Birthday treat!

What the sushi restaurant brought me for dessert. It looks like Stitch from Lilo & Stitch! Plus plum and green tea ice cream, and mochi!

Birthday week!

Friday, I was productive and accomplished the following:

• added more books into my Amazon store. This is going to take a while—there are a lot of them… I did all the fantasy and Andrea Dale stories; I still have Sophie Mouette and Sarah Dale to add. I’m changing all the links on my website bibliography, which is why it takes a bit longer.
• filed the serial numbers off an unsold WFH story for a possible submission to the Music for Another World anthology, and sent it to a couple of first readers to see if it still hangs together.
• ran errands: dry cleaner, pharmacy, grocery.
• dealt with more Kingdom Chronicler stuff.
• laundered, but didn’t yet put away, my thrift store purchases.

Saturday, we were at King’s Hunt, and it was windy and chilly but lovely to hang out with friends old and new.

Sunday, we tidied the sewing room, I did some hand work (made a finger-crochet cord for one of Ken’s shirts, and tacked down some hooks-and-eyes) and dealt with some e-mail, and we curled up and caught up on lots of TV. Mmm, nice mellow day.

Today, my goals are thus:

Writing

• write Cleis editing proposal and mail.
• write library essay.
• apply for more freelance jobs.
• start Waking the Witch print submissions.

SCA

• catch up on all Kingdom Chronicler correspondence.

Other

• continue cleaning off desk.
• do more laundry. Argh.
• put away all clothes.
• other e-mail. Would be nice to clean out my In Box, really.
• maybe some sewing? I bought tablecloths to turn into kitchen curtains as well as dish towels—or there may even be enough for a table runner—and I’d love to start working on that! But I suspect there won’t be time.

Plus, it’s my birthday dinner tonight!* Hurrah—birthday sushi! (I actually dreamed about sushi last night; guess I’m excited! Even if I’d’ve preferred to go to Cho Cho San rather than Genmai. Both have non-sushi options for the non-sushi/non-fish eaters, but Genmai was closer for most folks, and I’m all about making my birthday celebration amenable to as many of my friends as possible!)

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*For those not in the know, my actual birthday is tomorrow—but tomorrow night is Textile Guild, and I didn't want to conflict with that. Because, again, I want to make my celebration as enjoyable and easy for the maximim number of friends!

Seismic waves

Yup. This was me during the earthquake today…

It's here!

Sweet Love: Erotic Fantasies for Couples is here! And it's so pretty!

Featuring stories by me, Teresa, Kristina Wright, Alison Tyler, DL King, Janine Ashbless, as well as other authors I don't know but love to read stories by!

My story, "Storming the Castle," was inspired by Pencoed Castle in Wales—yes, it was saved from being turned into a theme park by the presence of rare bats. Ideas are everywhere!

Editor Violet Blue says in her intro, "Andrea Dale's 'Storming the Castle,' while lighthearted, does not disappoint for explicit sex, public risk and sexual fantasy, and pure storytelling."

"Pure storytelling." ::beams::

Things to Do Today

(It amuses me to do these types of posts occasionally. Do you enjoy reading them, or do they bore you to tears?)

My mom is safely home after her red-eye flight last night, so now it's time for me to get back to work, as well as get the house back in order and fall into the regular productive routines again. I’ve got tons of things to do, but if I make my To Do list too long, I’ll despair and end up playing Sporcle games instead of working. So today’s list is stuff I feel is do-able in the time allotted.

Check back later to follow my progress!

Midnight Update: Well, I'm quite chuffed with how much I accomplished today.

Writing

• finish and submit story to Best Lesbian Romance 2011. DONE (I discovered I did, in fact, have a reprint that fit the guidelines, hurrah!)
• get Virgin contract letters signed and in the mail to my fabby coauthors, which will allow Cat Scratch Fever and A Little Night Music to be sold as e-books. DONE
• update deadlines list. DONE
• update website DONE

SCA

• finish April issue of The Oak Leaf, have Ken proofread it, upload it, etc. DONE
• finish reading March issues of other newsletters. DONE
• catch up on all Kingdom Chronicler correspondence.

Other

• go to farmer’s market. DONE (We now have food for dinner tonight, the event on Saturday, and dinner Sunday, as well as veg for later in the week.)
• clean off desk. Partly Done
• wash clothes purchased at thrift stores, put away all clothes.
• curl up with Ken and catch up on some TV and/or movies. DONE (We watched Bones and part of Behind the Music Remastered about Heart. I really want to catch up on Lost, though!)