Nothing But Red
The anthology Nothing But Red released today. I can’t even blog about this without tears blurring my eyes. Go read what Angie has to say about it. Buy a copy, help make a difference.
Down the rabbit hole
OK, now that I have finally got myself on the road to recovery, there is this book to finish. And now that my ability to think is restored as my oxygen level rises, I can see where I need to go back and fill in bits and pieces that should be there but aren’t. Down the rabbit hole to get this tale resolved. Happy Monday to all.
Things I have learned in the last 3 weeks
1. When you come down with the flu, quit driving yourself to keep on production schedule and REST. Had I done this, I probably would have spared myself all kinds of unpleasantness.
2. Said production schedule should always have leeway for illness or Acts of God so that when these things happen it doesn’t result in stress and late nights trying to keep to the schedule thus resulting in lowered immunity making further delays likely.
3. Asthmatic lungs are perfect incubators for pneumonia.
4. Pneumonia makes you stupid. Seriously. Forgetful, foggy, unable to think through something basic like, “if I can’t walk the five feet from dining table to kitchen without gasping for air like a marathoner in the 20th mile, there might be something REALLY wrong.”
5. Being stupid and forgetful is not condusive to writing.
6. V8 juice is wonderful. All those vitamins and nutrients, so easy to swallow.
7. Instant care places where you do not have to have an appointment two weeks in advance and they rush the person who can’t breathe or speak into treatment are a Godsend.
8. A home nebulizer machine is a miracle.
9. We are not grateful enough for the scientific discovery of penicillin.
10. I have Shadow Unit envy. I want to write something as cool as this.
What I’m reading…
Shadow Unit. It rocks. If you think so, too, help support it! If you haven’t heard of this reader-supported experiment, go check it out. Warning: you will be utterly sucked in.
spring and book brain
Outside the window, the magnolia is blooming. And we may get more snow later today. Spring is the season of schizophrenic weather. On the bright side, the cold should knock down the pollen counts.
I’m in that stage of book brain where I’m not much good in the real world. I’m watching the movie in my head, thinking, “no, wait, it needs to go like this instead,” and rewinding…I keep going over it and wondering if it’s real yet, if it feels alive and true and believable, if I’ve found the right words and details to ground those scenes and make the movie play in somebody else’s head.
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