I don’t think I mentioned that Serendib Press / Home / Garden / Travel / ETC. hired a bookkeeper and an accountant this week, which feels like a little milestone. Should I have done this years ago? Yes, yes, I should’ve. Ah well, onwards.
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This is long. Writing + finances + life choices. Thinking about how to maintain this level of writing in my life going forward, without quitting my job. I really can’t just quit my job — we need the money to cover our base expenses. I could go on Kevin’s health insurance, but that still leaves
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Woke at 6 a.m., coffee and samosa, made it to the shed by 7, puttered for a bit online, started writing at 8, and it’s 9:17 now. Not bad work. Two new scenes, 1700 words, and we’re to the end of chapter 12, which is all new. Looking forward to reader comments on it. 13
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I got ready to record a podcast episode on Sunday morning, for the SLF’s Portolan Project, only to discover that my co-host Benjamin Rosenbaum was on vacation — oops, crossed wires. But it’s okay; I’ll probably go for the exact same outfit next time we record, because we’re talking science fiction a lot of the time, and
Only got halfway through chapter 12, but sending it along to the first readers anyway, as it’s all brand new material. Drafting is slower than revising! 2500 new words this morning, which is more than I’ve drafted in quite a while. AND I had a crowd scene in there, with a lot of people gathered
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Oh! I meant to say, I’ve managed to actually put a writer newsletter together, for the first time in I don’t know how long, or rather, Stephanie Bailey and Emmanuel Henderson have managed to pin me down long enough to put one together for me. I want to highlight one thing for locals who are up on Sunday mornings
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I’ve been working too hard — it really hit me yesterday, when I was suddenly on the verge of tears for absolutely no reason around 7 p.m. And after Dr. Who, Anand made a joke about not bothering Mommy when she’s working or she’ll get mad, and I burst into tears. He was very apologetic
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Woke up at 6, made it to downstairs and to the shed by 6:30, but e-mail and random posting and such has now taken it to 8. I get torn about whether I should just dive into writing first, or let myself ‘clear the decks’ of lingering things so I’m not stressing about them. I
Well, got to writing quite a bit later today, but wrote from 10:30 – 1, and more importantly, got another chapter revised. Up to 21,200 words, which I think is about a quarter of the way through? I have about 3.5 weeks before the semester starts, so I’m basically on pace to finish in time
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Me to kids: “Another animal for today — I want one of my characters to have a pet that is almost small enough to hide in her long hair, because she’s kind of a shy, quiet person, and was very sad and lonely for a long time, but now she has this pet-friend, so is
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