Week ahead

[jacquelineb]

It is fast approaching Tuesday (and my father’s birthday on this side of the world – Happy Birthday Dad!) and, oop, there it goes, midnight and I’m still up. Was at work today, er, yesterday, unusually, to take notes for a meeting – vaguely disappointed that a certain eye-catching lecturer who usually makes these meetings was not there, but somewhat made up for by another new distraction arriving. Back in later today, but I have Wednesday and Thursday off.

So what’s happened since Saturday? Little – Sunday was low-key, spent a good deal of time being fed by my housemate (he was cooking for visiting friends) and reading The Unicorn by Lise Gotfredsen – fascinating book and has rather rewritten much of how I think of unicorn’s – this is not Peter S. Beagle’s creature, as lovely and elegant and strong as she is. Giving me ideas that I don’t need either – not going to pursue them straight away, mind, but am noting things down as I read. Capture and keep, capture and keep – but I must not run after them.

I did manage something productive writing wise – contacted the publisher of the anthology I wanted to submit to but missed the deadline for, and checked if they’d still consider it at least as part of their regular submissions, and the response was yes, so that’s very good to hear. Would like to get it done soon, but that won’t be happening until Wednesday, but the pressure is slightly off and hopefully that will mean I can produce something good from it. I don’t quite feel I’ve gotten to what the crux of the piece is yet, what its heart is, so am hoping some more time with it will get me there.

Chinese New Year of course has come, and as many well know it is the Year of the Dragon. Will it be the year of my dragon? A year of getting some proper research done on the wretched thing? Let’s hope. Would like to kick off the Dragon Project, but when to find the time…a Thursday job perhaps. But now for bed, and to post more of ‘Water and Dust.’

And the snowdrops are out so you have a snowdrop picture today.

Photo credit: wwarby @ flickr

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