...mentally, maybe not so much. I'm so ready for a break! It'll be lovely not to have to get up at 6am for 2 weeks. If only it were longer! But I'll take the 2 weeks and be grateful, on so many levels. I haven't had any time off since last year (except for a long weekend here, a day there), due in part to being laid off from my former job in July. ( Read more... )

When will I have the time to read all the books being published by people I personally know and love (or at least like a lot), much less read the books being published by people I've say only met a few times or never even met? How can I find the time?

I definitely want to get Green, the latest by jaylake, because it sounds right up my alley, my kind of ( Read more... )

It was nice being able to go into the dealer's room this year and just be free to buy books. The last year and a half that just wasn't possible, but even though I spent a little more than I expected to, it's all perfectly within my budget so I'm happy.

So, in random order, I got the following books today:

1. and 2. Staying Dead and Curse the ( Read more... )

I spent a few hours lazing at Genuine Joe's. Then I decided to go grab lunch and hit Half Price Books. I scored at Half Price! They had The Miracle at Speedy Motors, which I talked about previously, they had Carrie Vaughn's newest Kitty book, which just came out. I also picked up Charmed and Ready by Candace Havens (it follows up Charmed and ( Read more... )

I have two books I'm currently working on. I seem to be in something of a Steampunk mood right now. I picked up jaylake's Mainspring at WorldCon, and am giving it a go. And really liking it so far. It takes place in turn of the 20th c. New England, but it's a very different world than we know - the universe is a large clockwork mechanism put into ( Read more... )

I should mention that I did get several free books at ArmadilloCon this weekend. Always a lovely experience. I talked to some folks abuot the possibility of starting a fan-run convention dedicated to Paranormal romance, and a number of people expressed interest (including several writers ( Read more... )

1. I was hoping that Kerbey Lane would have chocolate chip pancakes today, but they didn't. So I got a short stack of raspberry instead. The NW Kerbey Lane is moving to a new location this weekend, to the northbound side of 183 at Anderson Mill Road. Very convenient to me ( Read more... )

First, cats are fed and medicated. Kitsu ate well, but stressed for pill time, so he's breathing a little hard again, but I think that'll calm down soon ( Read more... )

I've been a domestic Goddess today. Hit up the grocery and got dinner in the crockpot by 11 ( Read more... )

Things continue to be stressful for Kitsu. He's so angry and depressed right now (and anyone who says animals don't have feelings can kiss my ass, because I know this cat, and I know he's not beren happy). He's running from me because of course, I'm the medicine dispenser. I got up early this morning to catch him (he kept running from me, which ( Read more... )