Yiddish word of the week, and small egoboo

for various reasons, I'm refreshing my familiarity with Yiddish. And I figured, hey, why should I suffer alone?

So here t'is, the Yiddish Word Of the Week....


Vershtickt: Choking, gagging. The feeling you get when cleaning your freezer after a long power outage, or when someone mentions Simon & Simon slashfic.



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in other news, I'm informed that BRING IT ON is currently #76 on Amazon's fantasy bestseller list. Which is sort of like saying that you're the tenth most popular left-handed red-headed Asian person in town, but hey, it beats being the eleventh most popular...

oh, bugger

Anyone who's ever worked down in the WTC area, a question: which church has the loudest or best-sounding chimes on the hour?

I can't believe I forgot to check on that....

*thud*

90,000 words, and 325 pages later... the draft of BURNING BRIDGES is done.

Three weeks ahead of deadline.


Now to let it sit for a day or two, and begin the "does any of this actually make sense?" read-through. With luck, and kind gods, I'll be able to hand the polished draft off exactly on deadline.


At which point it will sit on her desk for a month-plus, but it won't be my responsibility any more.





Oh fuck. Now I have to start re-outlining book five....