On the Road, Again

Aaron and I have both been so busy over the last couple of months that we never got a chance to sit down and plan our anniversary trip. Between that and the special number this year - the big 10 - Aaron asked me yesterday if I'd consider finishing our honeymoon. Ten years ago, we were rather rudely interupted when we totalled our car in Gillette, Wyoming. The plan is to drive back out to Gillette and continue where we left off, making our way east toward Ohio by way of the Badlands, St. Paul/Minneapolis, and a handful of other landmarks.

Here's hoping that finally finishing the trip won't mean the honeymoon's finally over. The last ten years have been wonderful and I hope the future holds more of the same.

On the writing front, I'm still working toward my goal of getting this revision finished by Oct 31, to clear my writing calendar for NaNo in November. It's looking like a strong possibility that I'll be working on Sevenfold.

Seven, Little Scouts

Rather than cluttering up my main blog page with stuff about the novels, I've devoted a new blog to the trilogy. You'll find it in the link next door.

In other news, Anthony's scout camp was a success, from the standpoint of him having had fun. From the sleeping and staying warm and dry front, not so much. In any case, he ended up crying toward the end of the day from missing his old pack. I think it was the marching songs and the pack-feel more than anything else. This group is composed of dozens of individuals, doing their own thing rather than the tight knit group we're used to. I spoke with the CubMaster and the Scout Leader about getting more involved and about getting the boys doing more teambuilding exercises, like marching chants and whatnot.

Seven Curses for the Muse

Seven senses, seven gods, and seven realms of magic

So sayeth my muse while I was working on the revision of the 2004 BIAW fantasy novel, which has gone through several title changes over the years, but was until yesterday morning "Deadly Empathy".

Now, however, it is going to be "Seventh Sense" which is a much cooler title, imo. The curses for the muse? Those would be for books 2 and 3. Yep. A rotting trilogy. I never wanted to write sequels, (still don't, for the record), so I'm cursing my misbegotten muse because this idea won't leave me alone! Maybe I'll snip a bit of the world-building here later today, so you can all curse the muse with me.

Seven senses, seven gods, and seven realms of magic

Do you know how much work that is going to be?