by CJ | Jul 27, 2015 | Journal
Thank you all —all very useful discussion. I think it’s going to stay Convergence at least for now. I need something to think of as ‘the book’. I’m making good progress and that deadline looks almost do-able if I can keep my focus during...
by CJ | Jul 27, 2015 | Journal
Thank you all —all very useful discussion. I think it’s going to stay Convergence at least for now. I need something to think of as ‘the book’. I’m making good progress and that deadline looks almost do-able if I can keep my focus during...
by CJ | Jul 24, 2015 | Journal
Be honest. Are people going to figure it out…granted I can keep my production schedule?
by CJ | Jul 20, 2015 | Journal
Jane and I took a driving trip to Seattle…and we talked through the outline for the next book. Starting on it today.
by CJ | Jul 16, 2015 | Journal
Just sent it to my agent. Just as I finished the file—the computer seized up. Thank goodness WordPerfect creates a constant backup, and thank goodness Jane is cool-headed at moments I am freakin’ losing it! We ran a comparewrite to be sure the changes...
by CJ | Jul 16, 2015 | Journal
And we’re having it installed. We tried to fix the old one, put in quite a bit of effort painting and fixing, and it gradually just sank out of true and now requires a lever to get it really seated so we can lock it. It’ll be ok for a while, then start...
by CJ | Jul 15, 2015 | Journal
She does seem to be ok. We’re not so sure about the nail. But where did I find her when I woke up this morning? Out with a shovel, revising the area around the rockwork of the lotus pond waterfall-filter, having already pulled every weed in sight and trimmed...
by CJ | Jul 14, 2015 | Journal
…worse, it’s her mousing/gaming finger. That’s how she puts it. Poor thing was shifting rocks in the rockwork edging, and a big one came down on the end of her right index finger. Really smushed it bloody. She made it into the house, asked for help,...
by CJ | Jul 13, 2015 | Journal
They swear the humidity is only 34% at 78 degrees—but glug! I normally don’t sweat,–never have been able to sweat much, not since heat exhaustion (or was the cause of the heat exhaustion) way back at age 7 or 8—and several times since. You know...
by CJ | Jul 13, 2015 | Journal
It’s clouded up and rainy. Second rainy day this summer, and it’s on the day I intend to do a job postponed from last year. All dressed up in paint clothes, but no go. Tomorrow.
by CJ | Jul 12, 2015 | Journal
…and because I’m now officially sorta almost between books for a few hours…I am painting the two bridges, which have weathered a bit. Got to protect the wood. Got the paint while I was ordering the door, but I’m not painting til tomorrow. I...
