Overwhelmed

Haven’t really had much time for blogging lately, for myriad reasons. Cassie has reached a new stage of development, and is rolling over with impunity now. Crawling is right around the corner, but already we can’t turn our backs on her while she’s on the bed or changing table like we used to. She bores easily now, and needs constant stimulation and attention. She’s resistant to even the suggestion of sleep unless it’s 10PM, and even then, she’s not afraid to protest vehemently before knocking out for the night. It’s exhausting for me, and ten times worse for Dani, who, as a breastfeeding mommy, can never stray far from the little milking machine.

There’s payoff, of course. When she giggles, I feel this great big smile spread over my face, and when she laughs, there is nothing wrong in the world. She plays with toys now, and can sit in her high chair. She is fascinated with Jinx. Sometimes I love her so much I don’t know what to do with myself.

But mommy and daddy need to eat, and needless to say, having an infant in the house cuts deeply into my writing, and at a time when I am feeling a little overwhelmed with finishing The Desert Spear, promoting the Painted/Warded Man, and maintaining this blog, which I have been prioritizing in that order. Sadly, that means the Peephole suffers most of all. I have half-written posts on POVs, Writing to Sell, Stepsheeting, and other writing related stuff. I have pictures of Cassie I want to post, and a growing list of bookmarked reviews and the like to shout out.

Let’s deal with a few of those real quick, shall we? Then I’ll work on my interview for Fantasy Book Critic, and still try and make my Desert Spear writing quota for the day (hit it the last two weeks running! Whee!).

Dark Wolf posted a review of The Warded Man on his site the other day. I am working on an interview for him, too, which I will complete sometime in the next week or so. In the meantime, check out his blog. Some good stuff there.

Iscariot posted a long review of The Painted Man on the Malazan Empire forum. This was actually posted a while ago, but I bookmarked it on the laptop, which I seldom use anymore, so it sat for a while before I remembered it. It’s a pretty solid review, I think.

Ben Aaronovitch gives a brief review of The Painted Man on his blog, Temporarily Significant, wherein he pays it the greatest compliment he knows. It’s an honor.

And there’s an itty-bitty mini-review on Grasping for the Wind. Short and sweet.

That’s all for now. Hopefully I’ll have time to finish at least one craft post this week, and with any luck, there will be some major updates to the website this week, too!

Posted on December 7, 2008 at 1:23 pm by PeatB
Filed under Cassie, Musings, Reviews, Writing
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