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Banana Bliss Goes on Holiday

Once again, a big shout out to the kind people on Reddit who’ve provided valuable feedback and even offered to beta-read. It’s really amazing to see such goodness in the community.

Insanely busy week here — I’m actually in the finance business when not writing — and with it being tax time and all, and taking the time after work to grow my social presence, the second part of Lenna’s arc is still in chapter three.

HOWEVER! I’m in for a mini-vacation: heading to sunny Cali for the weekend, which means 6 hours on a plane with Lenna, a Bloody Mary (or two), and some of my new ponies.

The Nicest Scariest Place on the Internet

I am the first to admit that I don’t understand Reddit. It confuses me. It frightens me. My Meow once linked me to a NSFW My Little Pony subreddit, and subsequently my Xanax dosage doubled.

That being said, in order to get news about the book out into the internets, people said I needed to promote on Reddit. With a lot of help, I posted, and, oh my goodness, people were nice. I didn’t know nice people existed on the internet.

So thank you, people of Reddit, for all your nice comments and support of Librarian!

The Doctor Dies

I have not had an empty weekend in a couple months, which makes my level of personal cray-cray shoot through the roof. My ears get hot. I itch. My leg twitches.

Tomorrow is another busy Saturday: I am putting out to pasture my beloved car, Doctor David Fritz Shirley Baker. He’s served me well for eleven years (sort of; I was out of the country for a lot of his life). Lately, though, keeping him in tip-top shape is proving to be more costly than he’s worth (sorry, dear).

And so, tomorrow, Doctor David will be left alone and cold in the driveway as I head out to pick up my new car. This will be my fourth, and probably the least startling of the lot (does this mean I’m becoming an adult?). But he/she will need a name.

Any suggestions?

No Longer Hobbit I

I chopped off my hair! I know in all the pictures I’ve self-indulgently posted on this site, the hair has been short, but in honor of The Hobbit‘s release this past December I had been growing out my hair. It was the melancholy what made me to do it.

After the trim, I popped by a pub and wanted to write something — but what? Continue book two? Instead, I realized I wanted to take up poetry again, so I wrote an Elizabethan sonnet. Originally, I had intended to wax romantic on the rainy afternoon, but the poem had other intentions. I’m not even sure I can post it online.

Does anyone else ever start a piece of writing, or a picture, or even a dinner, with one thing in mind, and just ever let it go in the direction ‘it’ wants? I didn’t know I had it in me. If I get the courage, one day, I’ll post it.

Between Trepidation and Gigglefits

I have officially posted online the first chapter of Librarian. Thank goodness I’m at a pub to get some liquid courage; I’m not sure I’d otherwise have the strength to click “update.” Still, if I can’t stand the critique of my friends/family, I have no business being in this business, anyway!

Hurrah for MacBooks, wifi, and Pinkipolitans.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

In my last post, I had warned you all that I would be busy untangling Lenna’s messy life, but actually, Librarian is off to my copy-editor to get all nice and shiny! Woohoo!

This will give me an opportunity to work on things like cover art, throwing myself into the fire of social media, etc. I may have a surprise for anyone who follows my blog in the near future, so stay tuned!

Roses from a Kitteh — Happy Valentine’s Day!

Updates in the Rain

It’s so MURKY out! The warmer temperatures have melted all of the snow and now, combined with the deluge of rain that’s been falling since last night, I need to paddle my way to my car.

Just a quick update: I’ve secured a copy-editor for Librarian, which means in a month’s time I should have a much smoother copy for people to read, and (not without some nudging from my peers), I’ve thrown myself headfirst into the world of book two, Apprentice.

My Valentine’s Day will likely be spent untangling the mess of Lenna’s life. I hope everyone else gets to spend it with their loved ones!

Nor’easters and Alicorns Lead to Disappointment

So, as I’m sure most people are aware, another “snowpocalypse” is striking New England. Boston is stealing all the snow from me, and I’m not happy about it. I want a massive blizzard to strike my Pine Forest, forcing me to do nothing but cook all the delicious venison my neighbor gave me this morning (seriously, I’ve got pretty much an entire deer).

As it is, we’re slated for 1-3″ or 3-6″ — we’re right on the line — and I have a dreadful feeling it’s going to be just enough to cause a massive inconvenience but not enough to shut the office. This makes me angerful.

Re: Librarian, my faithful critic Jimbles is giving me a chapter a day, so content-wise we’re getting there! Also, it looks like I actually HAVE scored a copy-editor, so it’s just a matter of contract stuff. Yay!

On a final note, I AM SUFFERING FROM DISAPPOINTMENT. If you want to know why, read more. SPOILER ALERT! Continue reading Nor’easters and Alicorns Lead to Disappointment

Feeling Pineapple

I went to bed late last night and awoke this morning rather melancholy. Is it the winter blues? Is it missing England? Do I long for the touch of a loved one?

I’m not sure I really know, and I decided I didn’t need to. A healthy lunch (sauteed bok choy and garlic, sesame carrots, tofu, miso soup, rice), a win from England (scrum!) in the rugby, and a really hot shower fixed me up but right. Why be sad today? The sun is shining, my curls are defined, and I’m ready to write.

And, most important of all, I’m wearing pineapple socks.

Pineapple Socks

Thinking of Spring

Perhaps it’s just my body changing with age, or maybe blizzards don’t just have the same sparkling appeal to me as they did when I was twelve, but this winter is instilling a horrible sense of lethargy and melancholy in me. Bleh!

Thinking of springtime and a loved one, I wrote a short story this evening (really short — 1700 words!) about a bunny from the moon and a cat who find a balloon and discuss the nature of happiness. It’s a tad random, there are a few inside jokes, but feel free to giggle at it all the same.

Lots of Fhet

(And, for those who are unaware, ‘fhet’ is the official sound a happy bunneh makes.)