What have I been up to lately?

So... what have I been up to lately? I've been working my tailbone off, but not as much on writing as I would have wanted to be.

I worked on The Writing Office a bunch. Preparing it for a beta opening ... tomorrow. Gaspy! I'm not ready for that yet! I think I know what today is going to be spent doing.

Other than that I was a little busy this week (yay!) getting some work done that will actually help to pay some of next month's bills. Always nice when I check the work box and there is to-do stuff in it. I even still have a few more things to work on over the weekend to finish up this week's work and get ready for, hopefully, more work on Monday.

I did some reading. Must read, it is essential to keep reading and learn what styles you like and what things you would like to avoid having show up in your work. I'm reading Michael Crichton's novel TIMELINE, which my dad had in his books. He loved Michael Crichton, and had recommended TIMELINE to me in the past, so it became the first novel in my list of books I want to read this year.

Over the weekend I want to somewhere find the time to do major Spring Cleaning renovations on my office. I want to be able to sit at the window to write again. Not on the computer, but longhand. I have taken back to writing outlines longhand in a notebook with a sharp #2 pencil, so I want to be able to sit by the window and watch the garden while I work on that stuff.

Right now I have several websites I need to go check in on and update a bit here and there, not to mention some work that is waiting to be finished.

Neil Gaiman Twitter quote on The Graveyard Book - adult edition

I saw what, to me, was a very amusing comment on Twitter yesterday. Author Neil Gaiman was discussing the release of his adult edition of The Graveyard Book and said about it on his Twitter feed:

The only difference in the editions will be the cover, the interior design, and where you find it in a Bookshop.

That alone has made me want to see what the book has to offer and I don't know anything about it. Think I might have found the first book of his to go onto my list of books I want to read this year.