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Weird weeks
14 years ago
Well, this has been one weird two weeks.
First off, I just found out I have a mild case of diabetes. So I'm gonna have to figure out how to deal with that. Thank God we have a YMCA here. Exercise will be a big help in arresting, if not altogether reversing that problem. I won't lie. I had a mild freak-out over that news since I was born with a number of congenital birth defects thanks to having rubella when I was born, so I figured I'd already hit my quota of health related problems in my life. But noooooo. Someone up there ain't done making a joke outta me yet.
Ah well. I survived a horse attack when I was a kid. I'll survive this.
Beyond that, Borders is going out of business utterly. My only response to that is holy flying FUCK is that ever bad news. Bad enough we lost the one here in town. Now they're going out of business altogether? There goes my hope of ever doing a book signing at one.
Maybe Barnes and Noble will let me do one if I ever get big enough? Or maybe Books-a-million will take up residence here. ....Is it me, or have we about run out of great bookstores in this country? I've never even seen a books-a-million store, and up till recently, had never heard of'em either.
Speaking of books, my primary one is still being written but is— thank God— getting close to the finish line. Only another third of the story left to go. This means that while I'm working on stopping my disease and getting ready for NYAF/NYCC, I can start focusing on some of my short stories too. I haven't had a chance to deal with them in a long while now. Here's hoping that soon enough those will be hitting bookshelves. Whether that be on their own or as part of anthologies, I'm hoping to get one of these done and out by New Year's. I'm hoping to finish my novel by mid-october at the earliest and early december at the latest. Research is slowing things down a bit there but it's not as bad as it was when I started.
That's about it from me. Ciao for now peeps.
First off, I just found out I have a mild case of diabetes. So I'm gonna have to figure out how to deal with that. Thank God we have a YMCA here. Exercise will be a big help in arresting, if not altogether reversing that problem. I won't lie. I had a mild freak-out over that news since I was born with a number of congenital birth defects thanks to having rubella when I was born, so I figured I'd already hit my quota of health related problems in my life. But noooooo. Someone up there ain't done making a joke outta me yet.
Ah well. I survived a horse attack when I was a kid. I'll survive this.
Beyond that, Borders is going out of business utterly. My only response to that is holy flying FUCK is that ever bad news. Bad enough we lost the one here in town. Now they're going out of business altogether? There goes my hope of ever doing a book signing at one.
Maybe Barnes and Noble will let me do one if I ever get big enough? Or maybe Books-a-million will take up residence here. ....Is it me, or have we about run out of great bookstores in this country? I've never even seen a books-a-million store, and up till recently, had never heard of'em either.
Speaking of books, my primary one is still being written but is— thank God— getting close to the finish line. Only another third of the story left to go. This means that while I'm working on stopping my disease and getting ready for NYAF/NYCC, I can start focusing on some of my short stories too. I haven't had a chance to deal with them in a long while now. Here's hoping that soon enough those will be hitting bookshelves. Whether that be on their own or as part of anthologies, I'm hoping to get one of these done and out by New Year's. I'm hoping to finish my novel by mid-october at the earliest and early december at the latest. Research is slowing things down a bit there but it's not as bad as it was when I started.
That's about it from me. Ciao for now peeps.
