I have heard from most of my friends in Japan. Most of them are fine. As expected, some close to the Sendai region, including friends in Tokyo are a little concerned about radiation. But I am much relieved to hear of their status.
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Projects in the real world are conspiring to keep me off line at the moment. I’ve been doing a lot of writing and planning for Substance, and I’ve been working on the Wicked Queen’s purple gown. Tonight it’s all about the sleeves, which I have to re-draft. The rest of the outfit fits fine, but apparently my Soviet weightlifter arms aren’t what the pattern was planning for.
Edits for O-Taga-San have been returned. I am officially not expecting anything from the publishing world again. It’s been a while since I’ve only had submissions out there.
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Um…LOVING Maass’ The Breakout Novelist Workbook. It’s the most fun I’ve had writing in a while, and it is causing me to dig deep and close to my characters. I’m getting excited about writing these big moments that are going into my note book. It’s not going to be easy to get all this to come together, but I will do my level best to make this one the one that’s going to get the agent. It won’t be for lack of hard work anyway. Or maybe it’s smarter work. Probably both.
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Back to work next week, which means probably more regular updates.
Hope you’re having a good weekend.
Cath
