What's Up Wednesday- October 30th

Dream Thievery, Icelandic Scientists' (plural) Quest for Baby Alligators & the Importance of Wearing Horns on your Head

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WHAT I'M READING

THE DREAM THIEVES. There are many reasons why, after purchasing this book on the very day it came out, I didn't actually get to read it until now. However, given that none of these reasons are especially scintillating, I will refrain from detailing them here. And also, might I just say, I really, really liked this sequel. It's pretty hard to top that first installment in the story, but still, here's a title that lives up to the hype.

WHAT I'M WRITING

I've been working on my outline and plot points for my NaNoWriMo undertaking. I'm not doing Nano full-out this year for a variety of reasons, but I'm going to use the time and the Nano energy to write some words on my latest MS. I am still really liking this one, which for me is unusual and a Very Good Sign.

WHAT ELSE I'VE BEEN UP TO

I find it immensely funny that I was worried about not be busy enough after I quit my day job. IMMENSELY FUNNY. The phone has not stopped ringing. I've been swamped, with new customers, returning customers and 10 scientists from Iceland... (Yes, they wanted to impress upon me that Iceland is large enough to have more than 10 scientists).. who wanted to see alligators hatching. So off I trundle to find said Icelandic scientists (plural) an active gator nest. 

This is my life now. I'm loving it. I just wish I had a couple of minutes to sit back and enjoy it. But really I can't complain, because it's far better to be too busy, that sitting around waiting for the phone to ring. 

Also, our epic Halloween Bash (Cirque du Mort) was a ton of fun this year. And despite predictions to the contrary, I did not burn the house down with my homemade pyrotechnics, nor did anyone call the cops. So we got to revel until 4am (which I am getting far too old to do...but did it anyway). And our little music set was well received. I now have random people pestering me about when our album is coming out. Because you know I have sooooo much extra time to record an album right now. *face palm*  

Oh, and that's the top part of my Halloween costume. Because it's important to have feathers and horns on your head. (No animals were harmed in the making of said Halloween costume. Humans are another matter entirely. Though some of them were decidedly asking for it.)

WHAT INSPIRES ME RIGHT NOW

There is so much good news happening to some of my favorite writers in the world right now!!! (As in, there is not enough confetti and champagne in the world to celebrate all the good news!) And some of this good news is happening to people who hitherto had very discouraging years. Then all of the sudden, the clouds break and good things are raining down all over the place. It is truly inspiring! It also reminds me that I need to get my butt in gear. Good things happen to people who FINISH their damn manuscripts already.