"And woebetide anyone so woebegone."
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greygirlbeastA hard rain last night, which got rid of a little bit of the snow, and made an utter glacier of our driveway. And the temperature won't rise above freezing today.
Yesterday, I did a very satisfactory 1,732 words, and so finished my second piece for Sirenia Digest #38, "The Belated Burial." Vince is working on the illustration for "The Thousand-and-Third Tale of Scheherazade," and thinks it will be done tomorrow, so, with luck, #38 will go out to subscribers tomorrow evening. As for me, I just wrote two short stories in a week, and now I'm going to take a couple of days off, a very short and well-deserved micro-vacation, before I have to go back to The Red Tree and get those revisions/corrections finished.
Also yesterday, I send an .rtf of "The Wolf Who Cried Girl" to Sean Wallace, as the story is to be reprinted in a forthcoming Horror: The Best of the Year (the volume covering 2007, I think).
It has been suggested to me that a good way to promote Sirenia Digest, and possibly draw a few more subscribers, would be to offer podcasts of some of the stories via iTunes. I'm considering this. I might run a poll here to try and gauge interest. This whole podcast thing is new to me.
If you've not yet ordered A is for Alien, well, this is me reminding you once again. And to those who have, I thank you, and I hope these repeated entreaties for others to do the same are not too annoying. The truth is, most authors must either promote themselves or go without promotion. And going without promotion means...well, it's pretty straightforward.
I think we're going to have a house guest Sunday and Monday, so, part of the micro-vacation will be spent helping Spooky clean this cluttered house. But not today. Today, I rest.
Yesterday, I did a very satisfactory 1,732 words, and so finished my second piece for Sirenia Digest #38, "The Belated Burial." Vince is working on the illustration for "The Thousand-and-Third Tale of Scheherazade," and thinks it will be done tomorrow, so, with luck, #38 will go out to subscribers tomorrow evening. As for me, I just wrote two short stories in a week, and now I'm going to take a couple of days off, a very short and well-deserved micro-vacation, before I have to go back to The Red Tree and get those revisions/corrections finished.
Also yesterday, I send an .rtf of "The Wolf Who Cried Girl" to Sean Wallace, as the story is to be reprinted in a forthcoming Horror: The Best of the Year (the volume covering 2007, I think).
It has been suggested to me that a good way to promote Sirenia Digest, and possibly draw a few more subscribers, would be to offer podcasts of some of the stories via iTunes. I'm considering this. I might run a poll here to try and gauge interest. This whole podcast thing is new to me.
If you've not yet ordered A is for Alien, well, this is me reminding you once again. And to those who have, I thank you, and I hope these repeated entreaties for others to do the same are not too annoying. The truth is, most authors must either promote themselves or go without promotion. And going without promotion means...well, it's pretty straightforward.
I think we're going to have a house guest Sunday and Monday, so, part of the micro-vacation will be spent helping Spooky clean this cluttered house. But not today. Today, I rest.
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Off Topic: A Trilobite Made of Welded Steel and Time
Date: 2009-01-29 05:10 pm (UTC)http://io9.com/5141712/a-trilobite-made-of-welded-steel-and-time
Re: Off Topic: A Trilobite Made of Welded Steel and Time
Date: 2009-01-29 05:29 pm (UTC)That is beautiful! Thank you.
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Date: 2009-01-29 05:40 pm (UTC)Re: Off Topic: A Trilobite Made of Welded Steel and Time
Date: 2009-01-30 02:12 am (UTC)it looks like a tractor millipede to me
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Date: 2009-01-29 05:14 pm (UTC)re: podcast
Date: 2009-01-29 07:16 pm (UTC)I'm a new Sirenia subscriber and I've been recently delving into your stories and novels. I've been wondering if there are any recordings of your work available. I think the podcast sounds like a great idea. I love listening to short stories on my iPod. I often use this site to find audio files: http://www.alexwilson.com/telltale/, which you might want to look into.
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Date: 2009-01-29 07:16 pm (UTC)My sister sent me an article on sleep disorders in mice, relating to sensitivity to stress, and I'm just at the beginning of studying science and medicine so it's still a hard read for me but I posted it on my journal anyway.
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Date: 2009-01-29 07:18 pm (UTC)Congratulations!
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Date: 2009-01-30 02:15 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-01-30 05:19 am (UTC)Have you considered doing a pdf sample, heavily and shamelessly coated in Subscribe to Sirenia Digest at www.caitlinrkiernan.com, and releasing it into the wild to promote for you?
That's a possibility, yes.
Murder Ballad #6
Date: 2009-01-30 09:13 am (UTC)Re: Murder Ballad #6
Date: 2009-01-30 03:09 pm (UTC)Rather belated, I know, but I had to let you know how much I enjoyed Murder Ballad #6. Your writing on this short was just magical, I'm still picturing the story even now. I could easily imagine reading a novel about the fairy lady, but I guess it's good that you should leave me wanting more...
I am very pleased you are so pleased. It's a piece that I very much enjoyed writing.
Frog Toes and Tentacles
Date: 2009-01-30 11:03 am (UTC)Re: Frog Toes and Tentacles
Date: 2009-01-30 03:07 pm (UTC)I only wish my doodles were half as good, but unfortunately I possess the drawing ability of a five year-old.
Glad you are pleased with both the book and the doodle. Myself, I sort of feel like own own drawing ability stalled out around age eight.
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Date: 2009-01-30 02:10 pm (UTC)oh, the insides of your brain are an interesting place, aren't they?
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Date: 2009-01-30 03:06 pm (UTC)in other news, i read a quarter of "Murder of Angels" on the train ride home tonight.
Cool. Thanks.
oh, the insides of your brain are an interesting place, aren't they?
Define "interesting."
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Date: 2009-01-30 03:23 pm (UTC)your writing and RP indicative of that, i really enjoy the non-standard" thinking and it takes an unusual mind to come up with it, and then to come out with it.
twisty and turbulent
does that answer your question at all?
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Date: 2009-01-30 03:26 pm (UTC)does that answer your question at all?
Yeah. I rather like "twisty and turbulent" the best. ;-)