Archive for July, 2007
The Home Stretch
I put the final work in tonight on the third draft of Book Three, as well as putting away a few chapters of Book Four. A quick word count tells me that the book is right about at 151,000 words in length. Book Four has about 35,000 words in it . . . so I [...]
Advice from the Hook
At the friendly advice of Dan Wilson (to whom I am writing a long-overdue and extremely grateful letter), I’ve added some pertinent information below for contacting me.
And now I sit, anxiously awaiting the influx of fan mail.
(Taps fingers for a moment, reloads. Nothing.)
Ahem.
(The cat looks up from a very important piece of fluff on the [...]
Never Mind
Forgot to mention, I read someone’s mind yesterday.
In deference to the subject, I’m going to leave their name and identity out of it . . . but the conversation went something like this…
“Well, why don’t you ask your Aunt Carol or whatever her name is.”
“My aunt’s name isn’t Carol.”
“What is your aunt’s name?” I run [...]
The By-Products of Misfortune
To recap… Late last week my laptop hard drive failed. All data on it is unrecoverable, making it the most expensive paperweight I have ever owned.
Adding insult to injury (or vice versa) my primary backup drive also appears to have failed. I may or may not be able to recover anything from it.
Fortunately, one of [...]
“Actually, there was quite a lot of profanity involved…”
It’s been a bit of a hectic mess, the past four or five days. I’ve dealt with lots of work stuff. I’ve had my hard drive go tits up on me (which sounds much better than it really is, believe me). I’ve had some really, really great meals courtesy of my magic-mojo-lottery-winning-father-in-law. I’ve dealt with [...]
Hard Day’s Night
It happened yesterday afternoon at work.
I opened up my laptop and . . . nothing happened.
Well. That’s not quite accurate. Something happened and it wasn’t good.
It was a sound, a low hum from the front left corner — that spot where, lately, I’ve noticed it getting a little warmer than usual.
You know, that spot where [...]
“…but we shall all be changed.”
(Photo by Julia Camp. Extra chin by Budweiser.)
