Sunny today and a high of 43F, after a nightly low of 35F, though to me it felt much colder.

I think I hardly slept last night. But I got up at 7 a.m., and I worked. I am having to teach myself again that writing is not something I do when I feel like doing it, when I am inspired. It is what I do that pays the bills, which has always been my ( Read more... )

Quite a warm day for the week before Christmas. Sunny, until very late, and our high was 73.9F. But that all changes tomorrow.

The day was spent looking for something I can write for Sirenia Digest 224. That included reading through parts of The Ammonite Violin & Others and Confessions of a Five-Chambered Heart. It's an odd (and I suppose terribly ( Read more... )

It has actually become a cliche, that we are living through something so astoundinglt idiotic that it qualities as "the worst of all possible worlds." And while that probably isn't true (we are juggling with the many worlds interpretaion of quantum physics here, and since options are infinite, there is always something far worse). And exactly why ( Read more... )

Very, very hot here. We have a heat advisory. It's currently 96F, with a heat index of 101F ( Read more... )

Hot today. Sunny and hot, with an orange air alert. Our high was 94F, with low humidity.

Desperate for some scrap of "inspiration," I pulled several Harlan Ellison and Ray Bradbury short story collections off the shelves this morning, determined to get through them over the next two or three days - I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream, Paingod and ( Read more... )

The morning was cloudy, but we've had a sunny afternoon. The high was only 90˚F, with a heat index of 96˚F ( Read more... )

Sunny today. Our high was 86˚F ( Read more... )

A sunny day. A little warmer. Our high was 78˚F.

And I caught up on my sleep. I slept close to nine hours last night, as much as the previous two nights combined. But I was up at 8 a.m. and did about 1k new words on "Living a Boy's Adventure Tale" before setting that aside to ponder a new piece for Sirenia Digest No. 195. And then Kathryn and I ( Read more... )

A sunny, very warm day. Our high was 83˚F, and it's still 75˚F ( Read more... )

A fine and sunny day. Everything is green. Currently it's 60˚F, and our high last today was 72˚F.

I posted the following on Facebook this afternoon:

Ever wanted me to write some particular story? Ever been like, "Why has Caitlín never written a story or vignette about [X]?" Well, here's your chance. I'm having trouble coming up with something for ( Read more... )