Whoops, wrong pony!

The next thing on the desk was supposed to be the revisions for HARD MAGIC, while I let the draft of VINEART WAR ripen.

Instead? My brain hands me the opening line for PACK OF LIES.

"You're dead. Also, stupid."

Hopefully writing the opening passage will be enough to keep it sated until December 22nd, which is my scheduled start-date. I'm not optimistic, tho.


Onward to revisions....

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Also, to anyone I saw too-briefly at the SFWA mill-n-swill last night [Ron, Steve, etc] I apologize for not spending more time shmoozing, but I was starting to feel what indeed turned out to be a massively nasty headache, and the lights there, while great for observing art, were not so much for comfortable conversation on my part....

random thoughts during a break....

Reading the financial news these days seems even more an exercise is masochism than before -- not only is the news bad, but the lack of shame/common decency at the top is even more glaringly apparent. I may live quite happily in a Capitalist economy, but that doesn't mean I can't also wish for a wall and blindfold and a rifle for some of the players....

Still. Black Friday should be interesting. Folk, there are some decent buys out there, if you need/want something, and you don't even have to wait until Friday! (and on-line means shopping at 3am isn't the sign of addiction, just insomnia).

On a related tangent or two:
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For those of you following the H-M "we will buy no more books" broohaha, relax. ( thoughts from a former editor )

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Follow up to the previous financial post:

( credit card stuff )