Bits and Pieces

One person has finished Piper's Debt. They gave me some very good feedback which I will keep in mind during my next edit. I'm hoping to do this next edit sometime before the summer so that I can begin sending out query letters around then.

Meanwhile I'm working on some ideas for both Duty's Tomb and The Shadow Waltz. I'm not sure which one will be the next book to get my entire attention. They're completely different stories, though one has a lot more headway into a rough draft than the other.

As for the other parts of my life, they're still driving me mildly crazy. I wish I could find a set direction, but that never seems to work out for me. I once spoke about this with my mentor in grad school and he mentioned some eastern based theory about how some people are meant to live multiple lives at once. It's an odd idea, but at times when I'm feeling like this I find myself thinking back on that.

In other news, I'm trying to get myself to do some little exercises and stretches each day. I also try to eat salads, and chose grilled chicken over fried, little things like that. But then I get a stack of candy in front of me and eat all of it. I don't really need to lose weight, but would like to feel a little more fit. Maybe feeling more healthy would give me the energy I need to do at least a few more of the many things I want to.

Sexy Hobbits

First, I'd like to thank you dewds for your comments regarding my last entry. I'm still feeling apprehensive about all topics listed there (except for sweeney todd) but at least I can feel like I have the support of wonderful people.

Second, I'm sick. I caught a cold over the weekend and keep sneezing. Slogged on in to work today hoping I could keep myself busy and ignore it. We'll see how that goes.

And third, I've begun making posts and annoying shout outs online to attempt to recruit for the kinship I'm part of on Lord of the Rings Online. I've never done the recruiting for one of these before, so I'm not entirely sure I'm doing it right. If all else fails, my sexy hobbit is going to start propositioning any kinless person she sees wander into the Prancing Pony.

"Hey, baby. You looking for a good time? Then join my kinship. Together we'll penetrate all the way through The Rift. Wink wink, nudge nudge."

...Yeah, let's hope it doesn't come to that.

Rawr?

I woke up this morning with one of the songs from Sweeney Todd in my mind, so I took my mp3 player with me to work so that I could listen to the soundtrack while I worked. It really is a beautiful soundtrack, despite the material.

I haven't heard anything from the people reading my book, other than they've recieved it and one is on chapter nine. It's been a week. I usually take a week, maybe two, to finish a book, but I try to remember most people aren't this obsessive and some of the people I sent to only read one book a year if they're feeling particularily inspired, but still. It's driving me mad.

Meanwhile I applied to take the CBEST and to be admitted to CSUN. I put the wrong email adress on the CSUN application so I'll have to call to fix that. (I applied there for grad school, though I ended up somewhere else. All my old information was still in their database.) Why am I doing all this? Because I'm a directionless fool.

Bah. Back to listening to Sweeney Todd.