The weather turned yesterday. The sun brought cold weather with its return, something nearer to what the Decembers in Birmingham used to feel like. Yesterday, the high was 54F, and today's was 55F, after a nightly low of 32F. Sunny. Windy ( Read more... )

Sunny today. Our high was 79F.

I was up about 6:30 a.m. and back to work on The Ultraviolet Alphabet and managed letters O through P. Looming end of American democracy or not. I spent more time trying to solve the plot problems with The Night Watchers. More time on the Bashi Marl.

The afternoon's film was James Gunn's Guardians of the Galaxy 2 ( ( Read more... )

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Never get angry immediately before having to write a blog entry.

Anyway...

Sunny today. A high of only 79F.

Kathryn and I have begun spending a lot of time talking about how I'm going to retool The Night Watchers so it works better. The world needs to be more fully realized, and worldbuilding is, well...normally it's something I allow to happen ( Read more... )

A stormy morning, some sun this afternoon, then the heavier clouds began rolling in. The next couple days are going to be more exciting than I'd prefer, as Helene marches across the Gulf and comes ashore not nearly far enough from us. Our high today was 79F, with a heat index of 81F ( Read more... )

Francine became a hurricane and came ashore....I don't know. Late this afternoon? The heavy clouds and the first of the wind have only just reached us; the high today was 82.9F.

The horse runs somewhere out ahead of me.

The afternoon's film was Chad Stahelski's John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017).

Not a good day. Not even close.

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A mix of sun and rain today. Our high was 82.9F, with a heat index of 92F.

As predicted, I spent the day reading Carrie again. Actually, it's possible this is only the second time I've read it. The first time was the summer of 1982. One thing that strikes me, that I'm not sure I caught the first time (I was only eighteen) is the very strong ( Read more... )

Again, not so hot today, a short respite. Our high was 88F, with a heat index of 90F.

The galley pages for Bright Dead Star arrived in the post, and now I have these things staring back at me.

The afternoon's film was Denis Villeneuve's Blade Runner 2049 (2017).

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Weather still cooler. Sunny, but our high only 89.1F.

Headache still with me.

But this morning I did a little under a thousand words on The Sun Always Shines on TV, despite hardly sleeping. And I worked on the Bashi Marl material. And I tried to find a cover artist for Bright Dead Star. So...fuck you, headache ( Read more... )

Very sunny today. Our high was 86F.

Getting back on my feet. Today I dealt with backed-up correspondence, which was threatening to topple over and smother me in 1s and 0s. I went outside for some Vitamin D. I rewrote the Bright Dead Star flap copy for Bill, because the flap copy I wrote on May 16th sorta stunk. It came out much better this time. ( Read more... )