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Didja miss me?I haven’t turned on my computer since Christmas Eve. I’m almost ashamed to admit that I’ve been suffering from withdrawal since then… Almost ashamed, but not quite. ;-)So Christmas is done and dusted. It was just dandy — full of food (I’m still full… but maybe that’s because I still haven’t stopped eating –…… Continue reading Post-Christmas Update

Happy holidays everyone!And holiday time it is — I’ve sent off my Week One story for Clarion (gulp … and yay!) and have finished the graphic design job for the SLC. My plate is officially cleared!Now I’m going to spend the next couple of days filling it with chocolate :-)Happy days to you all xx

New Story: drafted. It’s amazing how focused my brain can be when I’ve switched off the thesis side of it. The Story weighs in at about 2,500 words — I’m so stoked that I managed to keep it to under 3,000. Don’t know what it’s called yet, but that’ll come (I hope). Woke up at…… Continue reading Hooray for Plan A!

Christmasified the house last night, finally. My tree is purdy.Did all of my Christmas shopping today. V. excited to give Dr Chad his gifts.Volunteered to send a story for week one crits at Clarion, and have to send the story by next week. I’ve decided that there are a few options for this:Write a new…… Continue reading Info Dump

I have a meeting with my supervisor in 5 minutes. Upon the conclusion of this meeting, my thesis brain will officially be switched off until February 16, 2009. I’ve emailed all 3 of my supervisors a chapter and a third — about 15,000 words — and I don’t want to think about any of them…… Continue reading Thesis brain switching off in 5…4…3…2…

Today my bibliography graduated from Featherweight to Middleweight Class: it’s finally tipped the scales at more than 20 pages! Yeah, baby.

Yesterday started off like crap, but ended up being pretty productive. New words added to albatross chapter: 1,824.Chapter total: 2,947. (This doesn’t seem like much, but considering I’ve also written 2,620 words in the footnotes I think there will be no risk of sticks shaking at that figure.)PLUS, I decided that the albatross chapter is, in…… Continue reading Late night, early morning

Anne VDM at ‘Weird Tales’ has passed on the story she’s been holding since July — said it is "Well-written but not quite what I’m looking for. Please try me again with something else." Will do. Meanwhile, will send this story back out into the world…

‘Singing Breath’ is back in my hands after the folks at Fantasy passed it over (silly folks!)