Saturday, May 23, 2020

Box set sale

Attention, Kobo shoppers!  My Free Space trilogy box set--which is exclusive to Kobo, by the way--is 40% off for the next few days.

Be sure to use promo code MAYSALE when you make the purchase.


https://www.kobo.com/p/may40




Sale ends May 27.

As always, thanks for your support.  :)

Friday, May 15, 2020

Miscellaneous update

Well, the weather has finally warmed up for more than a couple of days in a row.  It looks like summer might finally be strong enough to hold off winter's dying gasps.  I mean... it's mid-May in the Deep South.  It should have been like this a month ago.  *sigh*

I've begun a woodworking project and a metalworking project.  I've bought several tools recently, thanks to my Trump Bux, and I'm going to try to make some things that aren't too crude or ugly to just throw away in disgust when I'm finished.  I'm not a craftsman by any means, so it will be a challenge.  *fingers crossed*

I heard an owl last night.  It was a Barred Owl, a common species in this region.  It was pretty cool.  I don't get to hear owls hoot very often.  Now if only I could train him to eat some of the buzzards that plague the neighborhood...

I had a weird dream recently.  I was in an enormous building, sort of like an airport concourse, except the inside looked more like a castle, or maybe like the great hall of Moria from The Lord of the Rings.  I was running to gather my stuff in order to save it from being destroyed, because Godzilla was on the way.  Yes, that Godzilla.  I ran back the way I came with my stuff in my arms--I don't remember what that "stuff" was--with the thumps of the monster's footsteps shaking the place like the T. Rex in Jurassic Park.  Once I made it to safety, the scene shifted, Godzilla vanished, and then I had to deal with zombies.  I had to wrestle a few of the zombies in order to break free, and then I was on the run again.  Like I said... weird.

Got a new pair of boots.  First new boots in about a quarter century.  I'd forgotten how stiff new boots could be, so for the next several months, I'll probably wear them whenever I go anywhere in order to break them in.  They're handsome, though, and I like them a lot.  They have that wonderful new-leather smell.

That's all for now.  Y'all be careful out there, what with the virus and all.

Wednesday, May 6, 2020

Stealin' summer

The temperature dropped ten degrees this afternoon in about two hours.  There was no rain today, just a lot of wind.  It feels like winter is making a comeback.

It's May.  It's not supposed to be like this.  *shakes fist at cloud*

Monday, May 4, 2020

A new draft is conceived

I've started the first draft of book 5, Wheel of Fire.

I should have started this a while ago.  I meant to.  But my toe abscess happened, and then this virus nonsense swept us all up into a froth, and I've simply been too distracted to focus.

Today's the day, though.  The beginning has begun.  I've got 500 or so words down.

The novella I've been working on is now on the back burner.  I'll get back to it after this first draft is done.

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Venturing out

I had an eventful Monday.  I actually went places.

The credit union's lobby was closed due to the virus, but they had the drive-through tellers going.  The connection was choppy--like a stream over poor bandwidth--but I got my Trump Bux check deposited.  Lol...

The post office was open as usual.  Most people there were in masks.  I also wore a mask and gloves which I discarded on my way out.  The gloves, not the mask.  I kept the mask.

Home Depot was open, but they were controlling the number of people in the store at any one time.  The entrance was roped off like a line at an amusement park.  No one was in line, though, so I guess I beat the crowd.  About half the folks there were in masks.  Maybe less.  The checkout lines had taped-off areas of the floor telling us where to stand and whatnot, though there were few enough people so that it didn't really matter.

I didn't see any corona zombies.  No riots or fights for toilet paper.  No crazed scolds whining about people being out.  It was an eventful day just due to the fact that I was out and around strangers, but it was uneventful by pre-plague standards.

Oh, by the way... I watched the movie Contagion the other day for the first time.  The parallels are a bit eerie.