Sunny today. Our high was 68F; warmer tomorrow.

Well, today was not as productive as I needed it to be, but it wasn't a loss. I made progress with "Terra Mater (Dissolve)," but I did not find THE END. So, hopefully tomorrow. my lit agent called from NYC about 10:30 this morning, and we talked about a lot of things. Which is one of several reasons ( Read more... )

A few minutes after I got out of bed, I wrote this on Facebook: I woke up at 8 a.m., after not getting to sleep until sometime after 4 a.m., fretting over old wrongs done to me. These ghosts are never going to let me rest. Here in Providence, it's 4˚F, with a windchill of -12˚F. I hate this place. Now, two and a half hours later, the temperature is ( Read more... )

I actually am not sure I have the words to express how much I hate winter. The cold weather. The barren trees. All of it. For what it's worth, it's warmer today, currently 43˚F, with the windchill at 34˚F. We made it up into the low fifties yesterday.

No real progress on The Tindalos Asset yesterday ( Read more... )

Here in Providence, on November 3rd, it's 74˚F and a good percentage of the trees are still green and flowers are blooming everywhere. Yes, it's a Chinese hoax ( Read more... )

I was, of course, being excessively ambitious in thinking I could easily do two or three entries today. Here it is 9:03 p.m., and I'm only just beginning the second. Anyway...

On July 29th, trying to take my mind off the nonsense with Penguin and the heartlessness of remaindering, we drove up to New Bedford, Massachusetts, to visit the New Bedford ( Read more... )

I have this plan today, as it's cool enough to stay in - indeed, there is presently a tremendous thunderstorm bearing down upon us and only 72F outside. I plan to write two or three entries in an attempt to sort of catch up and write down some of the more pleasant things from the last week or so, moments that were good despite the Troubles with ( Read more... )