groggy
dude_the went winging back to the Midwest yesterday. Didn’t get a chance to hug him goodbye ‘cause he had to be at the airport before I got home from work. Pook. Still dazed from the convention, but a full night's sleep has helped get a few more neurons firing. Although I seem to be coming down with some Con Crud, dangit. Usually that misses me. Guess I needed to get a little more alcohol in my system. I had all of two sips of "Peach Pie"--a very potent and very yummy alternative to the (in)famous Tech Ops "Pie"--and that wasn't quite enough to sterlize my system. Alas. *cough cough snog*
We picked up Hobkin from his godmother’s, and the wee fuzzy beastie is glad to be home. He snuggled with me all last night, except for when he was demanding to be fed, of course. I noticed that his coat’s already growing in thick from its summer shed. He’s all soft and fluffy. And round. Very, very round. Hobkin appears to be packing on the weight a bit early this year, and his coat’s gotten lush pretty early too. Wonder if that means it’ll be an early winter? Skunk as barometer. Yep.
Writing Stuff
Much catching up to do. There was a slew of hardcopy review material for Tangent waiting for me on the doorstep after we got back from Dragon*Con, which I need to assign to reviewers and sling back out into the postal service thoroughfares. I'm way behind on The Town Drunk work (gah, I hope
britzkrieg doesn't hate me). And I got a rewrite suggestion from my agent on the novel-->picture book manuscript. I also need to finish the review I'm writing for the Jigsaw NationGotta get them hamsters back in the air, pronto!
Published:
- My reprint of “Second Daughter” is now up at Her Circle Ezine.
- My “Ten Myths About Writing for Kids” article is up at Writing-World.com. But hrm, September's Writing for Young Readers column isn’t up yet. I wonder when in the month that’s slated for . . .
[Edit: It's up, it's up! "An Interview with Deborah Vetter of the Cricket Magazine Group".]
Received:
Oof. I came home to a string of “no”s. Ouch ow owitch.
- 23-day “did make the final review but . . . “ from Apex Digest.
- 127-day kindly “no” from my editor at Cicada. Wah!
- 123-day “dear writer” from Black Warrior Review. Eh, that one was a long shot anyway.
In better news, I got a note from jimhines letting me know that he’s now got a tentative release date from DAW books for Heroes in Training: September 2007. Woo!
