What I'll be doing for the next few days

This is Carousel Seas, in manuscript, with attendant files, notepads and pens:

The living room office, with owl

As of this writing, Trooper is on the bed, Mozart is on the floor and in motion,  Scrabble sleeps with the heffalumps and peace reigns at the Cat Farm.  Mozart is sounding a little hoarse this morning, but I haven't heard a curse word out of him this morning.  The squirt bottle is primed, just in case.

Once again, this:

Close up of the project in hand. With owl.

...is what is going to be occupying most of my attention for the immediate future, so I'll be scarce.  It's possible -- well, probable -- that we'll take a couple hours off on Wednesday, because -- The Lone Ranger.  I'd hate to tell you how very much I want to see this movie, then it'll be back to work.  With luck and a tailwind -- and the minimum of Cat Drama -- the completed manuscript should be ready to hand in by July 15.

So!  What're your big plans for the coming week?

No doubt about it, I've gotta get another chair

Trooper, doing the job in the office today, while Mozart covers the living room:

Trooper, filling up the co-pilot's chair in my office

The question has come up:  What color is Trooper?

Trooper is brown and white.  Or as it says here:  Brown (black) classic tabby/white.  Also, as you can see here, his toes are really pink.

Books read in 2013

Promises to Keep, Laura Anne Gilman (e)
Miles to Go, Laura Anne Gilman (e)
Even Money, Dick Francis & Felix Francis
Magic Bites, Ilona Andrews
Sandman Slim, Richard Kadrey
The Diviners, Libba Bray (e)
The Eighth Succession, Don Sakers
You're All Just Jealous of My Jetpack, Tom Gauld
Captain Vorpatril's Alliance, Lois McMaster Bujold (e)
Hellspark, Janet Kagan (re-re-re-re-re-re-&c-read)
The Year of the Dog, Grace Lin
The Quantum Thief, Hannu Rajaniemi (e)
Let's Pretend This Never Happened (a mostly true memoir), Jenny Lawson
How Dark the World Becomes, Frank Chadwick (e)
Shades of Milk and Honey, Mary Robinette Kowal
French Fried, Chris Dolley (e)
My Father's Dragon, Ruth Stiles Gannett (read aloud w/Steve)
Fair Game, Patricia Briggs (e)
Nymph, Francesca Lia Block (read aloud w/Steve)
Oh, Myyy, George Takei (e)
Hunting Ground, Patricia Briggs (e)
Cry Wolf, Patriacia Briggs (e)
Alpha and Omega, Patricia Briggs (e)
Miss Buncle, Married, D.E. Stevenson (read aloud w/Steve)
Agatha Heterodyne and the Hammerless Bell, Phil & Kaja Foglio
Moonrise Kingdom screenplay, Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola (e)