And It's Mailed
Jan. 7th, 2006 12:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jpskewedthroneI shipped off The Cracked Throne to both my editor and agent today. Immediately after I handed to the postal worker I suffered regret, thinking, "I should have had more starvation. Damn! They're going to want more starvation." Plus a little nagging thing at the end that would take two seconds to fix. I know Sheila's going to want that fixed. Why didn't I wait another week? Why didn't I tinker further? Gods!!!
I just keep reminding myself that there is such a thing as over-tinkering, which ruins novels. So I've been taking steady deep breaths for a while now. I'm feeling light-headed.
I've got a week of break left before I go back to the grind teaching. I should probably start working on lectures and stuff. Instead, I think I'll play a game.
Speaking of which, last night I got together with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
pbray and jennifer_dunne for a belated birthday dinner/party and gaming. We had great pizza from Tony's, one gourmet pizza and one with ham (no pineapple because they didn't have it). It was delicious. I ate slowly so as to torture Jennifer, who desperately wanted me to open my gift. Eventually I did. They both got me a really cool looking game called Alhambra which I haven't played yet but which like fun. We then played a different game called Ra, which I lost horribly in the first game. I blame this on not having played the game before. We broke for dessert, decadent chocolate brownies from Purple Awning, a new bakery in town. Then another game of Ra, in which I played better, but still lost royally.
Everyone must keep in mind that Jennifer is a game-monster and any game we play in which either Patricia or I wins is considered a landmark and is recorded for posterity.
During all of this, we were all consuming woodchuck cider, which is alcoholic. This resulted in . . . licking. Yes, I said licking. And not by a cat or dog. The licking was done involuntarily by Jennifer and required that Patricia wash. That's all I'm saying.
I rate the evening as a total success, with much hilarity, much moral support for my new book and for the fretting over the first draft of the new one, and again, I repeat, licking.
I just keep reminding myself that there is such a thing as over-tinkering, which ruins novels. So I've been taking steady deep breaths for a while now. I'm feeling light-headed.
I've got a week of break left before I go back to the grind teaching. I should probably start working on lectures and stuff. Instead, I think I'll play a game.
Speaking of which, last night I got together with
pbray and jennifer_dunne for a belated birthday dinner/party and gaming. We had great pizza from Tony's, one gourmet pizza and one with ham (no pineapple because they didn't have it). It was delicious. I ate slowly so as to torture Jennifer, who desperately wanted me to open my gift. Eventually I did. They both got me a really cool looking game called Alhambra which I haven't played yet but which like fun. We then played a different game called Ra, which I lost horribly in the first game. I blame this on not having played the game before. We broke for dessert, decadent chocolate brownies from Purple Awning, a new bakery in town. Then another game of Ra, in which I played better, but still lost royally.Everyone must keep in mind that Jennifer is a game-monster and any game we play in which either Patricia or I wins is considered a landmark and is recorded for posterity.
During all of this, we were all consuming woodchuck cider, which is alcoholic. This resulted in . . . licking. Yes, I said licking. And not by a cat or dog. The licking was done involuntarily by Jennifer and required that Patricia wash. That's all I'm saying.
I rate the evening as a total success, with much hilarity, much moral support for my new book and for the fretting over the first draft of the new one, and again, I repeat, licking.
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Date: 2006-01-07 06:08 pm (UTC)Congratulations on finishing the edits to The Cracked Throne!
...How does one involuntarily lick ones neighbour?? Or do I reeeeally wanna know?
*still laughing*
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Date: 2006-01-07 06:35 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-07 09:03 pm (UTC)Don't you know if you lick something (or someone) you get to keep it?
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Date: 2006-01-07 10:28 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-09 05:55 pm (UTC)Alhambra can be played by 2, if Trish isn't up for it....
And I haven't seen you on TTR-online, but I was on this weekend.