It was sunny today, and the high was 69F. The trees are getting fuzzy with a spring spray of green ( Read more... )

A sunny day, Halloween the Sixth. Currently, it's 62˚F ( Read more... )

A chilly morning in Providence. We had a low of 44˚F last night. Today, the high will be somewhere in the neighborhood of 67˚F.

Yesterday, I wrote 1,251 words on the short novella that is, indeed, now titled M is for Mars, and I finished it. Finally. The "final" (prior to line edits) word count is 16,579 words. I began work on this story nine ( Read more... )

Here in Providence, it's only 60˚F. The wide sky could not be bluer. Nor could it be hungrier. A good day to stay in and keep my head down. I went out for a brief walk yesterday, the first time I'd left the house in two days.

Yesterday, I added 1,357 words to the novella, which I may give up and call M is for Mars, unless some better title ( Read more... )

Sunny and 62˚F here in Providence, and the first genuinely cool weather of the autumn is on its way. Tonight's low is forecast at 46˚F, and tomorrow's high may be only 64˚F. I hope I'm ready for this. Last night, my sinuses ached as the weather shifted and the rain began. But the rain is always one of the best sounds, just like Edna St. Vincent ( Read more... )

I have a vicious sinus headache that's been with me since I woke up yesterday, and last night I accidentally left the refrigerator open, and pretty much everything has to go. So, pain and annoyance. And wasted food ( Read more... )

Winter's back. Cold spring's taking a vacation, just as the trees begin to get green. Currently, it's 47˚F, with a windchill of 43˚F. Tonight, the windchill will be 23˚F. There's some sun out there, and there's always a siren, singing you to shipwreck.

"You know, that's rarer than an apology from a SJW."Various thing got in the way of my writing ( Read more... )

We've already sold half of Spooky's Alabaster: Pale Horse pendants, and my thanks to everyone who bought one yesterday. Only three remain. Originally, the money was to go towards getting me a new iPod to replace dear, departed Inara. However, now the proceeds from the pendants can go to other expenses, as the postman brought me a new iPod yesterday ( Read more... )

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I think I am going to begin a ruthless campaign to supplant the cretinous "om nom nom" (and all imaginable fucking variants) with the respectable Yiddish nosh. Which, of course, people have been using for ages to mean exactly what people now seem unable to express without turning to the Cookie Monster and baby talk ( Read more... )

First, for those just tuning in, on Wednesday night I'll be reading at KGB Bar in Manhattan, with Michael Cisco. Be there if you can. I still don't know what I'll be reading. I usually decide on the spot. I just scared the beejeesus out of Ellen Datlow to giving her the impression I thought the reading was tomorrow night, which is what I get for ( Read more... )