Month: October 2005

  • Abbreviated Day

    I’m still feeling crummy. Crummier, in fact. Skipped ISY, because I’m ahead on that, and am plowing through HAWKSPAR, getting as much done as I can before I fall over. I hate being sick. I am a lousy patient. I’ve been fighting this with zinc and vitamin C, and lots of fluids, and healthy food.…

  • Done for the Day

    Hit 102,921 words on Hawkspar, and am on page 506. I’m also now more halfway through the book. Time to put my feet up. Download as PDFPrint Page

  • A New Hawkspar Snippet

    This is about midway through the book — just a piece of a much longer scene, in which our sturdy Tonk sailors and the Oracle Hawkspar sit down to dinner with uninvited cannibals. The viewpoint character is Hawkspar herself. This was yesterday’s green scene. One note. Comments are open, but please don’t copyedit the text.…

  • 43,670 The Goal, Plus Change

    And on time, too. Dia and her EMT buddies went diving. Things didn’t turn out too well. Download as PDFPrint Page

  • Crawling Out of the Woodwork

    I’m coming down with something. Sinus, sore throat, general ooginess. Skipped my workout today — I’m doing quite well, by the way, and today was legs and abs, which is my preferred workout (harder for me to be excited about upper body and abs). Rule is, don’t work out when you’re sick. Use the energy…

  • Got A Little Carried Away on I SEE YOU

    Finished with 41,521 words, more than the two thousand I needed, but I didn’t feel like stopping. And I still got my words in right at two hours. ISY is moving nicely — Dia’s going diving following a rough night; her day is going to be even worse. But that’s tomorrow. Now on to HAWKSPAR,…

  • Autographed Books Hit the Mail

    I spent a couple of hours last night autographing the nine copies of Talyn for Sheila’s contest winners. “A couple of hours?” you say. Well, for some of them, I came up with all-new Old Tonk Proverbs. On some, I drew the winner’s Tonk monogram. (This would appropriately be worn tattooed between the shoulder blades,…

  • Goals for Today

    2000 words on ISY (to 41,222) by 11 am (getting a late start today). Followed by as much of HAWKSPAR as I can do. — Yesterday didn’t look like much on the progress bar, but I actually wrote 3000 new words. Download as PDFPrint Page

  • Oh, Yes … And Category 5 Wilma

    At the moment it’s forecast to roll just north of my daughter’s house, leaving her, Frank, and Frank’s family on the dirty side of the storm. Tracks change, storms weaken. My thoughts are on the latter, mostly. Download as PDFPrint Page

  • The Joke’s on Us, I Guess

    Copied from an e-mailed joke. Isn’t this amazing? TAXES Accounts Receivable Tax Building Permit Tax Capital Gains Tax CDL license Tax Cigarette Tax Corporate Income Tax Court Fines (indirect taxes) Dog License Tax Federal Income Tax Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA) Fishing License Tax Food License Tax Fuel permit tax Gasoline Tax (42 cents per gallon)…