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Monday, October 11, 2010

the ship is on autopilot

One:

After my cross-post from November Hill Press blog, and all the lovely support I got, I am happy to report that I got to the upload phase with the first novel this morning. I pretty immediately got stuck in preview mode though b/c of some formatting issues that have to be fixed, but I can say without qualification that my getting out of my slump is a direct result of comments here last week. So thank you to all who commented. I so appreciate it.

Two:

I am living in a boneyard. Sort of like a Stephen King short story. Bear has managed to locate and excavate every bone that has ever been given to Chase or Kyra since we moved here 5 years ago. Every morning I wake up to find that he has been on midnight digs and brought in more of his finds. There were years when I stepped on stray Lego parts or Playmobil parts and squealed in pain. Now I am stubbing my toes on bones. I had no idea we'd even GIVEN Chase and Kyra this many bones!

Three:

It is another gorgeous day and although I still have a list of things, I have spent time on other things too: emailing my writing group partner for support on the formatting glitch, eating the last piece of Mexican chocolate cake that husband made on Friday, and right now I am sitting here cheerfully typing in this blog post, thumbing my nose at the to do list, and letting the ship sail -- on autopilot.
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11 comments:

  1. Grey Horse MattersOctober 11, 2010 at 1:44:00 PM EST

    One - Congratulations!
    Two - Ouch! The Bear must have very dirty paws.
    Three - The cake sounds delicious. Autopilot is the only way to go.

    Hope you manage to get a ride in with this beautiful weather.

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  2. ValentinoOctober 11, 2010 at 6:30:00 PM EST

    Does a Mexican chocolate cake have some sort of chili pepper in it by chance?! Yum :)

    Maybe put "autopilot" on the list...

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  3. forever in blue jeans, BethOctober 11, 2010 at 9:43:00 PM EST

    I think I've joined your "nose thumbing" club :)

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  4. ponymaidOctober 12, 2010 at 9:02:00 AM EST

    Billie, I wish you luck with the formatting conundrum - I'm afraid I cannot help there. I do believe my eyes are giving out - I read that Bear has taken up a career in archeology and that you edited the chocolate cake. I re-read more carefully and it made more sense but wasn't quite as colourful.

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  5. billieOctober 12, 2010 at 9:11:00 AM EST

    Arlene, autopilot is pretty nice, I admit!

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  6. billieOctober 12, 2010 at 9:11:00 AM EST

    V, the secret ingredient is cinnamon - and you can also use a special kind of Mexican chocolate, which we do when we can find it.

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  7. billieOctober 12, 2010 at 9:12:00 AM EST

    Also, there is coffee in the icing!

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  8. billieOctober 12, 2010 at 9:12:00 AM EST

    Beth, it's a fun club. Welcome!

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  9. billieOctober 12, 2010 at 9:13:00 AM EST

    Sheaffer, love your colorful reading of this.

    I have to say - if editing manuscripts were as easy as editing that piece of cake was... it would be a... piece of cake! :)

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  10. jmeOctober 12, 2010 at 9:22:00 AM EST

    right on! autopilot is my favorite setting ;-) hope you get your formatting woes resolved soon!

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  11. billieOctober 12, 2010 at 9:31:00 AM EST

    j, from the frying pan into the fire is what comes to mind with this formatting stuff - but hopefully not for too long a time!

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