1. Ender’s Game, by Orson Scott Card
2. Kim (audio book), by Rudyard Kipling
3. The Moment of Change: An Anthology of Feminist Speculative Poetry, edited by Rose Lemberg
4. Tank Girl (Remastered Edition) (Bk. 1), by Jamie Hewlett and Alan Martin
5. Park Songs: A Poem/Play, by David Budbill
6. The Haunting of Hill House, by Shirley Jackson
7. Scheherazade’s Facade: Fantastical Tales of Gender Bending, Cross-Dressing, and Transformation, edited by Michael M. Jones
8. Stuck in the Middle with You: A Memoir of Parenting in Three Genders, by Jennifer Finney Boylan
9. The Count of Monte Christo, by Alexandre Dumas
New Poems Published
Linden Avenue is one year old today, and in celebration, the journal has a shiny new web design! Yay!
I’m pleased and honored to announce that three of my poems have been included in Issue Thirteen, along with work from many fantastic writers who have been previously published in the online journal. For joy!
Other than this announcement there’s not much to announce (though isn’t that enough), as I was entirely non-production last week (with the last minute exception of scouring my bathroom, because gross). In the scope of this procrastination, I managed to miss two contest deadlines that I had been planning to submit to.
*sigh* Oh, well. Onward!
That which must be accomplished in the coming week:
– Finish Chapter Four of Under the Midday Moon
– Submit something (poetry, fiction, whatever)
– Edit Letter Box poetry chapbook and find a place to submit it
– Workout at least three days with two workouts being running training (0/3)
– Do three yoga workouts, three sun salutations min. (0/3)
– Practice my Spanish
– Make Progress on Organization (do one or more of the following):
— Sort paperwork out by year for filing and set up system for the current year
— Organize craft supplies
— Shred papers and dispose of them
— Find a minimum of ten items (big or small) that can be gotten rid of and get rid of them
— Take box of items to donate to Goodwill
Lazy Days in a Summer Haze
Last weekend was spent celebrating my birthday, so I spent the weekend with my mom and aunt up in Sausalito and the Marin Headlands. On Saturday night, we hiked up to the lookout point to see the moon over the city. It was so, so cold and windy, but so beautiful.
The rest of the weekend was also restful and beautiful, though Sunday was more foggy and still cold. We sat on the beach and drank beers and enjoyed the sound of the waves.
I came away from the weekend feeling relaxed (though the stress started to reassert itself on the drive home).
As you may have noticed (or not), I didn’t post a weekly update this week. This is because I didn’t get much done with all the hanging out and relaxing and stuff that I’ve been doing, so the to-do list has not changed, except that I need to get through Chapter Four now.
It’s going to be warm this weekend and there’s more lazy days by the pool to be had, so we’ll see if I get anything else done.
Testing
I’ve added a plugin to my wordpress, which should allow me crosspost automatically from my webpage. I’m hoping this will save me some time and energy in the future.
So, yeah, um, this is a test post to see if it works.
“Everyone must party, my friend. Everyone. Especially you.â€
Current Project: Under the Midday Moon
New Words: 824
Current Total Word Count: 8,858
Goal: Put together an workable draft of the novel that I would actually let someone read.
Accomplished: Finished Chapter Three, in which Claire and Evan discuss the coming events of the weekend and the potential for beer.
Random Rough Sentence(s): Evan reached across the table and gave her a high five, then turned to me. He smiled unleashing cavernous dimples. “Everyone must party, my friend. Everyone. Especially you.â€
Notes: I am SO FREAKING HAPPY THAT I WROTE SOMETHING on this novel! It’s been many weeks! Too many weeks! And the absence has made me sad. But all the world’s better now, because there are words, sweet beautiful words.