Between the Tap & Gown release week contest (get me your pictures of T&G in the wild!), the Dull Boy contest (send me your superheroes!), and the spoiler thread (no, I’m not taking requests for secret stories), this has been a really busy week on the blog. I haven’t even gotten to make my interview yet, let alone post it to the blog. I’ve only had a chance to visit one lonely bookstore to see my own book in the wild.
Writing-wise, this has been a busy week as well. I’m doing revisions for a short story, finishing up a proposal, and I’m knee deep in the second killer unicorn book, whose title changes, oh, daily. Someday I will learn to write a series where I work out the titles beforehand. KU2 is especially challenging in terms of carving out writing time, because it’s so intense that I really need to immerse myself in Astrid’s headspace. And, given the nature of her abilities, Astrid’s headspace is an extraordinarily scary place to be.
Which is too bad, because Diana’s own personal headspace is super fun right now. The weather is finally getting pretty around here, my garden is blooming its butt off (my radhishes look gorgeous on top, but don’t seem to be forming any actual radishes on the undersides, but hey, the herbs look good), Rio and I are having heaps of fun hiking through Rock Creek Park in the mornings, and I’m really ejoying my experiments with no-knead bread. Sailor Boy has an extra day off this weekend and we’ve got a big surprise coming to the house.
No, I’m not having a baby. Why does everyone always jump to that conclusion? It’s the Jane Austen chestnut, updated for the new generation: It is a truth universally acknowledged that a young married couple with jobs, a house, and a puppy must be in want of a rugrat.
I’m hoping to get a lot of writing done in this long weekend, but with Sailor Boy home and a full house, I’m not going ot hold my breath!
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