I'm a writer. There, I've admitted it. I wonder if there's a 12-Step program for folks like me...

Most of this blog will be about writing for a living. Or maybe about trying to earn a living as a writer. Or maybe about trying to have a life while you write.

And maybe I'll be able to avoid the driving temptation to write about politics. But I'm not very good around temptation, so all I can promise is that I'll try to avoid writing about politics.

But I will write about the software I use, and the software I try out, and what I think about it. I actually spent lots of years in software testing - as a tester and as a manager of testing departments. I actually started work in software development in 1971, so I have a bit of experience with computers to back up what I have to say on this subject.

Monday, September 13, 2010

Waiting on “Hog Valley” and other stuff

 

I’m waiting on the Proof Copy of “Hog Valley”. The interior work and the Cover work are complete. As soon as I receive the proof copy in the mail

I’ll check it thoroughly and, hopefully, give my final approval. This week, I hope and pray.

In spite of my best efforts, I have not written a single word in “Twisted Key” in several weeks. Health issues – torn retina, gout (nasty, nasty stuff), moving between apartments, final edits and wrangling with the production teams on “Hog Valley” and most recently a really bad upper respiratory infection have gotten in the way of any writing.  That’s life, I guess.

But that does not mean I’m not thinking about the plot. I am, and when I can I’m running down leads and making contacts for information to flesh out the story.

The recovery from the URI is slow, unfortunately. Getting back to some semblance of normalcy from something like that takes time, especially when you’re not nineteen. Heaven knows I haven’t been nineteen in a couple of years. Heaven knows that – I’m just getting around to realizing it, myself.

I hope you have a really good week.

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