Got a ton done this weekend!


Revised my novella and put it up for crit, as well as my last short story. Yay!

AND — congratulations to Rob, nominated for the Hugo for “Wake.” “Watch” comes out next month (I have his May launch on my calendar) and it was a thrill to work side-by-side with him at our semi-annual write-off as he did the finishing touches on “Wonder.” Great weekend! Next week – back to the novel — I can hardly wait!

Does Filking Count?


So, I didn’t write fiction this week, but I DID filk my song for the musical AND download the karaoke version of Herod’s Song from JC Superstar AND transfer it to garage band AND record myself with the new lyrics AND burn a disc including the filked song, the blank karaoke, my lines with cues and the cues without my lines. Now I should be able to learn everything by CD!

Banff was great –


I got about 4000 words written, which wasn’t bad considering the new technology I was using. It worked fairly well, too. Mostly, it understood the text I dictated, though I had more trouble with the navigation commands. Still, getting text down was what I really needed, and I was able to do some edits left-handed, afterward, so it all worked out. Still have to learn more!

BTW, congratulations to everyone who was nominated for an Aurora this year. I personally know every nominee for Best Work, Long Form – Leslie, Barb, Ed, Rob and Hayden. Will make voting VERY tough! Also, congratulations to Ivan, who was nominated for short story. Not sure who else was nominated, as the official list isn’t out yet, but already I’m thinking I better book my membership to Keycon!