Didn’t make it to the end of the short story this morning, but I’m almost there, and I can see it in my head. Up to 1800 words. First draft should come in at 2500 or so, I guess. Gotta finish it this weekend.
After that it’s just three days until I leave for NECON. I haven’t been in a few years, so I’m looking forward to it. I’m on one panel on Saturday morning at 11 a.m. (Technology for Writers; Threat or Menace? What modern communications can do for you, and to you. Matt Schwartz , Brett Savory, Monica O’Rourke, Lucien Soulban, Jonathan Maberry, Bev Vincent). Also looking forward to the traditional dinner out on Thursday evening, miniature golf on Friday, Saugies and catching up with old friends, some of whom I’ve never met in person before.
I’ve been participating in the #FridayReads hashtag on Twitter for quite a while now. I didn’t know it was a contest! Today I was one of the lucky winners. I don’t know what I won yet, or if I got myself sucked into some sort of spam trap, but I feel lucky.
Yesterday afternoon, my car thermometer read 118° when I left work. By the time I made it home, it was all the way down to 102°. Yee-haw. Then I got an automated phone call last night from Emergency Services saying a massive thunderstorm with the possibility for hail was headed right in my direction. I pulled up the radar on WeatherBug on my iPad and yes, indeed, a Very Bad Storm with deep red circles looked like it was on a track for my house. Nothing happened. Not even a drop of rain. They tell us we might get more heavy rain over the next day or two. I don’t believe them.
I think the word “carmageddon” is funny. I heard people talking about it for several days before I realized what it was all about. A big stretch of a major LA freeway shut down for 52 hours. One airline is offering flights from one side of the freeway to the other for $4. Sounds like a good time for the zombies to attack the city.
