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Current wordcount: 69,959. Official wordcount goal: 80,000. Date spreadsheet predicts I’ll hit 80,000: January 2. Predicted draft 0 wordcount: 75,488 (ouch). Predicted day I’ll hit predicted draft 0 wordcount: December 24. I’m not that worried about...Of course. Sigh.
Of course, setting a writing goal means a server disaster that includes me staying until 4:30am and then getting up at 7 to go to training. I missed a couple of writing days. Will I end up getting the upgrade anyway? Tune in at the end of the month and find...Must. Write. More.
It’s not that I don’t want to write. It’s not that I don’t enjoy it. It’s that I’m tired. What I don’t get is that I’m writing less now than I was during the email migration. Argh! On the other hand, my spreadsheet of...Rant of the Day
I am a System Administrator. In fact, I am a SAGE Level III SysAdmin. I am not an Administrative Assistant. I will not let you write down my job title as Administrative Assistant on a hospital admission form. And no, I will not take a message for my boss. If you...Happy Exploitation of Native Cultures Day!
Happy Dead Bird Day to those of you who eat dead bird, and happy Tofurkey day to the rest of us. Today is a very special day in the US; a harvest festival where we celebrate gluttony. (Some families celebrate all seven of the deadly sins, but we’re slothful...Apparently, it’s all about… ooh, donuts!
Email migration hell has been over for a couple of months, and yet I’m not writing every day. I did get a galley of a story and am wandering over from time to time to see if my story’s out yet, but other than that… I need to do something about that....Bah.
Still working too much. Still stressed. Reduced to posting amusing quotes: “English is the result of Norman men-at-arms attempting to pick up Saxon barmaids and is no more legitimate than any of the other results.” – H. Beam Piper The writing...Yes, I’ve been AWOL.
I work too much. I need to cut that out. Anyway, I’m back from Dragoncon and have a possible short story idea or two, which is good because I’ve sold almost all of my short stories and only have two in circulation! I also attended a steampunk panel, which...*drops pin*
Has anyone heard from the Indian Country anthology? I queried on the 15th.Subscribe
