I have money, so I'm going on a supply run to stock up on this, that, and random stuff. As you do.
Because one of my stops is Costco, I'm working here until half-past nine, just to be certain everything's open when I go.
My right wrist has decided to hate me before coffee, so that just makes everything more complicated because wrist brace. Hooray.
And I have to chill my ankle down while the time windows allow.
Today is going to be a unique and special kind of fun.
If I warm up GIMP and do this year's cover, I can plausibly get my anthology out today. Watch me procrastinate on that shit. I will make a conscious effort all the same.
I am in slow motion this morning.
It's almost eleven in the morning and I'm still processing breakfast.
Onwards to the work.
Read more »I think I might have a strategy for when, like this week, I have no idea what I'm going to rant about. I have other fictions with few places to go. They can go to my rantspace with some small explanation to the fore.
When I fall in love with something or get a hair up my butt, then the entertainment is put on pause.
Whenever that happens to happen. We shall see.
And at some point in the day I must
Read more »I should have things to share with my Patrons. I am definitely sharing things with my shrink. I have a prompt to write a tale for at some point today.
If I hurry at it, I might have time to faff around on a game.
I can hope.
Procrastination is my copilot and I already have lost two hours to a video essay.
Onwards.
Read more »I need to check my footnotes in the anthology. And make sure I have the cover done properly. Get the dingdang thing out before February.
The Archive is having its backup reads real soon now. I have a prompt to consider for the Promptcast.
One thing at a time. I shouldn't have too many footnotes to check this year. I'm just procrastinating like fuck about them.
Story whenever the mood sweeps me to get onto that.
Let's get rattling.
Read more »The Archive is reading stories, the Promptcast is reading stories. I have to keep an ear out for diverse alarms because I am baking more bread today.
The new cool pack means that I can to ten minutes icing my ankle. Less time on distraction activities, more time for the other things. Theoretically.
I'll see how I go.
The Archive is about to commence. I shall be working on my prompts today, as well as the daily dosage of offerings.
My ability
Read more »I have issues with my heel today. On the advice of my physio, I'm leaning on a broomstick as an ersatz hiking pole. All so I don't do more damage to my stupid knotted shoulder. So I have Miss Chaos making the next set of dough while I focus on baking the last batch of dough.
One of my prompts ["Problem Child"] has been elected next week's story prompt. I think I might make two tales out of it.
Yay.
My old
Read more »I has moneys, and I need to spend it. Huzzah. We've gone through a whole bunch of supplies and we need other supplies to unfuck a few things.
Meanwhile, the bread has commenced. I'm enlisting the kids to help with the dough schedule.
I'll be taking off on that adventure shortly.
Story shall be happening after I return from my expensive Leyland's tour. Editing of my anthology will happen if I have the spoons after all of that related noise.
I will
Read more »We need supplies. We I need to make bread. We need to unclog the kitchen sink drain. I need to check the footnotes of the anthology and line shit up to get that thing out there.
I'll have to give it out for free. Nobody pays for it anyway.
My heel has been a literal pain in the anatomy of late. Even though I've been doing a few things to help strengthen it. My knees, on the other hand, were improving. As
Read more »So here's the PLN:
If I am too frazzled when I get home, there shall be catching up tomorrow.
And
Read more »My archive site is chucking a wobbler at the moment. I can catch up on archiving stuff, but it is promising to be a pain in the butt. Hopefully it gets unfucked soon.
I have to check my stuff, but I'm pretty sure there's some to share with my Patrons.
Tomorrow... I may yet be late putting anything up because I'm due to take MeMum out on errands and then do some tech support. Huzzah.
The Promptcast hopes to put the second
Read more »Twenty-one chapters remain to be written in order to declare a completion of A Devil's Tale. Then I plug it all into the Beta Reads section and share with my throng. And I have to poke everyone who has their hands on it.
Sigh. Not the fun part.
Today, after writing the story of the day, I shall delve into last year's anthology and start checking titles.
Gotta get that thing out before February. I already let one week sail by because
Read more »The Archive will be reading, the Promptcast will be reading. I will be juggling my attention between those livestreams and my own writing... and probably my stupid ankle.
Treating it gently after a long day walking around is a good idea.
Story whenever I can make it happen.
In the meantime, I make sure I look after myself.
Read more »The shopping trip made my ankle really, really angry, so I'm taking more of a break for that sore and sorry portion of myself.
Sometimes, it's difficult to tell whether my heel or my ankle causing issues, I just limp all over the place. Or need my cane and cause worse knots in my firkin shoulder.
I need my cane today.
So instead of going on a Leyland's Tour with MeMum, I'll be staying in and doing the writing and the icing
Read more »Ah, the sweet relief of payday. Oh, the bitter sorrow of an overflowing shopping list. It's always the way. You get stuff queuing up to spend your money before you get it.
Bleh.
The good news is that I have the first very rough form-generated query letters for all of the five books I'm plotting to pitch.
15 minutes in the morning on ADT gets me a little ahead by degrees. I should be finished with a chapter before Monday, all being
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