Still Working
So I’ve had to adjust my work habits slightly now that the Infanta has arrived on her bed of linens and sequins and silk, but never fear, I am still working, albeit more slowly and sleepily.
Officially, I am taking a month off from writing while we care for the little bundle of joy. I am then heading out to London for the UK book launch, at which point the vacation ends and I’m back on quota until The Desert Spear is done.
Unofficially, I am working whenever the opportunity presents itself. Mostly just jotting down ideas, but that’s every bit as important as prose in the long run.
Thankfully, I am quite used to working on my phone, so I can write even while the little bundle of joy sleeps in my arms. Even more exciting, the new model is in stores! My HP Ipaq smartphone is like 2-3 generations old. It’s the 6515, and not even the good version of that model, since it only runs crapass Windows Mobile 3.1. Lately, it crashes a lot, too, and some of the features (like texting) don’t always work on the first (or fifth) reboot. The new version, the Ipaq 910, supposedly has a far more stable operating system, and a much more robust processor, along with all the features I have come to love and owe my current career to. If the keyboard is good, I’m sold. It’s wicked expensive, but hey, it’s a business expense! Now if I can just find enough time to escape to the store…
BTW, if you are in London on Sept. 4, please be the only person to come to my first signing! I would like to sign at least one book while I sit there for an hour and people who’ve never heard of me walk by shaking their heads in pity.
I want you to buy that phone so that I can try the keyboard before I buy that phone. Is it still “selfish” if I’m upfront about it?
Ayn Rand would say no. 🙂
Holy crap. Dani’s alive!
Congratulations on the new arrival! I’ve been at Clarion West so I totally missed it!
I’m incredibly happy for you guys.
BTW, do you happen to have an LJ account that you network with?
I was toying with the idea of setting up a LiveJournal account and just mirror-updating to it with a widget, but I keep putting it off. Between this site, facebook, MySpace, and my occasional Journalscape cross-post, I am about at capacity.
Oh, and thanks!
No problem :). And I totally understand.
I have just finished reading Painted Man,an unproofed copy which a freind of mine who works in a bookshop gave me. To my husbands dismay nothing was done around the house. I loved it , although not the books I usually read, I went online to find how to purchase the next 2 books of the Demon trilogy to find out that Painted man hasn’t even been released in Australia. SO the big ? is when can I get my hands on the next book, proof or not…regards
Vicky
I was lucky and honored to be given a copy of The Painted Man to read and review. I dont read this type of book normally, but by chapter 3 I was hooked, I couldnt put it down and by the end of the book I was cursing you, I just didnt want it to end. Now I am so frustrated that I have to wait a year for the next installment of this superb triology…..sigh…so I want to be given nice advanced copies to read or proof read, of the next 2 books, to make me feel better again….lol
Seriously though I would love to come to your signing but my little girl is at the hospital that day and it is also the day she goes back to school, so a double whammy for me. So I wish you luck on your signing day and be assured that if you write it they will come, oh sorry wrong book…lol I have a feeling you are going to go far as an Author. I think you are one of the best new Authors I have ever read, you draw people into the story, I felt I was actually there and seeing it, instead of just being words. Well done and Good luck for the future.
Shaz
Wow, I want to sky-write comments like those last two.
Sadly, it will be some time before the next book is ready. I’m past the halfway point, but there’s miles to go, still. I’m very pleased with the results so far, though, and I think it lives up to the promise of the first.