Warmer today and sunny. Our high was 58˚F.

This morning I wrote 1,449 words and finished "Build Your Houses With Their Backs to the Sea." Before line edits, the total word count is 7,033 words. And later I finished reading Jim Foster's Cambrian Ocean World: Ancient Sea Life of North AmericaThe afternoon's documentaries included one on the history ( Read more... )

Sunny today. Our high was 94˚F, with a heat index of 100˚F.

I slept better last night, but I got almost nothing whatsoever done workwise today. Not real work. I did some with Winifred.

I finally finished reading Dan Simmons' The Abominable. I enjoyed it thoroughly. The afternoon's movie was Christopher Nolan's Interstellar (2014), because I ( Read more... )

After a weeks of clouds the sun came back about 1 p.m. this afternoon, lifting my spirits considerably. Of course, as I begin writing this, it just got cloudy again. But I don't think it'll last. our high today was 84˚F, with a heat index of 89˚F ( Read more... )

Sunny today. Our high was 88˚F, with a heat index of 98˚F.

I actually managed a lot of work today, though I was unwell in the evening. I talked with Bill Schafer about Bradbury Weather, and I talked with my agents about...stuff. I cleaned my office a little. My contributor's copies of the new edition of From Weird and Distant Shores arrived and it ( Read more... )

A little cooler today, but the worst heat so far is coming next week. The weekend is just a passing respite. Today's high was 91˚F, with a heat index of 96˚F.

I was ill all morning. I got no work done. Okay, one email. Go me.

I did finish James Ellroy's autiobiographical My Dark Places and began his novel This Storm. You could same I'm on an ( Read more... )

I might have slept four hours last night. I was not well, and it had me up and down. But at 6 I got up for good and went to work. It was overcast then. Now the sun is out. Our high today was 86˚F, with the heat index at 89˚F ( Read more... )

Mostly cloudy today, but now the sun is out. Huzazah. Our high was 80˚F, with a heat index of 83˚F ( Read more... )

Sunny again today, and our high was 79˚F. But there's a stormy weekend ahead of us. So, I'm glad I made myself go outside, however briefly, about 4 p.m ( Read more... )

A very, very long day.

It was sunny, at least, if a little chilly. Our high was only 68˚F.

In the morning, I finished reading Michael Punke's The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge. I worked a little on Mosasaur Paper 1 (Mosasaur Paper 2 is currently shelved, because there are priorities). I had to email Bill Schafer at Subterranean Press and another ( Read more... )

Mostly sunny today. Our high was 70˚F.

Not a lot to say for today. I spoke with Bill Schafer and with another publisher via email.

I finished Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin really excellent American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer and began The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge by Michael Punke ( Read more... )