calendula_witch and I are at jennifer_brozek 's house in the Greater Seattle Conurbation, about to head back for Portland to attend the wedding of thirdworld and agrathea . A bit rushed, so link salad will be delayed, possibly until tomorrow. Y'all play nice. Originally published at jlake.com .

Finished going through the Pinion copy edit last night. Whew, that was hard. Need to write a cover letter, and dip back into manuscript to propagate one more set of minor changes. My schedule the next few days is not conducive to a relaxed approach to these activities, and it's due, in New York, early next week. When I have time I'll try to post an overview of this round of my experience with the...

An excerpt from a review of my story "The American Dead" is referenced as a usage example in an online dictionary site — That's funny. calico_reaction reviews Better Off Undead — In which I have a story. truepenny on the problem of genre — joshenglish comments as well . thirdworld talks about writerly ego and confidence — Riffing on this post by ...

At what age were you first published? [ jlake.com | LiveJournal ] — Already some good responses there. Guy Gavriel Kay or writers, readers and blogging Nine Lives: 1910 — Shorpy with a bit of airship history. Read the comments. Charlie Stross Wrong About Space Colonization and Singularity Why do killer asteroids fascinate us? — Because we are a culture of twelve-year-old boys? World...

Busy weekend. As previously mentioned, I spent six and a half hours doing work around the house yesterday — cleaning, but also things like hanging miniblinds. Then I put a couple of hours into The Heart of the Beast before I went out last last night to thirdworld 's birthday party, along with camillealexa . A good time was had by all, but I was up freaky late by my standards. A combination...

Slightly over two hours' work, again with no net wordcount gain. More work on the handwritten notes (though I am almost done). The next step, commencing tomorrow, will be to fold the notes, which run to thirty or so pages in a text file, into the outline at the appropriate points. That will be a complex and novel challenge for me. Should be a lot of fun, too. Writing time was a bit tough today because...

This afternoon was writing at the Fireside (over 3,000 words on "Chain of Stars" plus some solid editing time for calendula_witch ), then we had a birthday dinner for thirdworld , organized by agrathea . In attendance were karindira , kzmiller , cscole , H—, Mrs. H—, new-to-the-group K—, and myself. We dined at the Berlin Inn here in Portland, and had...

thirdworld ! You make the world a better place. Knowing you makes my world a better place. Thank you for sharing your experience, insight, cares, concerns, and joy. Learning your perspective on life's challenges helps me more carefully consider, articulate, accept, and sometimes change my own. I treasure the knowledge that your life is filled with love, knowing how much your life has changed...

Happy birthday, graywyvern and thirdworld

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