Back to the threatening kind of rain today without actually producing much. Yesterday gave us nearly 2″, which is the most we’ve had in one day since last October, but it didn’t solve the drought problem and they’re still debating whether to shoot fireworks for July 4th. It’s done over a substantial lake, but the remote chance that an ember might get caught in a breeze and end up in the dry grass or trees is causing some worries.
Finished the first editing pass through the short story and got a good start on a second pass. Down to 3200 words (from 3800) and within spitting distance of my target. Hope to get finished a solid second draft by tomorrow so I can go at it in hardcopy before making the final online passes this weekend.
Received a contract in the mail yesterday. Three copies of a 17-page document, legal sized paper, probably a 10 pt font. My agent has already vetted it, so I just need to make sure I understand it all before I sign (not in blood) and ship off to the publisher. No announcement yet about what this is for, so I’m remaining mum on the subject.
I finally decided to attend NECON this year. I registered last year, but I’d been thinking I probably wouldn’t go. However, I had a change of heart and am now fully booked, including flight and rental car. Fewer than 30 days to go!
We completely upgraded our home cable and wireless services today. Only took a couple of hours and that included drilling a hole through our living room wall. Many fewer wires and cables lying on the floor of my office in the aftermath. And I can now program the DVR with my iPhone, which is cool.
Last night was Deadwood prequel night. The first episode we watched (about the Jewish guy who died from autoerotic asphyxiation) featured “Alma Garrett” as the rabbi, and the next one (about the motorcycle Santa Claus) featured “Dan Dority” as one of the bikers. Not entirely sold on Brenda’s sexual experimentation. Wish she’d give that a rest. We got a kick out of the biker funeral, though in the real world there probably would have been fights and stabbings. Some interesting parallels are developing. Nate and David are sort of like Sarah and Ruth.
