Sea waves are green and wet

[rolanni]

So!  Carousel Seas having gone out to beta readers, and High Summer being upon us, I went down to the sea again, to be sure I'd gotten my world-building right.

AsyouknowBob, Carousel Tides takes place before the Season begins. Carousel Sun takes place during the Early Season, and early in the Season itself -- which is close enough, ambiance-wise, to September, so long as you remember it backwards.

Carousel Seas, however, takes place in July and August -- the Highest of High Season; and it's been a Very Long Time since I've been at the ocean in High Season.

Boy, was it noisy.

I took a bunch of pictures, some of which are posted here.

We got home last night, and didn't do much more than unpack, and reassure the cats that, indeed, we had returned (well, that and eat pizza).  Today, I've been taking care of the mail that piled up while we were gone.  Unsurprisingly, that included some bills, but -- more surprisingly, because one never exactly know when these things will hit -- the D&A money for Trade Secret was also waiting for us, as well as the authors' copies for the mass market edition of Dragon Ship, and! the contract for the Audible edition of The Tomorrow Log.

And!  As if all of that wasn't enough excitement, one of the beta readers has already returned their impressions of Carousel Seas.

All of which leads me to believe that we ought to stop away from home more often.

The rest of my Sunday will be in the service of crafting an InfoDump, and reading the contract.

Tomorrow, I'll sit down and read Carousel Seas my own self, which I haven't done yet.  I'm looking forward to finding out what the story's about.

What've y'all been doing while I was gone?

____

Sea waves are green and wet,
But up from where they die,
Rise others vaster yet,
And those are brown and dry.
-- Robert Frost, Sand Dunes

Comments

[readinggeek451]

I made a stuffed wooly mammoth.

[nocal-kathyf.livejournal.com]

I am taking an on-line Masters in Educational Leadership course. New class starts every five weeks. So far so good. I am reading, writing, and trying to remember to get up from the computer from time to time to spend time with the dog, cat and occasionally other people. Looking up, I notice that the sky is blue and there is a light breeze out. Think I may take a walk.

boy it was noisy

[barbinbandon.livejournal.com]

The picture from last night reminded me of one of those "Where's Waldo?" pictures. I immediately started searching for that silver hair. Silly, no? You were taking the picture!

And last night's message was so cryptic I thought you might be announcing you'd found the perfect house. Still keeping fingers crossed for you.

And me, I finally finished the book I was reading and got to start on Trade Secret. Color me engrossed.

[nlbarber]

I'm just home from a family visit to NYC, in which we saw 2 B'way musicals, got to 3 bakeries on my "NYC bakery list", walked the High Line, saw the 9/11 memorial, ate in Chinatown, and generally made like good NYC tourists. My feet hurt. :)

Now I must face the suitcase of dirty laundry and the usual weekend chores, crammed into a couple of hours of Sunday evening.

What I did for my summer...

[star-horse3.livejournal.com]

Had a "quick surgery" all over in a day. Ha. When I can stay awake for more than an hour I'm going to re-read all my comfort books from A to Z. So, let's see- A means Agent of Change...

Lynda
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