Writers are aware of how their work–not just their own work but work rather like theirs–is perceived, evaluated, and judged in the world. Writers–as shown by the current WGA strike–are not nearly as highly valued as they used to be, when fewer people could write but many wanted something to read. But this post isn’t Read More…
Tag: life beyond writing
O Happy Day!
Review copy of DEEDS OF YOUTH arrived in the mail today for me to look at all the pages and find any flaws. I did some, will do more tomorrow and Sunday. Today was gloating and checking the first two stories in it. I’ve had too much screen time lately, working on “Bank Transfer” so Read More…
Minor Joys
Sometimes all the “news” is dire but there are still minor joys. Like getting the Yellow-billed Cuckoo’s call caught on the Bird Sounds App “Merlin” where it agreed with me that it was, indeed, a Yellow-billed Cuckoo. I’m still bemused by Merlin’s assertion that a cicada/grasshopper like noise at midday on a sunny day was Read More…
Introducing…
Many of you know David Watson as Don Iolo in the SCA, white-scarf rapier fencer, crossbow maker, storyteller, lute player, all-around great friend and good companion. Many of you also know him via my various newsgroups and blogs over the years, and those who know him in person know he’s got a background in history Read More…
Consultant’s Gone, So…
What’s next? Well, there’s a dentist visit coming up, which will include assessment of the tooth most affected by the face-to-sidewalk smash, some work deferred while working on tech & organization, including an ad for ArmadilloCon and other arrangements for the release of DEEDS OF YOUTH. Today was in part folding laundry. It would’ve been Read More…
The Final Countdown…But Not The End of Change
Progress since the previous has included acquiring an outside “can” to add to the mesh network and make service at the other house (was my mother’s house) (will be installed on a pole today.) Clearing up software glitches/inconsistencies in the new hardware, double-checking that new security software is actually installed, not just ‘on the list,” Read More…
More Progress on the Tech & Office Upgrade
As of yesterday: Both new computers and their associated extras (some leftover, some new) are installed, with current software, and running just fine. I’m still having some quibbles with the new Paint Shop Pro because some favorite and very frequently used functions either aren’t there, or are somewhere I haven’t found yet. My new printer’s Read More…
Yes, I’m Better
Progress continues: some more stitches have come out (not all yet) , the nose-scab is down to a snarky-looking dot, energy level is coming right back up, and I’ll be looking for a new bifocal prescription pretty soon, when the final soreness is gone. Yes, the new computer system Kate came to install is nearing Read More…
One Stitch Out
One of the stitches in my lip came out this morning…the ER doctor (not naming him bc I don’t know if he wants his name spread around a bunch) wanted them to stay in for 10 days, but…these self-dissolving ones let go when they feel like it. And I kept laughing at things Kate said Read More…
Getting Back in Shape
Not me personally, but my office…following the Great Computer Crash and the I-Can’t-Believe-It’s-Not-Covid Scare and the Attack of the Gravity Monster (still healing from that last one), and with the help of the amazing Kate Shull, I am now in possession of the Boxes of Delight. Two new computers (one for me, one for husband, Read More…