Words Written: “Storming the Castle” 1535
Writing Stats: RWA stuff
Exercise: 1 hr yoga

I seriously considered going to CP Prize today, riding out with Morgana and Tomi (Brian was catching an earlier carpool) and hanging out with friends I haven’t seen in a while. But in the end, I decided that continuing my attempt to catch up on things was a better plan. I’m working on antho stories early, both because getting things in early is better than last-minute, and because when Sarah gets Chapter 12 to me, I’ll be focusing on ALNM again. (We’re at about 50K of a 70K-word book! Woohoo!) Plus a huge mass of work stuff is supposed to arrive today. A few things have already come in, and although I suspect most authors won’t bother to submit until Monday or Wednesday (and if the person who logs in the files and moves them to where I can access them isn’t in, I can’t read the stuff anyway), I need to keep on top of everything. Plus there’s yoga; I’ve been twice this week and would like to hit it today, to maintain the benefit rather than having to wait until next Wednesday. (The class is W-F-Sa.)

The plan seems to have been a good one; it allowed me to stay up later last night that I would have if I’d been planning to go to the event (although I still went to bed “early,” for me, because I was exhausted), and in that time I figured out what my next antho story was about. So I’m going to dive into that today, and see how far I get, along with editing and yoga and food shopping and some Dr Who.

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Okay. Very productive day. A good start on the antho story, one editing project done, yoga done, e-mail done, Styx project stuff done. A little TV watched, some chatting with my beloved. Food shopping. Cat scritching. Go me.

I’m sorry I couldn’t see friends at the event, but I’m planning on Lyondemere Anniversary later in the month, which won’t be quite as hot (ugh, heat and a back brace). And tomorrow I’ll be having dinner at Morgana and Brian’s with a few folks, so I’m not totally anti-social, really.

Meanwhile, I don’t know why I keep forgetting to mention that Ken’s coming home for a break soon! Probably just a few days, but hey, we’ll take what we can get. Next weekend-ish. He’ll finish up this project, and take some time before starting the next one. He’s exhausted, poor thing, working really late hours. Good money, sucky schedule. Thank goodness it’s not a regular thing. But. Home, soon!

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The Difference Between Normal People and Writers:

Driving home from the grocery story. It’s a pleasant, sunny day, the beginning of a holiday weekend. Kids are playing in yards. You see some folks loading a sleeping bag into the back seat of a car. The sleeping bag isn’t rolled up and looks bulky, as if they’re using it to transport other items. Your first thought?

“How nice, they’re going camping.”

“Wow, they have a lot of guts transporting a dead body in broad daylight.”

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Currently Reading: Blue Smoke, Nora Roberts
Lately Listened To: Promised Land, Queensryche
Recently Watched: Dr Who