Writing/Editing/Reading Update, February Edition

I’ll admit it, transitioning back from vacation in Hawaii to working on the frozen tundra in the wilds of Minnesota was hard. Especially the first week, when a change in Sandra's work schedule kept me at our condo for a number of days longer than originally planned. But I've gotten much smarter about what I …

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Writing/Editing/Reading Update, January Edition

I've never been a "I've gotta get out of this winter to someplace warm" kind of person, but my wife is, and a month or so ago she had the idea that we should join some friends in Hawaii the last week of January. So we left the land of ice dams and snow-drooping trees …

Writing/Editing/Reading Update, December Edition

Well, that shuts down 2022 and turns out the lights. It was a crazy year, as previously blogged about: Sandra and I sold our house, bought a condo, remodeled my mom's country house, and moved into the condo and country house, splitting our time between them. We're still not fully unpacked at either location. I've …

Writing/Editing/Reading Update, November Edition

So far, the heating system in my office has been doing well in the Minnesota winter, so I've got that going for me. I'm still tweaking details, like putting some coat hooks on the wall, and I think I'm going to have to put up some more bookshelves on what little free wall space there …

Writing/Editing Update, October Edition

Last time I mentioned that my only goal was to be done with my office before the snow flew, but that I wouldn't bet on it. If I were a superstitious gent, I'd say I jinxed it, but I am not a superstitious gent. But we did indeed get snow for two days. Then it …

Writing/Editing Update, September Edition

Posting late as I was out of town . . . meaning I was at the condo, which shouldn't really count as out of town, as I live there occasionally. But I realized recently that this splitting between two homes things is making me feel like I don't live anywhere, like I'm either staying at …

Writing/Editing Update, August Edition

I took the last half of the month off from copyediting gigs to have time to finish my office. Unfortunately, window delivery ran late, so the interior wasn't ready to be painted until Labor Day weekend. So now I'm back to work with a full plate of manuscripts, leaving little time to deal with an …

Writing/Editing Update, July Edition

The remodeling adventure at my mom's house in the country continued throughout July. With the overloaded work month of June behind me, my daughter and I took a much-needed long weekend to dash off to the Shore Leave convention, where I was a writer guest. This was their first in-person con since 2019, and also …

Writing/Editing Update, June Edition

General chaos continued throughout June as moving, parts I and II, commenced in earnest. As previously established, we sold our house, bought a condo, and started remodeling at my mom's house, henceforth known as the country home, which at least sounds less grandiose than "country estate." There are two parts of moving, because all the …

Writing/Editing Update, May Edition

During the month of May we found a condo to buy, found someone to buy our house, and really got the ball rolling with a contractor on some remodeling at my mom's house. Over the next couple months there will be much packing and moving and unpacking and painting and rearranging and general chaos during …