Getting Around on Your Knees
Oct. 7th, 2009 02:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lydamorehouseAccording to Mason, he spent yesterday's skating practice mostly just getting around on his knees. (Poor guy, though he sounds like me.)
I feel I can kind of relate. This week is crazy-busy.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
naomikritzer read my book in about ten minutes, so I was over there yesterday to get critique. I just settled in to get that done by this weekend so Shawn will have a chance to proof it before it goes to the editor, when who should e-mail, but said-editor. Could she send along the revisions for HONEYMOON or would it break my stride with ALMOST?
Did I mention we're headed for Indiana on October 15 to spend a couple of days with Grandma?
Yet I always remind myself in times like these, that these are the problems I DREAMED of having for years. I really can't complain. I have work. Not only that, it's work I LOVE. It's work that I can do while at home, and, on days like today, take a two hour break to putter in the garden in the bright October sunshine.
In other news, the house is a complete mess. I can't seem to get out from under the dishes. AND I just found a well-over due library book of Mason's neatly shelved on his bookshelf, *and* another one that belongs to his school in the computer room on the floor. Ye gods. We have too many books in this house.
Oh, and the gerbils stink. They need a change of bedding. I should get up and do that, but, listen, there's a warm cat on my lap. Would you get up? No, I didn't think so.
I got the cover art for my last Garnet book. I'm waiting to see if it's okay to post it, but I'm going to warn you: they changed artists. And the font. The whole style really. You can tell me what you think when I get it up.
Yeah, and Gaylaxicon is this weekend, right?
I feel I can kind of relate. This week is crazy-busy.
naomikritzer read my book in about ten minutes, so I was over there yesterday to get critique. I just settled in to get that done by this weekend so Shawn will have a chance to proof it before it goes to the editor, when who should e-mail, but said-editor. Could she send along the revisions for HONEYMOON or would it break my stride with ALMOST?Did I mention we're headed for Indiana on October 15 to spend a couple of days with Grandma?
Yet I always remind myself in times like these, that these are the problems I DREAMED of having for years. I really can't complain. I have work. Not only that, it's work I LOVE. It's work that I can do while at home, and, on days like today, take a two hour break to putter in the garden in the bright October sunshine.
In other news, the house is a complete mess. I can't seem to get out from under the dishes. AND I just found a well-over due library book of Mason's neatly shelved on his bookshelf, *and* another one that belongs to his school in the computer room on the floor. Ye gods. We have too many books in this house.
Oh, and the gerbils stink. They need a change of bedding. I should get up and do that, but, listen, there's a warm cat on my lap. Would you get up? No, I didn't think so.
I got the cover art for my last Garnet book. I'm waiting to see if it's okay to post it, but I'm going to warn you: they changed artists. And the font. The whole style really. You can tell me what you think when I get it up.
Yeah, and Gaylaxicon is this weekend, right?
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Date: 2009-10-07 08:01 pm (UTC)I am really curious (1) how authors find beta readers; I would love to do this but I don't know how to go about getting involved and also (2) what is the logic (if you know!) behind your publishers changing the artist/style of the book cover in the last book of a series?
I hope you are able to get everything done in as stress-free a manner as possible so you can enjoy your visit with family later this month!
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Date: 2009-10-07 09:08 pm (UTC)2) No effing clue (don't get me started.)
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Date: 2009-10-07 09:31 pm (UTC)I can't wait to see the new cover, at any rate, I am sure it will be lovely even if different.