perchance to sleep
I seem to be tottering between complete insomnia (like last night -- still haven't slept, though I tried; Dawn held me down between 4am and 8am but the pain from her lying on my bad leg kept me awake) and not being able to wake up if the horn of heaven called out. At least when I can't sleep, I get a lot of work done. But surely this isn't good for the body.
I hear David Tennant's off the stage of Hamlet with a back injury, at least for the time being. And the poor guy's having to sit and read the critics' reviews of last night's Press Night performance -- I can't even begin to imagine. God, I'm glad I'm not doing theater anymore. And with my back (etc.) I couldn't anyway, not at this stage. I hope he's able to recover; back injuries are nothing to sneeze at. I should know.
(For those not following the plot: I broke my back [compression fractures plus a cracked sacrum and broken tailbone, but no neural damage] in 1989, a few weeks before my wedding. Yes, we got married on time, and I had fantastic posture -- a back brace under the Victorian wedding gown worked as well as a corset!)
ETA: I find it extremely interesting that the RSC went ahead for press night with the stand-in for Hamlet. And the press release from the RSC is even more telling: they emphasize that they are an ensemble, and therefore "on with the show." All very good and well. But the RSC has a history of holding on press night until the main can come back from an injury or illness. It's been done before. Why not now? Why go ahead and have the press see and review the stand-in for Tennant?
Knowing the business as I do, I can honestly think of only one good reason to do this: they are under the impression that Tennant isn't going to be doing the rest of the run in London.
I sincerely hope I'm wrong. And I sincerely hope the injury isn't too bad. Even something like a herniated disc is awful, indeed, but it is something one can recover from if rest and medical care is judiciously applied. No one knows what Tennant has for a long-term injury, but I can tell you that once you injure your back (and don't take care of it -- yeah, I can raise my hand to that question), all it takes is one wrong move putting on a coat or taking off a shirt, and bang!, you've slipped a disc. Ouch. (Yeah, did that too. In a hotel room. Three thousand miles from home. Fun times.)
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In publishing news:
I have a boatload of covers to finish for the second series of books for the Virginia Editions (the Heinlein Project), and then a Wiley book to finish copyediting. And this afternoon a trip to the yarn store, because I've been asked to test crochet patterns for a book that I'll be copyediting later in January. Paid to crochet -- 'tisn't a bad way to make a few bucks. (Wish I could get more gigs doing that! Though knitting would be nicer.)
If you proofread for me (or are in the stable to proofread for me in the near future): We'll be typesetting more Heinlein in the coming weeks and books will be rolling out within the month. Stay tuned.
I hear David Tennant's off the stage of Hamlet with a back injury, at least for the time being. And the poor guy's having to sit and read the critics' reviews of last night's Press Night performance -- I can't even begin to imagine. God, I'm glad I'm not doing theater anymore. And with my back (etc.) I couldn't anyway, not at this stage. I hope he's able to recover; back injuries are nothing to sneeze at. I should know.
(For those not following the plot: I broke my back [compression fractures plus a cracked sacrum and broken tailbone, but no neural damage] in 1989, a few weeks before my wedding. Yes, we got married on time, and I had fantastic posture -- a back brace under the Victorian wedding gown worked as well as a corset!)
ETA: I find it extremely interesting that the RSC went ahead for press night with the stand-in for Hamlet. And the press release from the RSC is even more telling: they emphasize that they are an ensemble, and therefore "on with the show." All very good and well. But the RSC has a history of holding on press night until the main can come back from an injury or illness. It's been done before. Why not now? Why go ahead and have the press see and review the stand-in for Tennant?
Knowing the business as I do, I can honestly think of only one good reason to do this: they are under the impression that Tennant isn't going to be doing the rest of the run in London.
I sincerely hope I'm wrong. And I sincerely hope the injury isn't too bad. Even something like a herniated disc is awful, indeed, but it is something one can recover from if rest and medical care is judiciously applied. No one knows what Tennant has for a long-term injury, but I can tell you that once you injure your back (and don't take care of it -- yeah, I can raise my hand to that question), all it takes is one wrong move putting on a coat or taking off a shirt, and bang!, you've slipped a disc. Ouch. (Yeah, did that too. In a hotel room. Three thousand miles from home. Fun times.)
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In publishing news:
I have a boatload of covers to finish for the second series of books for the Virginia Editions (the Heinlein Project), and then a Wiley book to finish copyediting. And this afternoon a trip to the yarn store, because I've been asked to test crochet patterns for a book that I'll be copyediting later in January. Paid to crochet -- 'tisn't a bad way to make a few bucks. (Wish I could get more gigs doing that! Though knitting would be nicer.)
If you proofread for me (or are in the stable to proofread for me in the near future): We'll be typesetting more Heinlein in the coming weeks and books will be rolling out within the month. Stay tuned.