Sunny today, and hot. Our high was 93F, with a heat index of 97F.

This morning I set the novella aside and did 1,013 words on a new vignette, as yet untitled, for Sirenia Digest 219. It's something that's been in my head for months. Later, I began work on the signature pages for Bright Dead Star, but made it only about a third of the way through ( Read more... )

Sunny today. Much better than yesterday. Our high was 76F. I was able to have my office window open for a couple of hours ( Read more... )

Mostly sunny today. Our high (so far) was 81F.

No writing. I hope to be back to it by Thursday morning.

The afternoon's movie was Christopher Nolan's Inception (2010).

Creationism is truly as durable as any vampire. Supersition and ignorance is far more durable than what can be gleaned of the world by reason, if only because superstition and ( Read more... )

Beautiful weather today. Sunny, and our high was 81F ( Read more... )

Cloudy all day, but I don't think we've had any rain. The high was 67F ( Read more... )

A sunny day today. Our high was 73˚F.

My day began by pouring coffee on my desk, including a computer. I have never once spilled anything on any computer, so it was a new experience for me. Half asleep to utter panic in a matter of seconds. But, while it cost me the morning's writing, nothing was actually damaged. I just had to do a lot of ( Read more... )

Another gross weather her day, as the "coldpocalypse" barrels towards us. Our high was 49˚F. We have a windchill warning for tomorrow night, a hard-freeze warning for tomorrow night into Christmas Day, and we have Wind Chill Advisory Friday and Saturday. But we are told that as soon as this cold front passes through, our temperatures will return to ( Read more... )

A very cold day, though we have colder in store. Our low last night was 28˚F, our high today was 45˚F.

This morning, despite oversleeping until 8 a.m., I managed to write 1,176 words and finish "Passage of Venus in Front of the Sun." It will appear in Sirenia Digest 201, which I hope will go out to subscribers late tomorrow ( Read more... )

I actually wrote the first of this entry about 8 a.m., then decided I rather work on "Night Fishing," the story for Weird Tales, so I set it aside for the evening:

I forgot to go outside yesterday ( Read more... )

Sunny and warmer still today. We reached 82 ( Read more... )