And the rainy day that was yesterday led to a very stormy last night. I lay awake an hour or so, just watching the lighting and listening to the thunder. But the sun came back today, and the high was 76˚F ( Read more... )

Sunny today and warmer. The high was 66˚F.

I spent much of the day planning the next few issues of Sirenia Digest. Here's how it's going to work: Subscribers will be receiving a new issue once a week for the next six weeks (nos. 186-189 and nos. 192-193). And then I'll be all caught up and things will go back to the normal 1/month ( Read more... )

On this day, sixty-five years ago, the dismembered body of Elizabeth Short was found in Leimert Park, Los Angeles.

Bitterly cold (but no snow) here in Providence. We had single digits last night, and the temperature Outside is currently 15˚F.

Here's a link to the full text of the starred (!) Publishers Weekly review of The Drowning Girl: A Memoir ( Read more... )

After the nightmare that was today, I so need this:

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Because, you know, you can only write "yesterday I didn't write anything" so many times. It gets old. But yesterday I did write, 1,332 words on a piece called "Scene in the Museum (1896)" for Sirenia Digest #21. It did about 300 words the day before. I'm getting back in the saddle, as they say. I am striving, presently, to write an erotic tale that ( Read more... )