A little bit of writing tonight, about 250 words, mostly experimenting with the opening scene of "Origins". It will be rewritten a few times before I get it to where I like it, I imagine. Nevertheless, it’s a start and often the opening scene is the hardest part of the story for me to get right.…
Work was not overly busy today, but that’s mainly because I’m still waiting on people to do things. The nice thing about today was no meetings–the only day this week where that is true. Worked until about 4:30 today and then met Kelly at "our spot" outside Ann Taylor and we headed home. I needed a shave…
Skipped the gym this evening. I much better at the gym in the morning, and I may have to find a way to get back to a morning schedule. Less-than-optimal day at work. I was waiting for some spreadsheets to prepare for a meeting and they were never done, and now we have had to push…
At lunch today, after dashing over to the post office to drop off a manuscript and get some holiday stamps, I headed to the library to find something to read when I finish Frameshift (which very well could be this evening). What a delight it is, wandering through the stacks. The local branch doesn’t have the…
Finally! My workshop manuscript is in the mail and on its way to ANALOG. This is the first new story I’ve sent out in a long time. (The last story, "The Golden Watch" was actually a complete reworking of an older story.) This one, however, called "If By Reason of Strength…" is brand new, written…
A big Happy Birthday goes out to my niece, Ruby, who turns 5 years old today. (Whenever someone turns five years old I can’t help but think of the opening line to Harlan Ellison’s story, "Jefty was five. He was always five.") Hope you have a terrific birthday! And a quick note: I was offline…
I really slept in late today, not getting out of bed until close to 9:30 AM–two hours after Kelly got up this morning. I started reading Robert J. Sawyer’s Frameshift this morning, and spent much of the day reading–and enjoying it very much. Rob has a knack for telling a good story and I’ve been trying to…
I woke up sore this morning from all of the Wii playing yesterday. I slept in a bit, and when I woke up, I jumped right back into Only Begotten Daughter, making some more headway, and enjoying the story very much. Kelly and I decided to head into Georgetown today. The weather was nice and we thought we’d…
I finished reading joe_haldeman ‘s Marsbound this morning. I very much enjoyed it, although I didn’t think it was as good as his last few books, especially The Accidental Time Machine. But it’s looking to be the first of a series and the series looks promising. If nothing else, it was good ol’ science fiction, which was what…
Great Thanksgiving dinner at Sarah’s this evening. Early in the afternoon, I set about making my stuffed mushrooms. I made two kinds, a spicy, seasoned kind and a more bland kind. The spicy, seasoned ones came out really good. I surprised myself. We headed over to Sarah’s just before 3 PM. All told, there were nine…