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leahbobetJanuary 23, 2010 Progress Notes:
"Stay"
Words today: 1000.
Words total: 2650.
Reason for stopping: Twice what I was hoping for, and a good place to stop. Besides, I'm hungry.
Darling du Jour: This wasn't an old community; nobody here could point and say This is where my father's house sat. Sunrise had been built, deliberate and slow like a snow dune: people washed up in town on the highway between north Alberta and the city. The right ones stayed.
Mean Things: Wendigoes with a chance of wendigoes. The way grocery distribution lines and costs work in the Far North, basically meaning that some grown adults just got to eat their first fresh orange. Though I do have to fact-check that next draft.
Research Roundup: Tree species of the Arctic treeline; snow dunes; grocery distributors in the Northwest Territories; Dene male photo references; standard first aid for concussion; Inuit family names; prisons in NWT or northern Alberta.
Books in progress: Sheila Heti, Ticknor.
The glamour: Long, leisurely Indian buffet lunch with friend Lindsey (including two helpings of beautiful green garlicky kale with raita on it om nom nom nom), followed by tea. After which I failed to pick up my dry cleaning, having missed the closing time by five minutes. Ah well. And there was some apartment-tidying. And I should put away clean laundry here before bed.
Oof. Good solid night there. Although since Dayjob is going to conspire to keep me away from this tomorrow and Monday, that is for the best.
So, while I'm here:
"Mister Oak" is racking up a few reviews: Soyka at Black Gate says: "If, like me, you quickly start to tire with the whole fey talking tree and shrub conceit, hang in there for a considerably powerful ending," (pretty much the whole review) and it's the story recommendation of the week at Fantastic Reviews. Apparently I am only the fourth author to get two different recs on this blog; the others are Paolo Bacigalupi,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
yuki_onna, and aliettedb. Good company, that.
Also, someone considers me Authors to Watch Out For and/or Up and Coming on the Asimov's forum. I admit that some days, yes, I should be watched out for. Especially if you have that garlicky kale stuff. Nom.
Okay. Dinner, dishes, and then if I'm really good, laundry-folding. Endless glamour is the writer's life. *g*
"Stay"
Words today: 1000.
Words total: 2650.
Reason for stopping: Twice what I was hoping for, and a good place to stop. Besides, I'm hungry.
Darling du Jour: This wasn't an old community; nobody here could point and say This is where my father's house sat. Sunrise had been built, deliberate and slow like a snow dune: people washed up in town on the highway between north Alberta and the city. The right ones stayed.
Mean Things: Wendigoes with a chance of wendigoes. The way grocery distribution lines and costs work in the Far North, basically meaning that some grown adults just got to eat their first fresh orange. Though I do have to fact-check that next draft.
Research Roundup: Tree species of the Arctic treeline; snow dunes; grocery distributors in the Northwest Territories; Dene male photo references; standard first aid for concussion; Inuit family names; prisons in NWT or northern Alberta.
Books in progress: Sheila Heti, Ticknor.
The glamour: Long, leisurely Indian buffet lunch with friend Lindsey (including two helpings of beautiful green garlicky kale with raita on it om nom nom nom), followed by tea. After which I failed to pick up my dry cleaning, having missed the closing time by five minutes. Ah well. And there was some apartment-tidying. And I should put away clean laundry here before bed.
Oof. Good solid night there. Although since Dayjob is going to conspire to keep me away from this tomorrow and Monday, that is for the best.
So, while I'm here:
"Mister Oak" is racking up a few reviews: Soyka at Black Gate says: "If, like me, you quickly start to tire with the whole fey talking tree and shrub conceit, hang in there for a considerably powerful ending," (pretty much the whole review) and it's the story recommendation of the week at Fantastic Reviews. Apparently I am only the fourth author to get two different recs on this blog; the others are Paolo Bacigalupi,
yuki_onna, and aliettedb. Good company, that.Also, someone considers me Authors to Watch Out For and/or Up and Coming on the Asimov's forum. I admit that some days, yes, I should be watched out for. Especially if you have that garlicky kale stuff. Nom.
Okay. Dinner, dishes, and then if I'm really good, laundry-folding. Endless glamour is the writer's life. *g*
