Random Thing I wanted to do This Week: Start a seahorse ranch.I love saltwater critters. Just about everything in the ocean fascinates me, and I miss my big reef tank we kept in our last house. We sold off the coral when we moved and haven't set a new saltwater tank up.
But while I was browsing the ecology news I saw that people are starting to breed seahorses for sale rather than harvesting them from the wild. This is a Really Good Thing. And I think I'd like to try seahorse ranching once we settle down somewhere for more than a year.
Random Writing This Week: I wrote a short story and two acts of a play. And I'm playing Pin the Opening on my current WIP. I've written about five variations of Chapter 1 for UDS. None of them are quite right. But I'm getting there. It's certainly improving the body count. %-)
Random Blog Thing That Needs to Get Done: Updating my WIP column. Ugh...
Falcon War is being retired for a bit. I like it, and it almost got published, and then the journal folded. Grrr! Published Author is going to get retired rather permanently. To many in-jokes I think.
That seems to be my major failing with short stories, I write them for my own amusement and they aren't well suited for any publication. Seventy is the one exception, I wrote it with a target editor in mind and even though it didn't make that anthology Seventy was picked up by another editor very quickly.
As soon as I have free time that will get done.
Random Thing That Made Me Laugh: A sign on a formal dress shop: Free Groom Half Price Ring Bearer with Wedding Gown
I don't even know where to start with that. It finished with a kinda creepy little short story. Fun, but weird.
Random Question of the Week: Give me some books to read!!!!
My TBR pile has gone from toppling over to nonexistent and I'm looking for some new series to love, adore, and read. I like action, I like to laugh, I like good tactics and solid characters. If the heroine gets her guy in the end (or vice versa) that's good too. I'm not a huge fan of slow-builds or crying.
What should I read this weekend?
Hmm, since I'm rather new to your blog, I'm not sure what you've read ... probably a lot! So, sorry if you've already read these or considered them and decided against them.
ReplyDeleteI recently read Neil Gaiman's Anansi Boys and enjoyed it. Thought the characters were hilarious and the plot was paced fairly well. I also loved Michael Chabon's The Yiddish Policemen's Union. It's a witty and literary alternate history/detective novel. Also, have you read the Jasper Fforde Thursday Next series? I read a few of those books several years ago but haven't read the most recent.
Hope you find something you like! Have a good weekend.
Seahorses are amazing creatures. Definitely have them when you can!
ReplyDeleteI long for the day I can have chickens.
Random writing: Muse is speeding up with DD, and decides to use main character (but not used as POV in that or this wip) from IT. I have no option to obey.
Random blog thing that needs to get done: post on awards. I have um 2 or so which I really need to hunt down and post up this weekend.
Random thing that made me laugh? Trying use my glasses case as a mouse. Happens frequently at work.
Random Answer of the week - seriously, check out my blog. If there are any you like, email me and I'll ship them to you!!!
Random Question of the week: how many anime episodes will I watch this weekend?
CLK- I have read Thursday Next, like the premise but some of the language in the first book was a bit of a turn off. I'll go hunt down the other two.
ReplyDeleteYuna- Seriously? Books for me? Yay! I'll go look it over.
L - Yes. Seriously. You get books so quickly that consider me as a library. If you like anything, mail me!
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