax a little, revise, and use the breathing time I’ve bought myself by working like a bloody lunatic since 2001 to fall in love with some of my new stuff before I have to write it. Shortly before I read that, I was saying to Ted that I hated starting new books, because unless I’d been struck with inspiration and really really really wanted to write it RIGHT NOW it…

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major cool.

I am awash with potential colorists. The “I can’t possibly afford you” pro was willing to make a deal. Then he saw the inks: “The work is indeed exemplary. The lead character has a great “Huntress” like feel to her, and the artist is very talented. [followed by, upon receiving the 300dpi page] …page looks 10 times better even than the small online preview. …I’ve toyed around with a few high rez McFarlane inked pieces I’ve got before, and the inks from your artist remind me a LOT of his…

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