on reaching stage 4...or was that 5?

This book may not suck.

Whaddayaknow.


(going from writing a first-person female POV contemporary magic-mystery to a 3rd-person 14th-century-ish male POV adventure fantasy has been...interesting. Knowing that I now get to turn around and reverse the process -- and then reverse it again -- makes me wonder WTF I was thinking. Oh well. A solid mental shakeup's good for the soul. Or something.)


(oh, and I get to write a paranormal romance in there, too. Right. No wonder I'm never quite sure whose skin I'm in...)

Three times I tell you -- or three things, anyway.

1. BookVew Cafe is site of the week in the Guardian Online! Woot us!

2. Took a break from work at lunchtime to welcome Mei-Chan (and The Parents) to Ch. Felidae (a trial run on taking puppy out on the bus). ( the not-so-gory details )

3. Because I was feeling the urge to get Really Organized, I just sat down and plotted out the basic structure for the next 12 months, not including page proofs, copy-edits, or any of the inevitable production/promotional/infernal fiddly bit of publishing:

( All subject, natch, to whims of fate, publishing, and the middle finger of chaos stirring the pot. )