I hate stucco. Seriously. It is ugly and impossible to work with. Day 3 Progress 1: Day 3 Progress 2:
Hobbit-Hole Progress, Part 1
In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort. Okay, I just […]
Tool Time
In July of last year, Brett Family Incorporated (Brooklyn franchise) increased its staff size by 50%. Since Dani has brown hair and I have black, we decided to increase workplace diversity by adding a redhead. This new hire was ratified by stock holders before the ad was run in the paper, but there was only […]
Word of the Day
Hey all, sorry I’ve been so quiet on the blog lately. In addition to 9 hours a day of jury duty all last week and this, I’ve been proofing 881 pages of Desert Spear copyedits, working on a new Arlen Messenger novellette, trying to close on my new office studio (which I will immediately need […]
No Longer at This Number
I used to work in medical publishing. If I say so myself, I was pretty good at it. I made decent money, and got a merit-based promotion and raise every year without fail for 10 years. Even the year I got laid off because the company I was working for at the time was tanking, […]