Anything-can-happen Day

Oh, let’s see. . .the day-job. The less said on that head, I think, the better. On to pleasanter things, like –

The arrival of a royalty check! Yes! Royalty check! Not, I’m sorry to say, for Duianfey, nor for Longeye, neither of which has earned out — but Fledgling has.

Honestly, that kid. . .

What else? Did the dishes, took out the trash, opened up George’s file, meaning to write “a page” — that’s about 250 words, for those who count.

Wound up with a little more than five pages, finishing up a scene and a chapter. Not too bad on the day.

Tomorrow, alas, it’s back to the day-job and the damned data entry. A colleague suggested that I take a picture of the fruits of my labors, to include in my self-evaluation at merit report time. I can take the picture, but I’m pretty sure that no one who is actually in a position to do something about merit raises is going to understand what the picture means in terms of pure, physical labor.

. . .I once — no, I’m wrong — I twice left jobs where the ex-boss had to hire two women to replace me.

You take your black humor where you find it.

Progress on The Book Presently Known as George:
3,528 words/100,000 OR 3.53% complete

Originally published at Sharon Lee, Writer. You can comment here or there.

November Bestsellers at Uncle Hugo's

Originally posted by unclehugo_edgar at November Bestsellers at Uncle Hugo's

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Barrayaran Imperial Auditor Lord Miles Naismith Vorkosigan is top seller for a second month, and no other book this year is going to come anywhere near matching those sales. Thanks, Lois!

Bujold, Lois McMaster - Vorkosigan #13: Cryoburn (Baen HC, $25.00, 1st Edition, Signed by the author on the title page)
Jordan, Robert / Sanderson, Brandon - Wheel of Time #13: Towers of Midnight (Tor HC, $29.99, 1st Edition)
Cook, Glen - Instrumentalities of the Night #3: Surrender to the Will of the Night (Tor HC, $27.99, 1st Edition)
Butcher, Jim - Dresden Files: Side Jobs: Stories from the Dresden Files (Roc HC, $25.95, 1st Edition)
Pratchett, Terry - Discworld YA #5: I Shall Wear Midnight (Harper Collins HC, $16.99, Later Printing, Ages 12 and up)
Willis, Connie - All Clear (Spectra HC, $26.00, 1st Edition)
McKinley, Robin - Pegasus (Putnam HC, $18.99, 1st Edition, Ages 12 and up)
Stirling, S.M. - Change #7: The High King of Montival (Roc HC, $25.95, 1st Edition, Signed by the author on the title page)

Lee, Sharon - Carousel Tides (Baen TPB, $14.00, 1st Edition)
Willis, Connie - Blackout (Spectra TPB, $16.00, Reprint of 2010 HC)
Adams, John Joseph (editor) - Federations (Prime Books TPB, $14.95, 1st Edition, Signed by Lois McMaster Bujold)
Gaiman, Neil (writer) / McKean, Dave (illustrator) - The Graveyard Book (Harper Collins TPB, $7.99, Reprint of 2008 HC, Ages 9 and up)
Jemisin, N.K. - Inheritance #2: The Broken Kingdoms (Orbit TPB, $13.99, 1st Edition)

Cook, Glen - Garrett PI #13: Gilded Latten Bones (Roc PB, $7.99, 1st Edition)
Niven, Larry / Lerner, Edward M. - Ringworld Prequel #3: Destroyer of Worlds (Tor PB, $7.99, Reprint of 2009 HC)
Briggs, Patricia - Aralorn #2: Wolfsbane (Ace PB, $7.99, 1st Edition)
Shepherd, Mike (aka Moscoe, Mike) - Kris Longknife #8: Redoubtable (Ace PB, $7.99, 1st Edition)
Pratchett, Terry - Discworld #32: Unseen Academicals (Harper PB, $7.99, Reprint of 2009 HC)
Ringo, John - Troy Rising #1: Live Free or Die (Baen PB, $7.99, Reprint of 2010 HC)
Correia, Larry - Monster Hunter #2: Vendetta (Baen PB, $7.99, 1st Edition, Signed by the author on the title page)
McDevitt, Jack - Time Travelers Never Die (Ace PB, $7.99, Reprint of 2009 HC)
Carey, Mike - Felix Castor #4: Thicker Than Water (Orbit UK PB, $8.99, Reprint of 2009 HC)
Kadrey, Richard - Sandman Slim #1: Sandman Slim (Eos PB, $7.99, 1st Mass Market Printing, Reprint of 2009 HC, Signed by the author on the title page)
Briggs, Patricia - Aralorn #1: Masques (Ace PB, $7.99, 1st Thus (revised from 1993 edition))
Brown, Eric - Guardians of the Phoenix (Solaris PB, $7.99, 1st Edition)
Jerome, Celia (aka Metzger, Barbara) - Trolls in the Hamptons (DAW PB, $7.99, 1st Edition)
Monk, Devon - Allie Beckstrom #5: Magic at the Gate (Roc PB, $7.99, 1st Edition)