Author: sheila
I finally got the Christmas decorations put away!
They ahven’t still been up on the walls, you understand. I dumped them in the guest room to get them out of the way, pending a sort through, because I know darn well I’ll never sort through them in December. Well this morning I finally did it. I didtched the tatty stuff and mended the nativity scene, and packed it all away neatly. And the novel’s up to 72,023 words.
Santa Cruz
Where does Father Christmas go for his holidays? To Santa Cruz. (You may groan.) Anyway, I went to Santa Cruz this morning to meet my friend Norma and drop shoes off for mending – yes we still have a shoe mender. And here’s a roofscape from beside the park.
Slightly famous again
My upcoming story in Escape Velocity got a mention on Lawrence Dagstine’s site And I’ve been working a little on the novel every day. I should reach 71,000 words tonight. But right now, I have to nag my son to do his homework.
Slightly mad
I remember in school we used to say that the first sign of madness was talking to yourself. The second sign of madness was having white hairs on the palms of your hands. And the third sign of madness was looking for white hairs on the palm of your hands. Well this morning I decided that the fourth sign was very probably taking art photos of cabagges. But I took…
I’m famous!
Well, famous-ish. There’s an interview with me up at http://joyceanthony.tripod.com/blog/ And I finally got started on the novel again. Only 140 words, but at least I’m moving again after 6 weeks off for Christmas.