Strap in, hang on, and type

Jun 18 , 2009
Finished the rewrite of the novelette’s ending at about 7:30 tonight. Jon was still working on the new database, or server, or something very techie. Friends came over as [...]
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Off the Clock

Jun 17 , 2009
I had this long blog planned, but now I sit here and realize that I’m done for the day. I’m stick a fork in me honey done. So, I’m off to find Jon and figure out [...]
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An Interesting Day

Jun 16 , 2009
I had workmen on both sides of my office today. Pounding hammers, breaking brick, drills, and other tools I could not identify merely by sound. Because I tried not to look out at [...]
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Progress

Jun 15 , 2009
I got eight pages on the rewrite of the novelette. Not consecutive pages because it’s that kind of rewrite. Yesterday’s research was exactly what I needed to move [...]
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We’re #1!

Jun 14 , 2009
SKIN TRADE is #1 on-line in the New York Times list. Next week we will be #1 in the printed New York Times. We are also #1 at Publisher’s Weekly. It has been an amazing week [...]
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Saturday Morning

Jun 13 , 2009
It’s Saturday morning and I’m up early with just the dogs and me. It is the first time in weeks that I’ve been well enough to trust my ankle and the dogs in the [...]
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Friday Night Date

Jun 12 , 2009
It’s date night, so in the interest of finishing the evening the way Jon and I have planned I will be brief. It’s date night, and nothing I could do at the computer [...]
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USA Today and NY Times Graphic Novel

Jun 11 , 2009
SKIN TRADE is the number six best selling book in the country according to USA Today. It’s in today’s, Thursday’s, paper. There’s a write up from the [...]
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Storms and Midnight TV

Jun 10 , 2009
Storms turned our sixty pound puppy into a shivering, couch-climbing monkey. So the three of us cuddled on the couch with the dogs. Sasquatch could care less about the storms, but [...]
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Questions from Tour

Jun 08 , 2009
Questions most often asked on tour: 1. Is Richard ever going to be happy again? (This was a more polite version of the question. It depended on who was asking how it was phrased.) [...]
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