Thursday, July 4, 2019
Happy 4th
Got up early to water my garden (this year: garlic! Because everything else gets nibbled) and work on paying bills. Later there will be a cook-out BBQ thing. I hope everyone else is having a good holiday. Went to see the fireworks last night and was surprised to see a real brass band playing while the fireworks went off. That was really awesome. I was surprised to see so many people brought their dogs to the display because I know animals can be very sensitive to the loudness, but I didn't see any animals in distress (I watched one dog nap through the entire thing) so that was good.
Sunday, June 30, 2019
starting my weekend at 4:30 on a Sunday
This was a weekend of cleaning.
It isn't that I need my place to be spotless before I can settle down and write, but I really need it to be in a mostly cleaned and picked-up state before i can focus. And my place had gotten pretty cluttered and disheveled, with many tasks needing to be done, and some of the underlying cleaning really needing attention. So this weekend, I tackled those projects. I finally put away my winter clothes! I had them washed and half folded, but not boxed away, and that project was just looming over me because it involves finding room to put away those boxes, which the space they were in previously always seems to vanish.
So, now, I am tired but triumphant. And I probably won't do much more than noodle about with some stories, but the weight is lifted.
It isn't that I need my place to be spotless before I can settle down and write, but I really need it to be in a mostly cleaned and picked-up state before i can focus. And my place had gotten pretty cluttered and disheveled, with many tasks needing to be done, and some of the underlying cleaning really needing attention. So this weekend, I tackled those projects. I finally put away my winter clothes! I had them washed and half folded, but not boxed away, and that project was just looming over me because it involves finding room to put away those boxes, which the space they were in previously always seems to vanish.
So, now, I am tired but triumphant. And I probably won't do much more than noodle about with some stories, but the weight is lifted.
Tuesday, June 11, 2019
baking cookies
Baking some oatmeal raisin cookies tonight for a pot luck tomorrow. I go a little light on the cinnamon and heavier on the nutmeg. It's a nice excuse to indulge in some cookies, and I'm really glad that the temps outside aren't too awful. It's never fun to turn on the oven when it's warm! If it had been hot, I definitely would have chosen something like gelatin mold!
Saturday, June 8, 2019
NineStar Press -- 40% off code
NineStar Press has a special for Pride Month! And I have a story there that is part of an anthology:
https://ninestarpress.com/p…/once-upon-a-rainbow-volume-two/
Once Upon a Rainbow, Vol. II
The True Love Curse by Tray Ellis – True Love would be wonderful, but the curse keeps getting in the way.
Definitely take advantage of this! (Even if it's not my story, there's so much good stuff there, you'll find something that floats your boat!)
https://ninestarpress.com/p…/once-upon-a-rainbow-volume-two/
Once Upon a Rainbow, Vol. II
The True Love Curse by Tray Ellis – True Love would be wonderful, but the curse keeps getting in the way.
Definitely take advantage of this! (Even if it's not my story, there's so much good stuff there, you'll find something that floats your boat!)
new weekend, new energy
Last weekend I got skunked and ended up doing everything for everyone else and did not get any writing time at all. This weekend, there are still a substantial number of things on the To Do list but I have much better odds at finding time to do some writing. Now I have only to figure out which draft will spark the most energy for me.
Sunday, May 12, 2019
Simmer, don't wait
I definitely had a very good stretch where I had a lot of short stories accepted for anthologies, but now time has passed and the anthologies are going to be retired. This is another of those.
Simmer, with Dreamspinner Press
https://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/books/simmer-5594-b
My contribution was 'Operation Wild Thumb":
Zucchini and squash have sprouted at the home Heath shares with his divorced sister, Sara, and are growing in abundance. Never one to pass up the opportunity for a prank, Heath decides to leave the vegetables on his neighbors’ doorsteps. One neighbor catches him in the act, but luckily Alex seems as into the humor as he is into Heath. When the night comes to an end, there might be more on the burner than zucchini pancakes.
The thing I really loved about this anthology were the recipes that came with the stories! Each was associated in some way with the story that had been told. So, for mine, I have a zucchini pancake recipe -- which was a lot of fun developing. I made the pancakes several times, trying different variations of the recipe until I had something I thought worked really well. (My first try had everything way too soggy, and it wasn't as delicious as I wanted it to be.)
So, if you were waiting to grab this particular anthology, grab soon.
Simmer, with Dreamspinner Press
https://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/books/simmer-5594-b
My contribution was 'Operation Wild Thumb":
Zucchini and squash have sprouted at the home Heath shares with his divorced sister, Sara, and are growing in abundance. Never one to pass up the opportunity for a prank, Heath decides to leave the vegetables on his neighbors’ doorsteps. One neighbor catches him in the act, but luckily Alex seems as into the humor as he is into Heath. When the night comes to an end, there might be more on the burner than zucchini pancakes.
The thing I really loved about this anthology were the recipes that came with the stories! Each was associated in some way with the story that had been told. So, for mine, I have a zucchini pancake recipe -- which was a lot of fun developing. I made the pancakes several times, trying different variations of the recipe until I had something I thought worked really well. (My first try had everything way too soggy, and it wasn't as delicious as I wanted it to be.)
So, if you were waiting to grab this particular anthology, grab soon.
Monday, May 6, 2019
Purple Potatoes
Got these at the local Farmer's Market this weekend and turned them into delicious homemade chips. They don't taste different from other potatoes, but they're very pretty.
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