End of summer
Sep. 1st, 2012 11:24 amThe days are still warm, but the nights and mornings are celebrating the change. It's been down in the low '50s overnight. I suspect the tomato crop is done for (and there are only so many things you can do with green tomatoes.) We'll extend the season by draping plastic "greenhouses" over them, but still.
The news has not reached the summer squash or pole beans or cucumbers. I'm now in that insane stage of harvest/preservation between summer vegetables and the onset of the Deluge of Pears. Apples, thank goodness, won't be ready for a bit. Dave is threatening to dig up the rest of the potato crop, but they'll keep in a cool place for a while and don't take up the same place on the dinner plate as squash or beans.
We just sold the wine cave and now have enough money for an upright freezer. The old chest freezer is about full, which means (a) ack! where do I put more frozen food? and (b) it's incredibly awkward to try to find something on the bottom, not to mention (c) it hasn't been defrosted in a couple of years...the new one must be self-defrosting.
In between this, I'm on first round editorial revisions (on the 2nd out of 3 books) for The Seven-Petaled Shield. This is the second go-through, changes having been done but many typos introduced. Each book is running around 150K, so it takes a while to go through with full attention.
I've seen the cover art for The Children of Kings. Oh my. Heart goes pitter-pat. It's gorgeous. On the trail leading to Shainsa in the Dry Towns, complete with moons overhead and recalcitrant oudrakhi. By Matt Stawicki, who did the covers for
sartorias's Inda books. Book is scheduled for March 2013.
Next chapter of Jaydium is up on my blog (for previous chapters and links, click "Read A Story")
The news has not reached the summer squash or pole beans or cucumbers. I'm now in that insane stage of harvest/preservation between summer vegetables and the onset of the Deluge of Pears. Apples, thank goodness, won't be ready for a bit. Dave is threatening to dig up the rest of the potato crop, but they'll keep in a cool place for a while and don't take up the same place on the dinner plate as squash or beans.
We just sold the wine cave and now have enough money for an upright freezer. The old chest freezer is about full, which means (a) ack! where do I put more frozen food? and (b) it's incredibly awkward to try to find something on the bottom, not to mention (c) it hasn't been defrosted in a couple of years...the new one must be self-defrosting.
In between this, I'm on first round editorial revisions (on the 2nd out of 3 books) for The Seven-Petaled Shield. This is the second go-through, changes having been done but many typos introduced. Each book is running around 150K, so it takes a while to go through with full attention.
I've seen the cover art for The Children of Kings. Oh my. Heart goes pitter-pat. It's gorgeous. On the trail leading to Shainsa in the Dry Towns, complete with moons overhead and recalcitrant oudrakhi. By Matt Stawicki, who did the covers for
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Next chapter of Jaydium is up on my blog (for previous chapters and links, click "Read A Story")