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.
Month: January 2008
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.
Santo Domingo again
This morning I went to Garafía town hall again with Helen. As usual, it was after ten thirty when we got there, and we had to wait at the technical office, but we got all the paperwork done without any real problem. I took some photos of the little garden at the town hall. I have no idea whether the rock carvings are genuine pre-Spanish items or copies, but they’re…
Happy Birthday to me
Today’s my birthday, and I’m 21 again. We celebrated yesterday at the local pizzaria with friends. I got some lovely presents, ate too much and drank too much and thoroughly enjoyed myself. It took most of the evening to recover. Today I seem to have spent most of the day running around keeping appointments and submitting short stories, but that’s OK, because yesterday was great. Only I really must get…
Happy Birthday Sam
This afternoon we went to little Sam’s birthday party. He’s two. Here he is dancing to the music from his new toy bus – it’s one of those repetative tunes that makes little kids happy while the adults’ toes curl. And of course there was cake.