Friday, November 6, 2009

Friday, November 6, 2009
Waning Moon
Uranus Retrograde
Sunny and cold

So much for having a day off! Actually, it was a pretty quiet day. I felt a little under the weather in the morning, but better as the day progressed.

Got the assignment finished, polished and out for Confidential Job #1. Received the final copy edits for the anthology essay — I’ll look that over this weekend, and get it out the door by Monday.

Finally got a hotel booked in DC. Not the one I wanted, but I think it’ll be fine — clean, not too expensive, in a decent neighborhood. I’d seen one I wanted across the street from the Library of Congress at a rate on the top end of my budget, but I figured I was paying for convenience — but when I tried to book it, the rate came back at $100/night MORE than was advertised. I don’t think so. A lovely place up near DuPont Circle was recommended by a colleague, but they were booked on those dates. So I’m at a chain hotel a bit out of the fray, but still in a safe neighborhood near a metro station with a reputation for large, clean rooms. So it’s all good.

Received royalties from one of the plays — all warm and fuzzy with that one. Got my final check from Llewellyn — late as usual, which was the disappointing pattern for the last few years, but it got here, and I feel strange knowing that, after fifteen years, this was my last time writing for them — at least for the foreseeable future.

Got a little reading in. Caught up on some mail.

Had a great morning’s writing session on a short story. Did an extra 1000 words more than I expected, always a good thing.

I’ve got a focused writing morning, and then I’m out in the afternoon. I want to chill with friends tonight, but the weekend should be fairly writing-focused. Got a couple of short stories and a newsletter to get out, two novellas to work on, the essay copy edits, and a novel revision to dig into.

Devon