The crud is slowly clearing from the house. Hobkin has renewed his interest in broccoli and cottage cheese, and we are no longer going through Kleenex at a phenomenal rate. But there’s still a lingering “I feel crappy” element. Ugh.
Writing Stuff
This cold and other various life events has totally thrown off my stride. Too many days have gone by without writing, so I’m dropping back to “Day 1” in Club 100. Sigh. I’m behind in writing crits too (I’ll get one to you yet for “Genescape,” britzkrieg!). Going to play catch up today, see if I can’t cleave through the rising tide of “things to do” before it crashes down on my head.
In “yay” news, E. Sedia reviewed The 3rd Alternative #40 for Tangent and had this to say about “Running on Two Legs”:
“Eugie Foster’s ‘Running on Two Legs’ is a positive tale, and the beauty of the language carries one along with the story . . . the protagonist is deeply sympathetic and believable . . . It is difficult to write a thoughtful story that features a terminal disease without melodrama, and Eugie Foster achieves it with style.”
Coolness.
And I got a note from the artist, Kirk Alberts, who’s going to be doing the cover art for my Scrybe Press chapbook, “Inspirations End/Still My Beating Heart.” He’s actually soliciting feedback! I get to have a say in how the artwork turns out. Wow.
I haven’t been totally lump-like, even though it feels like I’ve been galloping along at top speed, just to stay in the same place.
– I completed the blurbage for C. Dennis Moore’s Icons to Ashes.
– Signed and sent back the contract for “Year of the Fox.”
– On the Tangent front, I emailed a slew of editors to notify them of the address change for review copies. Several of them are going to start sending me electronic review copies, which makes me happy. It’s so much faster and cheaper to email PDFs or RTF story files to my reviewers. Plus, the overseas thing stops being an issue then. Tangent has reviewers in Canada, France, the UK, and now Australia, as well as the ones scattered across the U.S., so postage costs could quickly become scary. Also took on our first advertiser. Shiny front page banner goodness which, more importantly, is bringing in revenue.
Glad to hear that the crud is being defeated, albeit slowly. We call it the lurgy here, the dreaded lurgy if it is really, really bad.
I am in awe, Eugie, at how much you get done, even when you’re sick.
Thanks, although much of the work was done listing over the computer keyboard. It’s not like I was running laps or anything . . .
Ah, but at least you were at your keyboard. I have a love/hate relationship with mine at the moment.
I’ve sung Kirk’s praises in my own blog many times the past couple of weeks. He’s an amazing artist. Now I’ll be watching to see what he creates for you.
I’m really excited at the prospect of working with him and seeing what he comes up with. I’m way impressed by what I’ve seen so far.
I’m glad things are getting a little better for you, at least on the health front. I’ve been worrying about you.
I’ll get one to you yet for “Genescape”
Ah, don’t worry about it. It’s long as hell, and you’ve got far more important things going on.
Do you want to give me a deadline for turning in my Amazing Stories reviews? Or is this one of those “I needed it yesterday” situations? 😉
“Ah, don’t worry about it. It’s long as hell, and you’ve got far more important things going on.“
No, dammit. I’ve started the critique and I’m going to finish it!
“Do you want to give me a deadline for turning in my Amazing Stories reviews? Or is this one of those “I needed it yesterday” situations? “
Think you can get it to me this week or the beginning of next?
Icon love!!!
Think you can get it to me this week or the beginning of next?
Yep. Sunday at the latest. I’ll shoot for Friday, though.
No, dammit. I’ve started the critique and I’m going to finish it!
Well, then! 😀 Thanks in advance!