Reinventing the wheel yet again

I love this. Like it would never occur to an author to have a professional website, the easiest and least expensive kind of PR that there is in this Age that We Live In. And, of course, you-an-author need to "claim" your page on their site, to make sure that it's not claimed by somebody who isn't you, and oh! I'm just really aggravated by the whole thing.

Anyhow, have "claimed" my page, ill-temperedly: http://www.filedby.com/author/sharon_lee/584329/

I have no idea if anyone can actually read it and don't expect to be updating it any time soon, if at all. For what it's worth. Relevant article below.
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New Site Hosts 1.8 Million Author Web Pages ( A PW newletter snip)

By Jim Milliot

A new Web site that features 1.8 million author Web pages has been launched
by Filedby, Inc., a new company founded by former Ingram executive Peter
Clifton and industry analyst Mike Shatzkin. Filedby.com host Web pages that
provides a brief biography and a list of works for all American and Canadian
authors. Users can login and write reviews or make comments about authors.
Authors, or their publishers, can update or link to the page.

Clifton noted that filedby was intentionally designed to highlight authors
rather than books. “It helps make authors discoverable,” Clifton said. In
addition to the social networking aspects of the site, there are links
enabling users to buy the book. Filedby will host the site for free, but
will charge a fee for authors or publishers who want to add more options
such as media postings, event listings and online press kits. Clifton
believes that with publishers looking to cut costs, filedby provides an
inexpensive way to give authors a Web presence.

http://www.filedby.com/Default.aspx?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1

And! Tomorrow's Monday

Not only is it Monday, it's the first day after Spring break and the students will be back. In theory, Spring break is a week where I can take it a little easy at the day-job, and catch up on stuff that I had to let slide in order to accommodate various Alarums and Excursions. Happily for me, one of the small programs for which I provide support decided to save me from boredom by going bat-shit last week. I hope to ghod that it's not going to continue into this week. I've done everything I could to make sure that doesn't happen, but... Fingers crossed.

I did get a good amount of work done on Mouse and Dragon this weekend, though to those not intimately involved in the work, it'll seem like backsliding. I'm resetting the word-count meter to where the story now stands, through the end of the new chapter fourteen. There's one more chapter written, but it will need to be substantially expanded to the point that it will be a Whole New Chapter by the time I'm done, so this is as good a place as any to start counting words again.

During breathers this weekend, I've been reading a web-comic called Red String. It's like eating potato chips; I can't stop, and the bag's not empty yet. I wish somebody would explain to me why everybody loves Miharu, though. I mean, she's a mouthy, attitudinal kid with not-very-good-grades. At least Tohru Honda has a discerning heart. I'm not sure that's the case with Miharu.

Progress on Mouse and Dragon

41374 / 100000

Hope everybody had a good weekend!