The state of things

Health, life, the universe and everything

My health seems to be settling into something approaching decent again.  Most days, my pain levels are manageable, I’m sleeping fairly well and actually have energy.  As always, I have to be careful to stay within my “energy envelope”, otherwise I risk a crash, but generally, it seems like my body has adjusted to the cooler weather.  Winter is never smooth sailing for me, but the transition between seasons is always worse.

Thought and Memory

Still in heavy research mode and slowly outlining.  I feel like I’m missing something that will give me an entry into the heart of the book right now.  I’m hating “wasting” time on research and reading, but I think it will make the actual writing much easier when I get to it.  And hopefully save me a draft of pantsing

Awesome book that I am reading right now, which is sparking all kinds of things in my mind: Fang, Fur and Bone: A Guide to Primal Animal Magic by Lupa. I’m lucky enough to “know” Lupa a little via the internet, and she is amazing, and every bit of her energy and passion comes through in this book.

Her Words and Worlds

I am currently poised and ready to begin the work of reading through Kirstyn McDermott’s work (which is hardly work, mind).  I may begin today, if not it will be next week.

At the moment, I plan on informally reviewing the work as I go (perhaps posting my impressions in batches) and writing up a summary of my thoughts at the end.  Once I am done, I will also be interviewing Kirstyn and hosting a giveaway for a signed copy of Madigan Mine, her debut novel.

And I have also decided who my second victim subject is going to be – the extremely talented Angela Slatter.  I am beginning the work of acquiring her back catalogue now.

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Please keep on paths provided

Took this today while out walking, and had to play in Photoshop.  There’s another one over at Flickr (click on the image to jump to Flickr), but I like this one, because almost unseen, there’s a raven perched on one of the posts.

Amusingly, this small patch of bushland is just around the corner from where I grew up (which is around the corner from where we now live) and I had never actually walked on these paths until very recently.

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