Sunny, windy, chilly (redux)

Roads and sidewalks not bad this morning.  "Slick roads cause car crashes" headline relegated to inside the fourth section of the newspaper.

Assortment of errands this morning, meeting this afternoon that will shape the course of the universe for generations to come.  Or not.  Will attempt to avoid both Shopping Mania and Construction Chaos in both cases -- difficult, as that whang...whang...whang of the pile-driver is just across a parking lot or two from my afternoon meeting, while some of the morning shopping is on the far side of a missing bridge...

Am poking at POWERS again, sixth chapter.  Characters have started complaining about my neglect.  They'll be sorry...

Only the very finest rejection letters

Just heard from another editor (via Nice Agent Lady) on GHOST POINT.  Said nice things, said he'd kept the manuscript in his "consider further" pile for an inordinate amount of time, etc.  Bottom line seems to be, he couldn't figure out how to market it...

Oh, well.  Saw and signed a couple of copies of DRAGON'S TEETH in another bookstore this morning, side trip on buying new Maine-themed calendars for Giftmas gifts.  Helps to compensate.

Irony

Okay, there I was, driving to my afternoon meeting.  And I see this truck running a red light in front of me.  A truck blazoned with the arms of our major local hospital...

On internal debate in the SFWA

My daddy warned me long ago, never get into a pissing contest with a skunk.