In which the author has technology. . .and cats

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So, we here at the Confusion Factory have been plotting.

Plotting books, that is, since we have four left to write on the current contract.

We are, of course, most closely plotting the next book in line, Book The Second, and in the spirit of that plotting, I devoted my morning to reading the 26,000-ish words removed from Dragon in Exile because they didn't belong there.  It's now Steve's turn to read those words, while I commence in to reading a large-ish chunk of Crystal Dragon.

In order to read in comfort, I of course repaired to the couch, where I very soon gathered Able Assistants.  I took my smartphone with me, and made some notes on it, via Evernote, which were conveniently awaiting me on the desktop when I came back to my office after lunch.

Yay! technology.

On the weather front, we seem to have survived the season's first nor'easter:  three days of wind and rain, and rain and wind, and, for a change, rain and wind.  The sky is appreciably brighter, by which I mean, it's a sort of semi-luminous slate-grey.  Possibly tomorrow we will see the fabled sun described in tales of yore.

And now, I'm headed back for the couch and the day's second bout of reading.

The glamor, yeah.  Non-stop.

Here, before I go.  Have some pictures of my assistants, hard at work:

Sprite, sending support from Her Royal Throne

Trooper climbed up and arranged himself in the most convenient place, after I refused to let him sleep on the pages

. . .later, he moved down by my feet

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Just realized

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That I may need to do something about the desk arrangement when we sell this house and move. The desk I have currently is a massive corner RTA desk that is kind of decrepit. There is a window to the right and both Ripley and Siegfried like to sit on the desk to sleep/watch birds/watch mom do Stuff.

Was planning on having a much smaller desk and a separate beading workstation. May have to figure out something for a cat bed near the desk... hmmm.