May 18, 2009

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  • We shall fight on the beaches, on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields etc. in our wee pink boxers. “Hey Mom, isn’t the New York Times the newspaper they throw on the president’s desk each morning?” “Yeah, why?” “No reason …”

  • Left Arm in a Cast. This is super-sweet: Phil Barnett, the 13 year old son of Lee “Budgie” Barnett, and the writer of Finland! Finland! Finland! cut his left hand (his writing, and drawing, hand) badly a couple of weeks ago, severing a tendon. He had an operation on it and is currently recovering well, but when Budgie went to Bristol’s Comic Expo, he got some sketches from friends and artists of characters with their left arm in a splint and sling.

  • Victorian Sisters Create Magical Bugland. A collection of drawings by two Victorian sisters described as the “most inventive, accurate and humorous amateur natural history albums ever made” has gone on display for the first time in 150 years.

  • My Twitter Feed. Where I’ve been much better about updating lately than here on ye olde blog, but that’s how it goes when I’m really busy and I don’t feel like I have any free time to dedicate to proper entries. See also: Links posts. But anyway, click there to learn about the new bed, the impending ramp closures that fill me with rage, fish mank in the fish tank, and much more.

And here’s recent progress (including over-the-weekend work) on the battlefield adventure about a widowed nurse from a Confederate hospital aboard a west-bound train pulled by a Union war engine — now with military intrigue, steampunk Texas rangers, undead political separatists, murderous plots, bushwackers, bandits, sabotage, and epic scenes of mayhem:

Project: Dreadnought
New Words: 4291 (not embarrassing)
Present Total Word Count: 38,599 words
Goal: 100,000 words



Things Accomplished in Fiction: Got Mercy safely to Chattanooga, through a convoluted series of events that did not make for remotely easy or low-key traveling. Hell, her trip from Richmond to Chatty made my Christmas travel nightmare look like a breezy delight.

Things Accomplished in Real Life: Put together about a dozen Star Wars paperdolls (stay tuned); cleaned house some; took a long nap that I desperately needed; got some day work done.

Reason for Stopping: Got hungry.

Category: misc

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