February 1, 2009
So, here we are in February. I don't know if I should be happy about that or not. It's kind of a null thing, I think.
I had a good January for writing. I hope February goes as well. And I hope to actually get something out in the mail this month, though it seems unlikely. I keep getting very close to the submission part, though. I will be doing that this year, I hope.
I'm still doing the 500 words a day. My, that makes for very SLOW novel writing, but it's been fun.
And that's it. Really. Nothing else going on today.
February 2, 2009
I did get quite a bit of work done tonight. It's 3:30 am and I'm dead, but at least I'm caught up on a couple things.
We're having a bout of COLD again. I hope this is pretty much the last one. I'm doing my best to ignore this one. By Thursday we'll be back in the 40's, so I think I can survive that long.
The writing is going well enough. I can't say much else is, but it's good that it's at least doing well. There's a couple things I'm behind on, but I'm not doing too badly.
But it's late, and I have no brain left. Time to get this uploaded and go to bed.
February 3, 2009
It got cold again! I want this weather to end! I'm TIRED of being cold.
I don't think that's going to help, but sometimes you just have to make a complaint. I seem to have been doing a lot of them this year. At least it's supposed to be warm again in a couple days. I can survive that long.
The cats aren't really happy either, though
Ugh. Spring isn't too far away. Walks down to the river again. Flowers and things. I can survive that long.
February 4, 2009
I've been ill all day and I hurt my left hip besides. Not the best of days at all, but I got a few things done. I also rested in the tub for a couple hours and feel a bit better for it. I intend to get a few more things done tonight and then try to sleep tomorrow. I didn't sleep well last night at all.
My computer has been acting odd all day, which I do not appreciate when I'm already not feeling well. I keep wanting to slap it silly. It won't help. I'd just hurt my hand.
Tomorrow is the second round of work on the DAZ newsletter, and I hope that it won't be too much trouble. Everything else is going pretty well. Draw the Line is still inching along at 500 words a day. Today it was hard to stop... which may mean I'll be doing more on it each day soon. We'll see. But it is fun so far!
Glory is going along VERY well. I have hopes for it.
But now... time to get some rest, I think.
February 5, 2009
Very late. Very tired, I'm glad to say. I've been suffering with being ill and having an injured leg -- not good for sleeping either way. I'm about to head off to bed, though, and see if I can sleep for a few days. Or weeks, maybe. Spring can't be too far away, can it?
Glory is going well. Draw the Line is going well. I had a horrible time with the newsletter tonight, though. I just can't seem to get my brain around what I'm trying to write. That can't be good.
I'll get there. And quickly, too, since there's only tomorrow to get it done.
February 6, 2009
I've felt up and down all day today. At least I've gotten some work done, though, which makes me feel better. County work is done. Newsletter is done. I have a couple more major projects still lined up, but I feel as though I'm getting somewhere on them.
I get the feeling Russ will not be home next weekend. I'm not at all surprised by this, of course, but it does make it close to four months since he was last home. I don't know why this keeps getting worse rather than better.
I am saving up money for an HP Mini that I hope to get for my birthday (which is coming up far too quickly, now that I think about it). I think it will make a nice writing computer for away from this desk, which I really need. Maybe it will help me go on more walks in the spring, so I can sit places and work on writing. That sounds like fun.
And that's it for me. Time to get to work on the next bit of stuff on my list!
February 7, 2009
Not really anything important to say tonight. I have not felt well today, and I hope that it clears up soon. Other than that, everything is about as it should be. Russ might come home next weekend, but I keep getting the feeling that's not going to happen. I need to make some plans on deliveries if he's not going to be here.
Writing is going well enough. That's about the best I can say for a day like today.
February 8, 2009
Well, it looks as though Russ will not be here this coming weekend. We're going to try for the following one. He thinks he'll have some extra days about then and a pay check, so it would be a better choice. Let's see if it works.
Got a few things done today, I'm glad to say. I got about 30 emails off to various writers. That was nice to finally get done. Most of them had been interviewed for Vision and since this is another Vision set of Vision questions, I'm hoping to hear back from a lot of them.
Writing is going fine. The cold is mostly cleared up, so I can at least breathe tonight. I couldn't yesterday -- it was so bad that I was dizzy and worried... not a good combination.
I have a food delivery tomorrow. Mostly it's for cat food and cat litter -- and Diet Pepsi, which is my worst vice. But hey, it keeps me happy
The weather has been warmer. I think we might have a thunderstorm coming. Odd stuff. They're saying snow again next week, too... but it won't last long now.
And that's it. Nothing exciting here. Move along.
February 9, 2009
Long day. Too much to get done, and not nearly enough of it finished... but I'm tired now, and I'm going to go crawl off to bed and sleep for most of tomorrow, I think. I just need rest. I didn't sleep well last night for a number of reasons, and then odd things went on all day today... from a food delivery that was late, and I had to wait out at the front of the house to make certain I didn't miss them, to a really strong wind storm that kept the cats unsettled. And me, too, a bit.
I did get my basics done. Tomorrow, if I wake up at all, I hope to make some more progress. I'm getting very close to finished on this round of Glory. I think the final edit will be very fast and easy.
That's it. I'm done for the day.
February 10, 2009
The snow is virtually gone. Amazing. I expected a bit of flooding when it melted... but it just went away. So we're happier here. It's not going to be as warm over the next few days, though, and we might get a couple days of snow over the weekend. But even still, it won't matter that much, because it is February, and the snow will melt again before too much longer.
I spent most of today working on a class for Forward Motion which I should have had done long before now. It's going well, though, so I guess that's all right. Probably longer than it needs to be, but I'm enjoying it.
That's about it. I'm going to do a little more writing tonight and then crawl off to bed for a few hours.
February 11, 2009
I'm looking at buying a new computer. Nothing horribly fancy, but something that should handle the graphics I do a little better. My IBM is starting to show some real wear and tear after about five years of work, too. I've been supplanting it with external hard drives, which have helped, but you can just hear it starting to gasp in there. I don't dare wait until it really dies, and this looks like the best time because Russ and I both have a little money (not that we couldn't use it elsewhere, but really... can't be without computer.)
Besides that? I'm working on a submission or two. Really.
It's not as easy as writing, editing and rewriting and editing... but it has to be done sometime.
But now... I'm going to bed!
February 12, 2009
Russ may not make it home next weekend, either. I'm starting to get very
depressed. We're talking four months since the last time he was home.
That's too long.
Sigh.
It's making getting work done kind of hard. I need something to look
forward to, and it just isn't happening. Doing the same things every day
for months can take a toll. I've been breaking it up a little, and I do
have spring to look forward to (never mind the three inches of snow
we're supposed to get tomorrow), but right now that's just not close
enough to count.
Blah.
The books are still doing fine. They aren't suffering for my bad mood at
least. I'm looking forward to having Glory done. I think it's a good
novel. I'm not entirely certain what I'll work on after that, but it's
going to be another final rewrite of something. I'm going to get more of
this material out.
Really.
I'm tired. And in a bad mood. I think I should start preparing for bed.
February 13, 2009
It's been a frustrating day. My connection keeps going down, so I'm going to do this early tonight. That way I can stop worrying about if the connection is down when I need it. I've already posted my picture for the day in the proper blog and posted the 2YN class stuff. I've done the DAZ Newsletter and sent it off. I still need to do the work on the Vision contracts, but I think those are going to wait until tomorrow. I need a break.
Posting early isn't so bad. It's not as though there's going to be anything interesting that happens in the next few hours. For that matter, but we won't really go into that part.
It has gotten colder, but we missed the snow that fell south of us. I don't think it's going to warm up any time soon, unfortunately. Blah.
That's it. I'm going to post and hope for the best.
February 14, 2009
Late. Tired. Didn't get much of anything done today. I'm going to have to kick into work tomorrow. But I think I needed a quiet day today. I finally thought out the answer to something I'm writing, and that will help tomorrow when I get to work on it.
So, I hope everyone had a happy Valentine's Day. And I'm heading for bed!
Oh! I just realized that I forgot to mention something. Right about midnight last night, with Russ 'chatting' to me on line... we ordered me a new computer. It's a lovely HP, and it should be here probably before Russ comes home at the end of the month.
Yes, I am excited. It's not the most powerful computer in the world, but it's far better than what I have now (especially since it's having problems!)
I'm going to be spending some time hunting down the programs I'll need to load in and preparing to back up everything else.
So, let's hope that both the computer and Russ make it!
February 15, 2009
Got some things done. Should have done more. Need to get more done tomorrow. It's kind of how my life goes.
But it wasn't a bad day. Russ says he has it cleared t come home the last weekend of the month. I need to get all kinds of things done before then, but other than that, it's really good. Only about 12 more days.
So, that's my news for the night. Nearly done with Glory. I have a whole new ending planned for it, and I'm just about right up to that spot. Looking forward to it.
But sleep. Must sleep for a few hours.
February 16, 2009
I sent out a query to an agent today. We'll see how that goes. I have a story up at Darwin's Evolutions:
And I spent about half an hour or so with Russ on the phone while I did Google Maps and he drove to Woonsocket, Rhode Island.
Life is odd sometimes, but it's kind of fun to be able to do that part. I'd rather be on the road with him, but I don't think the kitty guys would like the constant travel so much, and we certainly couldn't leave them behind!
I'm still waiting for Spring. Supposed to get back down to about 7 tomorrow night. Yuck. I want warm. But I guess it's still heading our way... eventually.
February 17, 2009
I got things done.
Then the computer crashed and I spent a good amount of time recovering 'things' and trying to figure out what exactly I had lost.. So far it doesn't look too bad. But it's later than I wanted to be up. So, this is going to be short and I'm going to bed. Lots of work for tomorrow.
If all goes well, sometime today (the 18th since it's well after midnight when I am posting this), the HP people will be building my computer. From the way things are going, it looks like it might not be a day too soon. I can't wait to get it.
But now... sleep for a while.
February 18, 2009
The query I sent out to an agent on Monday and had a request for a partial today... so, as you can imagine, I've been working on that to try and get it right. It's a good first showing, even if the agency decides against Ada Nish Pura. We'll see. But it sure kept me on my toes all day today... and away from all those other things that I really, truly need to get done. Newsletter for DAZ, Vision stuff, updates for Forward Motion, Class for Forward Motion.
Pounding head against the wall for awhile.
And Russ should be home a week from Friday. I hope the new computer arrives before he does. Whenever it gets here, that does mean I need to hunt down programs and get this desk cleaned back up and read to switch over.
Eeek. Too much stuff to do.
I think I'll just go to bed now and try not to think much about it for a few hours!
February 19, 2009
It is WAY too late tonight. I stayed in the bathtub reading Regenesis. I could have read all the way to the end, but I realized I had a couple things that I really needed to get done still. And then the computer slowed down to a crawl, and I've been trying to get it cleared for about an hour and a half so I could save some things I'd done earlier, but hadn't saved.
And now it's 4:30 am. Ah well. It's not as though I'm on any kind of schedule, after all. And I did, really, get some work done, especially on the DAZ newsletter. So I'm happy enough.
And I'm going to bed now. I'm NOT taking the book in with me. I'll likely finish it tomorrow (okay, later today) anyway. I need to get some sleep and clear my head so I can get more work done tomorrow.
That's it. Sleep now.
February 20, 2009
I have not gotten it put together. I'm still trying to get caught up on work. I was going to wait for Russ to come home, but he said go ahead. We'll see how it goes. The good things is -- as he pointed out -- for once we have a computer that has not completely died on me before we went to the new one. So if things don't go together well, I can go back to the other one.
Should be interesting.
February 21, 2009
The new computer is running and with very few problems, to be honest. I made a couple mistakes moving over to it, but all in all, it went very well. Took me all day, but I got it.
And this program, Expression Web, is finally running properly, too. So, that's another good point for all of this. I'm going to see if I can access the FTP site... that's the next big thing. Tomorrow we work on getting email back. So far, it's looking pretty good, though!
I am just beat tonight. But I really think this was worth it!
February 22, 2009
Long day. I'm trying to get caught up after two days of getting the new computer set up. I finally have email again, so that's good. I hope I can get somewhat caught up tomorrow, but I think it's going to take a while longer than that before I'm really where I need to be.
Gah. This is going to be a messy week.
Short month. And Russ might still be here this weekend... but I don't think we'll have a car, so that's going to be a problem. But we'll get to see each other! I sure hope he can get here! He reminded me tonight, though, that it was about this time a few years ago that he got snowed into the east coast.
Other than that... finished the rewrite of Joey Mousekin's Tale and now I'm on to Kat Among the Pigeons, which needs a lot of work. But it's a fun book, and I think I'm going to enjoy getting it done.
But... tired now. Late, late, late. Time to get this done.
February 23, 2009
This has been another long day of odd work. I would love to get caught up, but I am at least getting closer to done. I hope that I can get Vision done tomorrow. Or at least most of it. I got most of it done today, so I'm in a much better mood. I still have a ton of other things to get done as well, but that at least is a big step toward getting there.
I love this new computer. I haven't had a chance yet to do much with graphics, but tonight I loaded in Paint Shop Pro and wow… the program loaded in faster than it used to open for me. I'm quite happy with it!
Right now, though... too tired to do anything more!
February 24, 2009
I am going to do the journal early tonight. I won't have anything interesting to say later, so why wait? I'll just get down to the last minute before I go to bed, and then I'll be annoyed that I have to do it at all. (grin)
It's been a quiet day. I have gotten some work done, need to get a lot more -- started a short story for no really good reason, except that I want to write at least one a month this year. I'm working on Kat Among the Pigeons and I like this first chapter. I need to get more of that feel into the rest of the book.
Beyond that, all is well. I'm working on the DAZ newsletter. Russ still thinks he's going to be home on Friday, so I'm trying to keep my hopes up for it. I need to pick up a bit, but the house really isn't a mess. I live in the office. The rest doesn't get messed up much at all.
That's about it. Really. Nothing new happening here, except it wasn't as warm as it was supposed to be today. Might be tomorrow, but then we're expecting snow. It's supposed to be cool while Russ is home, but no snow, so that's good.
We'll see. I still have my doubts.
February 25, 2009
Nearly 5 am. I had to get some DAZ work done and out of the way because I am running out of time. Not that it really matters because it looks like Russ is going to have to leave on Sunday instead of Monday. We'll barely have one day together, and yes, I am annoyed and hurt this time. I've been waiting four months for some time together. I think I deserve at least two days.
It has not put me in a good mood. I'm going to bed now.
February 26, 2009
Russ will be home tomorrow afternoon. It even looks like he might be able to stay until Monday. Yay!
We had a big thunderstorm this morning. Then rain. Then Ice (see above), and now we have snow. Not a lot of it, I'm glad to say but it is still annoying. I had hoped for better weather this weekend.
Still, all is going pretty well. I am very happy with the new computer. I am going to wait until Wednesday to post Vision so that I'm not up all night and working on it when Russ is here.
I don't have much more that I really have to get done tonight, in fact. Post the 2YN classes and do a little update for the county. I finished the short story for the month. I need to complete the workshop for Vision and write more of the class for FM. But over all, things are going pretty well.
Except for the cold, ice and snow!
February 27, 2009
Yes, Russ is home! For the first time in FOUR MONTHS. We went out today and basically took care of bill paying (eek) and buying in some supplies that I really needed. So things are looking good now. He's really worn out, and I'm pretty tired, too! Early for me, but I get the feeling I won't be up much longer.
Not much else to say, though. Need to get this posted along with some work for the county, and that's all the real work I'm doing today!
Oh, and yes, winter came back. COLD!
February 28, 2009
De Soto
Yes, we went to De Soto Wildlife Refuge today! It was COLD, but fun!
So here are pictures. I'll even leave them in rather than deleting the pictures from today! Had a great time. Fun to get out, ride with Russ somewhere and just talk for a while. And now he's working on his computer in the dining room and I'm working here. We hooked up video cameras and talked to each other for a little while. Yes, we are odd. But now we know it will work when he's on the road.
It's good to have him here. I wish he was staying.
