On returning from the north country
Sunday, March 18th, 2012 10:02 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rolanniWe had a lovely time at the Maine School of Science and Mathematics in Limestone on Friday. A nice group of students and teachers came to hear us talk about the writing life, and then we headed back down to central Maine in the beginning swirls of a snowstorm.
By the time we hit Mars Hill, the snow was thick rain, and from Houlton onward, just rain, with the temps dancing between 34 and 36F (1 t0 2C) and moose potentially on the move. Still, we made it home in good time, even with stopping off at the Unity House of Pizza to take on a double-garlic pizza.
Unfortunately, the cold I caught in a much less virulent form than Steve did several weeks ago took advantage of our travels to come back on me like a ton of bricks. No fair! So, I’ll be working from the couch again today, and hope to avoid the two-hour nap attack that ate into yesterday’s production of words.
Remember! Fanboy Glass has Tree-and-Dragon glassware for your every need.
Also, Steve has been busy with the conversion of various bits of a Miri Robertson/Klamath novel. You can read the intro here and the first bit here. To the best of my knowledge, he plans to get another bit up on the site tomorrow, Monday, March 19, so…watch the skies. Or at least, the webpage.
For those keeping score at home, the To-Do List now looks like this:
1. Turn in Necessity’s Child — March 31
2. Go to Meriden for Socks — April 1
3. Talk at Rockland, Maine Public Library — April 5 (6:30 p.m.)
4. ConQuesT — May 25-27
5. Turn in short story to Baen — July 1
6. Turn in Trade Secret — July 15
7. Figure out the Liaden audible lexicon
8. Convert Barnburner and Gunshy into ebooks
9. Feasibility study: remodel bathroom
Progress on Necessity’s Child (tbfkaG)
89,908/100,000 words OR 89.9%
A gadje woman with sleepy green eyes and long black hair leaned against the side wall, her arms crossed over her chest.
Originally published at Sharon Lee, Writer. You can comment here or there.
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Date: 2012-03-18 03:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-03-18 05:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-03-18 04:37 pm (UTC)Get well soon.
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Date: 2012-03-18 07:06 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-03-18 07:24 pm (UTC)Leaving aside the philosophical point that those who are better equipped to open closet and cabinet doors will do so, and therefore perhaps find more excitement than those who are less well equipped, I've never known a polydactyl cat who seemed to have less than a complete appreciation of their toes and their abilities.
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Date: 2012-03-19 10:04 pm (UTC)Misc
Date: 2012-03-19 12:36 am (UTC)So could Steve write that Miri/Klamath novel sometime? Could you do a pay as we go thing for it for your fans? That's worked before.
Boo to those ignorant breed standard whoevertheyares for not allowing extra toed Maine Coon cats into the Cat Fancy. People who know after all think better of Maine Coon cats with extra toes. Although of course we can't exactly know what the Maine Coons themselves think of the ones with extra toes. For those who live in the house surely it's a plus to be able to open closet and cabinet doors more easily. That ability might result in extra treats and toys for all the cats in the home.
Miri
Date: 2012-03-19 08:43 pm (UTC)Are these splinters different from the MISFITS novella?
And if there are more Miri snippets available (on, for example, Smashwords) I'd appreciate someone hinting me towards them.
Thanks ~
Re: Miri
Date: 2012-03-20 02:36 pm (UTC)Still Ichhliad Brunner needed to be dealt with: he was, after all, someone that Miri owed a Balance to. That story eventually came forward in a newly visualized way and was published at Jim Baen’s Universe as the novella Misfits.
Read all about it: http://splinteruniverse.com/?page_id=414