Let me tell you how emotionally drained I have become of late, how perilously close to total burn out that I am.\u00c2\u00a0 I am listening to old Dr Hook songs for laughs. No. Seriously. I really think that puts it in context, yes?<\/p>\n
The weekend is upon us and I’m diving into the finishing touches for Eclipse Three<\/strong> which must be finished very, very soon. That means sitting down and writing the introduction (have I told you how I dislike writing anthology introductions?) and the author notes for the book. It also means doing the line edits and formatting.\u00c2\u00a0 How am I going? Well, if I had to, I could hand in the book tomorrow. I’m not going to because someone who is totally worth waiting for is supposed to get me a story any second now. I’m also vacilating on some legal \/ copyright\u00c2\u00a0 stuff that I’m discussing with the publisher which, frankly, has me very worried. We’re too small to get a lawyer to check things, so we’re trying to be as careful as we can.<\/p>\n Other than that, I’m now less than three weeks away from a plane to Sydney.\u00c2\u00a0 I’m developing pre-trip tunnel vision. I know what I need to get done before I go, and I’m parsing the tasks to be sure they’re completed.\u00c2\u00a0 I’m also checking budgets, balancing this and that, and all in all going nuts. I’ll be cool though.<\/p>\n I also got a new PC this week. Big, fast and beautiful which frankly runs like a complete piece of crap.\u00c2\u00a0 Beautiful screen. Great TV reception.\u00c2\u00a0 Can’t run spellcheck in Word without dying. This is not the time I need to be messing with such things. sigh.\u00c2\u00a0 I’ll remember for next time.\u00c2\u00a0 More soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Let me tell you how emotionally drained I have become of late, how perilously close to total burn out that I am.\u00c2\u00a0 I am listening to old Dr Hook songs for laughs. No. Seriously. I really think that puts it in context, yes? The weekend is upon us and I’m diving into the finishing touches … Continue reading sigh…<\/span>