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Oct. 11th, 2008 04:08 pmI'm taking a weekend almost-off. Now that I'm finally well enough so that I can write without nonsense and tears being the result, I intend to reach a small writing goal. It's all there, telling me 'stop blogging - start writing.'
I'm very, very happy about this. It means you'll soon see the happier, more balanced Gillian. I'm also happier that the medications are working (and that cover makeup did the job for Conflux - I'm getting all sorts of comments on how well I looked) and that various friends who have been most unfortunate are coming out of the woods and that life is looking better in this Jewish year than it did last. Last (Jewish) year someone close to me was dying, but she's decided that dying is a mug's game and is not. This is my biggest happiness of all. Almost everyone else who was dying last year went the whole way - it really was a tough year.
While I'm on the subject of things going wrong, if anyone wants to deliver "We missed you" messages to Jane Virgo, I'd be more than happy to deliver them. Jane did those wonderful Conflux progress reports and designed all the Conflux logos (including the one on the banquet menu).
She broke her arm on the Saturday of Conflux, before she could even get to her first panel. Hospital may be interesting, but it's not as interesting as Conflux panels. She misses those panels. I've sent her to all the Conflux reports I can find, but if any of you are writing ones that include panel details, let me know and I will send her the links.
In fact, send me any links you have (Tehani, I already have yours, and Sharyn, I have yours, too) and I'll also forward them to Nyssa, who is doing the Blog Carnival this month. This is the last month it's under my ownership, so I want it to be a good blog carnival. From November (3rd anniversary of the Carnival!!) Nyssa will own it and host it from her site. I will be hand-holding until she feels comfortable, but it will be all hers. From the start of 2009, my only role will be to host a carnival from time to time.
What this means is more time for writing. Since all my books sold out at Conflux (and more would have been sold if there had been more, but the problem with the print run having sold out 2 years ago is that copies have to be ordered in from the US and that can't be done overnight) I have to assume that people are reading them (I guess the print run history is also a sign of that), since I have more books coming out I guess publishers may sort of want my stuff too (sometimes, when the stars are aligned) and besides, I *really* enjoy writing this book. So, writing it is.
Today I think I might work on dinner parties and maybe a bit of a bushranger. My burning question of the day is whether it matters to modern notions of hygiene that bushrangers are unlikely to have bathed to our satisfaction, when the bushranger is a ghost? This could be important.
I'm very, very happy about this. It means you'll soon see the happier, more balanced Gillian. I'm also happier that the medications are working (and that cover makeup did the job for Conflux - I'm getting all sorts of comments on how well I looked) and that various friends who have been most unfortunate are coming out of the woods and that life is looking better in this Jewish year than it did last. Last (Jewish) year someone close to me was dying, but she's decided that dying is a mug's game and is not. This is my biggest happiness of all. Almost everyone else who was dying last year went the whole way - it really was a tough year.
While I'm on the subject of things going wrong, if anyone wants to deliver "We missed you" messages to Jane Virgo, I'd be more than happy to deliver them. Jane did those wonderful Conflux progress reports and designed all the Conflux logos (including the one on the banquet menu).
She broke her arm on the Saturday of Conflux, before she could even get to her first panel. Hospital may be interesting, but it's not as interesting as Conflux panels. She misses those panels. I've sent her to all the Conflux reports I can find, but if any of you are writing ones that include panel details, let me know and I will send her the links.
In fact, send me any links you have (Tehani, I already have yours, and Sharyn, I have yours, too) and I'll also forward them to Nyssa, who is doing the Blog Carnival this month. This is the last month it's under my ownership, so I want it to be a good blog carnival. From November (3rd anniversary of the Carnival!!) Nyssa will own it and host it from her site. I will be hand-holding until she feels comfortable, but it will be all hers. From the start of 2009, my only role will be to host a carnival from time to time.
What this means is more time for writing. Since all my books sold out at Conflux (and more would have been sold if there had been more, but the problem with the print run having sold out 2 years ago is that copies have to be ordered in from the US and that can't be done overnight) I have to assume that people are reading them (I guess the print run history is also a sign of that), since I have more books coming out I guess publishers may sort of want my stuff too (sometimes, when the stars are aligned) and besides, I *really* enjoy writing this book. So, writing it is.
Today I think I might work on dinner parties and maybe a bit of a bushranger. My burning question of the day is whether it matters to modern notions of hygiene that bushrangers are unlikely to have bathed to our satisfaction, when the bushranger is a ghost? This could be important.