Sunny today. the high was 86F.

As for work, writing, the chapbook/novella, the fearsome deadline, and all that...between my insomnia, a yelping pack of coyotes, and Blixa, I hardly slept last night. Which makes my third all-but-sleepless night in a row.

Seriously, our local coyote pack was in fine form last night.

I finished S.E. Hinton's Rumble ( Read more... )

Indeed.

Sunny today, and our high was 86F, with a heat index of 87F.

I was awake at 5 a.m., up and writing at 6, and I did another 1,005 words on "Dark-Adapted Eyes." I'm hoping to finish it on Friday. Not much sleep, but at least there was words.

I also began reading S.E. Hinton's Rumble Fish. The afternoon film was Francis Lawrenece's ( Read more... )

Nostly sun today, a welcome relief. No rain. Our high was 82F, with a heat index of 84F ( Read more... )

I'd expected another day of relentless rain and sun. Instead, we got mostly sun. There was downpour near sunset,  but, all in all, a great relief after yesterday. Our high was 84F, with a heat index of 89F.

Muggy.

I was up at 6:30 a.m., and I did 1,007 words on something for the next Sirenia Digest. I'm going to get that done before going back to ( Read more... )

Overcast and chilly this morning. Again. Currently, it's only 54˚F. We've slipped back into March, with no real relief in sight. But at least it's green outside.

Yesterday was every sort of frustrating. I went back over sections of The Tindalos Asset with Spooky, and we talked plot, and I did some editing to what I wrote the day before. But not ( Read more... )

Ugly day out there. Currently, it's 47˚F and feels like 44˚F. No sign of the sun.

Spooky's on her way to South County, to see her parents and a fat cat named Spider.

Something I just posted to Facebook:

There has never before in my life been a time when, as a Democrat, I've been afraid to criticize a Democratic candidate for fear of being ( Read more... )

Happy Winter Solstice. Now, we tilt back towards summer. Back towards the sun and life, away from the dark and cold ( Read more... )

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A quick reminder: This evening at 7 p.m. EST (4 p.m. PST), Steve and I will be answering questions about Alabaster: Wolves via Twitter (#AlabasterComics). Also, we'll be giving away 10 FREE Digital copies of Alabaster: Wolves to participants that will be distributed when it becomes available on April 11th. Be there, kittens ( Read more... )

1) An Alabaster: Wolves update: On March 28th at 4pm Pacific Time, Steve Lieber and I will be answering questions LIVE on Twitter, hashtag #AlabasterComics. Here's the official announcement, with additional details. Note the FREE giveaways: 10 FREE Digital copies of Alabaster: Wolves to participants, to will be distributed when it becomes available ( Read more... )

It's a good damn thing The Hunger Games came along, so all the internet assholes who hadn't actually seen John Carter but were having so much fun tearing it apart now have a shiny new toy to break. They won't see The Hunger Games, either, of course, but that's the point ( Read more... )