Hand-Foot Syndrome

I'm off the Regorafenib this week as part of the monthly dosage cycle. This seems to mean that my feet hurt a little bit less, and there's also less pain in my hands. Even so, my lovely case of hand-foot syndrome progresses. There's some cracking in the skin around my heels. My fingers are peeling like crazy. (Though oddly, so ( Read more... )

Regorafenib Side Effects

I've been taking the new medication for a week as of this morning. Side effects started showing up around this past Thursday, about four days in. The most noticeable is the early stages of hand and foot syndrome. Right now this expresses itself as a sharp heat intolerance in my hands and a mild heat intolerance in my feet ( Read more... )

I am busy these days. Working under a mortal deadline is wonderfully clarifying to the mind. Even if I am wrong about the immediate future, I am not wrong about the general trend of my disease, so the things I am trying to do right now apply regardless.

As mentioned recently, I have temporarily suspended work on Original Destiny, Manifest Sin to ( Read more... )

A new independent press deal is in the works. I'll announce shortly, but suffice to say that I am pleased.

I've temporarily stopped working on Original Destiny, Manifest Sin in order to concentrate on my editorial duties for METAtropolis: Green Space. This is all right, as the Original Destiny manuscript is now 40,000 words long. If I needed to ( Read more... )

Baseline HealthMy baseline health is a bit poorer than it has been in the past, even allowing for the fact that I'm on light artillery chemotherapy. My nails are splitting and cracking much more readily. My gums bleed excessively from tooth brushing. My ongoing weight gain is disproportionate to my dietary intake and exercise levels. (In the past I ( Read more... )

Here at Nuevo Rancho Lake, we have been enjoying a delightful visit from the effervescent Crystal Black. Sizzle Pie, Deschutes Brew Pub and Voodoo Doughnuts have been involved. Mmm mmm mmm.

Meanwhile, ( Read more... )

Two questions emerged during yesterday's efforts on Original Destiny, Manifest Sin. One is a character issue, the other is stylistic but at a very deep level.

Regarding characters, ( Read more... )

I really need to come up with an online icon for this book.

Spent a bit of time yesterday mapping the timeline and structure of Original Destiny, Manifest Sin. I've realized I'm going to have to approach this book differently from any of the other 20+ first draft novels I've ever written. With the partial exception of Madness of Flowers, I have ( Read more... )

I've been working on Original Destiny, Manifest Sin. Which is to say, I've read the roughly 17,000 word stub I'd already written, plus the unpublished short story "Fool's Curse". Plus the synopsis. Plus the other synopsis. Plus the timeline ( Read more... )

On being exhausted, albeit for good reasons

As previously mentioned, Friday afternoon I drove ( Read more... )