Nov. 12th, 2008

lauraanne_gilman: (almost-there dragon)
This morning, beeping and clanking of trucks heralded what I thought was going to be another round of roadwork outside my window. Joy. But no -- a flatbed truck of burlap-wrapped trees and a swarm of men in gloves and barn jackets descended and, in short-if-noisy order, had planted young trees all along our curbside.

Mind you, we're not shy of trees around here. But the new kids are more than welcome.


Meanwhile, it's a lovely 45 degrees outside, the steam heat has finished its morning clanking, Vivaldi is playing, the cats are sleeping, I have a pot of tea brewed, a red pen, a yellow highlighter, notecards, and 100 pages of problem manuscript to go through. I just need to 'forget' that it's my own work, be usefully brutal, and we'll be seeing daylight soon....




(meanwhile, it's sort of...depressing? to see how little crime-causing inclination you think I have. Although I suppose it will make for a good defense...)
lauraanne_gilman: (madness toll)
The day's frustration of "why is this book not DONE YET?" is, thankfully, tempered by "oooo, neat" discoveries as I go along.

And that's why I slog on through. Not for the end product, although that is deeply satisfying, not to mention rent-paying, but for the "oh wow, that's how this fits in here, and if they do that it's because of this, and everything suddenly makes sense why I built it up that way! Kewl!"

But, seriously. The book needs to be done now.


Meanwhile, if anyone out there knows a Brian Graston of Pueblo, Colorado? You might want to advise him to lawyer up. Running a pirated books website -- and advertising it! -- is stupid enough. Doing it with (among others) JK Rowling's books is asking to get your balls handed to you.

(also? the pdf files are crap. Not worth the effort to save a few bucks.)

Moron.

EtA: Twice a Moron. Apparently, Mr. Ellison's up there, too. And now, so are Mr. Ellison's lawyers. Blood in the water, much? (Jeezus. What part of "if writers don't earn a living you don't get new entertainment" do these people still not grok?)


Mr. G. apparently had a bad few days. Site's down.

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