Reading: Writers Digest
Music: BYO: Sample This!
TV/Movie: Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
Link o' the Day: Night Shade Books Discussion Boards

I'm glad that it's been a slow morning at the office. I just prepared four books to be mailed to printers today (Jane Kean, Joel Rapp, Pulp Westerns, and Private Eyelashes, sent a submission out after receiving an e-mail rejection, and printed out some program info for my trip to Boskone tomorrow. Despite getting four books out of my hair today, I expect to be working on more changes to the Paul Frees book tonight amidst packing some promo materials for BearManor Media to take to the con. I also need to remember to pick up some film so I can create a new photo gallery.

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I finished the first draft to a new story yesterday. It's not the story I had planned to write, but it's not too bad if I do say so myself. It needs a little more oomph in the middle and end--something to make the reader care a little more. I think the premise is a little interesting. It involves a spaceship, a time machine, and living holograms from the future. Does the story have any meaning? We'll see. Working title: "My Uncle's Spaceship."

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uf. Winter is getting a bit tedious. I seem to be getting tired earlier in the evening than I'm used to, and by the end of the workweek, I'm a zombie. It's not that it's been so frightfully cold lately (it hasn't) but more that winter continues to hang over the city of Providence like a shroud. Spring is ycumen in soon, and I'm looking forward to seeing the first robin. (So is our cat, Nemo.)

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Short entry today. Now that I've got all this sidework done, I need to look busy. Want a link for the day? How about the Night Shade Books Discussion Boards? It's a great little sight for those who are looking for the inside scoop on a number of presses. Gordon Van Gelder, John Joseph Adams, and Ellen Datlow are regulars and make themselves pretty accessible to questions from pros and newbies alike.

Enjoy!