Steps, big and little

Apologies for the long absence. School has started up and I'm getting used to the new schedule and, more emotionally, we've been dealing with a dying cat (details will be under a cut below.) I haven't had a ton of spell slots at the end of the day for anything more than staring blankly at Solitaire.

I did manage to get both of the outside stairs repaired in between the rainy days. There's still more to do to "finish" them--as in make them prettier and fill in the remaining cracks, but they are entirely functional as they stand.



So, that's I project I can check off my "to-do" list that's been there for well over a year.

Yay.

The other thing I did was turn the compost pile, which is something one ought to do regularly, but yeah, no, I tend to do it as much as I weed the garden, which is to say almost never.

My publisher at Wizard Tower Press dropped me an email saying that now would be a great time to put out a press release for Unjust Cause (the sequel to Precinct 13,) which has, understandably, lit a fire under me. I have been working fairly steadily on the book, but now, shall we say, it is time to get serious. My deadline is November 1.

When we had our ladies get together on Friday, everyone there had good news to report, which was very inspiring.

Which was nice because home has been very sad, with Deliah beginning to really fail.( sad cat stuff )

So, that sucks. I hope the rest of you are doing better than that.