...and I'm back
Jan. 26th, 2007 10:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
prusikI spent the past few days doing work-related travel. (I haven't had to do any work-related travel in years. The thing that struck me this time was the amount of thought I gave to remember to collect receipts.) The trip itself was relatively uneventful. On the way out, my direct, one-stop flight turned into a transfer while I was in the air. On the way back, we encountered a little turbulence which made me glad I hadn't had anything to eat. But that's about it. It was all as civilized as possible under the circumstances.
I got to spend some time with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
vortexae in the course of the trip which was lots of fun.
I'm giving the story that I've been working on with the five characters and the interlinked relationships the code name "trust." I find it, otherwise, impossible to talk about. (This is the one with the 6000 word first draft where I've seriously microwaved the souffle.) It's still sprawling because I'm determined to write the story that interests me rather than fixing the 6000 word draft. At some point, in the midst of all this text, I'll find the story and write another draft. (i.e., it's about 10500 words and still not a complete draft yet.)
My F&SF rejection for "Running and Falling" arrived while I was on the road. Unfortunately, it was the dreaded "didn't grab my interest" rejection. (It's only "dreaded" because the word is that JJA sends form rejections which allow for rejectomancy.) OTOH, I have no where to go but up from there. As for this story, it now goes to Asimov's.
I got to spend some time with
vortexae in the course of the trip which was lots of fun.I'm giving the story that I've been working on with the five characters and the interlinked relationships the code name "trust." I find it, otherwise, impossible to talk about. (This is the one with the 6000 word first draft where I've seriously microwaved the souffle.) It's still sprawling because I'm determined to write the story that interests me rather than fixing the 6000 word draft. At some point, in the midst of all this text, I'll find the story and write another draft. (i.e., it's about 10500 words and still not a complete draft yet.)
My F&SF rejection for "Running and Falling" arrived while I was on the road. Unfortunately, it was the dreaded "didn't grab my interest" rejection. (It's only "dreaded" because the word is that JJA sends form rejections which allow for rejectomancy.) OTOH, I have no where to go but up from there. As for this story, it now goes to Asimov's.
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Date: 2007-01-27 05:51 am (UTC)Good luck with it at Asimov's!
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Date: 2007-01-30 09:15 am (UTC)It was awesome to see you here in Boulder. John-as-in-my-husband-John and I may well be returning the favor; you (and other VPXers?) are apparently not the only person(s) we know in the Boston area. That means the gravity needed to pull us out there is revving up, and up, and up... if we arrive going "what the hell was that and where did the mountains go?" you'll know we crossed the event horizon.