An unusually warm day today. Temperatures were well into the 60s! I had to run an errand early this afternoon and I went outside without my jacket and it felt great! Back to winter weather tomorrow, however.
Lots of mail today, including the February 2009 issue of ASIMOV’S and the December 13 issue of NEW SCIENTIST. Also, a package from stubiebrother containing a bunch of books for expectant parents (and mostly for dad’s).
This evening we watched the remaining episodes of Dexter, Season 3. Well, I watched them all; Kelly still has the season finale to watch. She was tired and had to call it a night. Still a good show after three seasons. I still have to actually see the first season, although at this point, it would be all back-story.
I’m 315 pages through The Hard SF Renaissance and really having a ball reading it. Tonight, as I finished up Robert Reed’s "Marrow", I thought about the stories I’ve read, and I don’t think I ever wanted to be a science fiction writer more than I did at that moment. True, I’ve got one professional sale under my belt, but these guys–these guys are the big leagues, they are the real pros and I so want to be able to do what they do.
I had a kind of mental list of tasks to take care of today, and completely blew it off. Better luck tomorrow, perhaps. I’m going to try and squeeze in one more story before calling it a night.
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