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Tuesday. Snowed off and on all weekend and yesterday, but clear skies this morning. 26F and maybe 3” (8cm) on the ground out the window. No tracks from when I got home last night, so some blow and a little more fall. Not really planning on going anywhere until this afternoon. And the wife has a 4×4 truck when we do.
Starting into Act III of Science Officer this morning. Crossed 50k yesterday and it feels like 65 by the time I get done. And this one (#16) might be the end of Season Two, as it’s getting climatically big here. Lots of folks rising above themselves. Villains chewing scenery. Quests and prophesies being fulfilled. You know how it goes.
How did everyone like Xenia? As notes previously, I got no clue where she came from, but she opens up some interesting flavors of things for future arcs in the Captain Sapphire universe. Just don’t know where she’ll take me. Doesn’t really matter today.
Started a new, silly short story on my spare phone (no sim card, so just for writing, with a bluetooth keyboard paired to it for travel). After all the heaviness of Corsac 7 and Javier 15 and 16, I needed the emotional break. Leaning into silly with Harry and Les, named for Bing Crosby and Bob Hope. (Seriously. Look it up.) They just met Dorothy, so you can guess where I’m going.
Oh, and Harry is a Mexican Pygmy Spotted Skunk and Les is a Striped Opossum. Because why the hell not?
Past that, busy into February. Thrill Ride Magazine 009 (Secrets) is at the writers being reviewed. BSQ 030 (Fading Empires) is ready to be built. Lots of housekeeping, but that’s standing up an entirely new project from scratch and finding all the little things in the corners as people point them out.
At least I got good friends willing to help.
Just sent the newsletter for BSQ 029/First Contact right before I opened this doc, in case it arrives in your box with no subject line (they do not warn me when it’s blank, which is a stupid piece of software engineering that a QA person worth their salt would have flagged and failed, but not my company.)
Anyway, back to the word mines and more Javier. Hope your Tuesday is going pretty good.
Remember to unclench your jaw.
shade and sweet water,
b
West of the Mountains, WA
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