So let’s see where things stand, shall we? 1.  This weekend has mostly been me lazing about, and doing bits of things that need doing. Rather boring to blog about. Except signing the contracts (finally!) for Gin & Tonic #3 & #4. That’s always exciting. 2.  Today is father’s day. As I said elsewhere in the […]
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Today was… both quite productive (despite my usual grumbles, the deflag of the copyedit for FIXED is going well, and should be finished tomorrow) and really frustrating, on fronts I can’t discuss. Â So around 2pm, after a phone call to deal with some of the frustration, I decided “screw it” and hauled out the bike,
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It rains. Â And is chilly. Â I am not feeling the urge to haul down to the farmer’s market this morning. Â In fact, my only urge is to sit on the sofa, nom toast-and-coffee, and work on the Hard-Deadline Client Project. I suppose that’s not a bad goal, actually. Meanwhile, I have this odd feeling that
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A bit of what’s currently in production… One of the things that she liked most about Mary’s, besides the staff, was that they didn’t have a jukebox, or live music, ever. There was a radio at the bar that sometimes played jazz, just softly enough to be soothing, but you could always hear who
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Preface:  I am normally of the “it’s none of your business how much I earn, any more than how much you earn is any of my business” mindset.  But… maybe this will help people understand.  Or not.  I don’t know. ———————— mizkit posted about writerly income at a momentary reality check and I’m reposting here because, well, WHAT
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The contract for Gin & Tonic #3-#4 arrived in my inbox, and has been gone over. I will say that reading the marked-up pdf on my iPad mini was more enjoyable than trying to wrangle the legal-size paper Simon & Schuster still uses. Â Anyway, it reminded me that #3 is due in SEPTEMBER, not October
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Most days, I work out of my home office. It’s a nice space – lots of natural light, a comfy chair, easy access to good coffee, hot and cold sleeping kittens. And I don’t have to wear shoes. But when you work at home, alone, you can go a little batshit after a while, looking
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So, this is very cool, simply for what it is. Â But it’s also neat to look at the difference in stance-choices, and what they say about each interpretation of the same character, both from a timeframe perspective, and the actor himself. Personally, the only one I ‘believe’ is shooting, rather than posing, is Craig. Â His
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And lo, the copyedit of SOUL OF FIRE is done, and all the flags have been deflagged, the queries answered, and the irritations bit down and buried – because the CE will not see your responses, so although snarking in return may feel good, it’s also pointless. Â Bite ’em down and move on. Or, y’know,
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Since Amazon got the jump on me, without too much further ado, the cover for FIXED, the second Gin & Tonic mystery…. When someone from the local animal shelter approaches her about finding  grant funds that have gone missing, Ginny Mallard convinces her bartender friend Teddy Tonica to help her investigate once again. They soon
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