Ten good things about today.
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seanan_mcguire10. I appear to have started doing art cards. (Because, as Brooke said, I need something to do with all that spare time that I had just lying around.) For those of you who are unfamiliar with the art card 'concept,' they're little pieces of original artwork, done on 2.5"x3.5" cards. Mine are Micron and Prismacolor on bristol paper. I've done three so far, one to go with Grants Pass, one to go with Ravens in the Library, and one of Velveteen and Sparkle Bright during their first year with the JSP. I figure I'll use them as book giveaways. Right now, they're just being colorful and soothing; two things that I need more of in my life.
9. My reboot on Late Eclipses of the Sun appears to have done exactly what I was hoping it would do; the new first chapter is about ten times stronger, faster, better, and generally bionic in all possible regards. Now I'm working on the revisions to chapter two, just to really lock down the changes to the continuity, and once that's done, I can start processing my editor's notes on An Artificial Night. I'm spending so much time with Toby these days that we should really start charging her rent, I swear.
8. I write more poetry than is strictly healthy, sometimes in batches of two to five hundred poems at a time. (These batches are called 'Iron Poet' rounds, and are a variation on a standard writer's workshop exercise. They make me happy. I may be crazy.) I managed to write five poems yesterday, including a counted devan (although I skipped the internal rhymes on the zipper, because I didn't feel like giving myself a migraine) and a counted technical terza rima. Take that, everyone who said there was no use for structured poetry in the modern world!
7. My story in Ravens In the Library is getting an accompanying illustration. This is...this is amazing. Not just because the illustration itself is amazing -- I saw the sketch, and it is -- but because I didn't expect an illustration at all. It made me cry. More and more, I begin to believe that 2009 is the universe giving me one big incredible birthday present.
6. It's not entirely visible to the naked eye, but my website continues to creep closer and closer to being entirely done. We should be getting the first few essays up there soon, and Chris is working on the functionality that will allow me to update and edit the front page all on my lonesome. Meanwhile, Tara works secretly behind the scenes on Wonderful Surprises that only a golden graphics girl could possibly provide. Prepare to be amazed.
5. I get to spend the weekend working on Discount Armageddon! (Quoth Dan: "I don't know anybody who gets as excited about being told what to work on as you do.") I love deadlines, I love directions, and I love Verity. She's so happy to see you. And so happy to kick you in the head. Pleasantly, I just put together my Verity playlist last night, consisting almost entirely of dance music and things with a BPM of over 120. Because Verity just looooooves the beat, yo.
4. It's new comic book day! Always the most wonderful day of the week. At least in theory -- other days are sometimes surprisingly awesome.
3. All my television is coming back on the air. I'm a huge TV freak. It's what lets me decompress after a hard day of working and writing and worrying about working and writing; it's also what I do with the other half of my concentration when I'm inking. (Most of the shows I watch are more verbal than visual, and have clear cues when I actually need to be paying attention to the screen.) I really appreciate the fact that the things I watch are staggered enough to make sure I almost always have something new.
2. This time next week, I will be heading for the airport, heading for the sky, and heading for Seattle, baby.
...and the number one good thing about today...
1. Oasis just called me, and THE CDS ARE DONE!!!!! They're mailing them out from the Oasis warehouse today, and they should supposedly hit my doorstep on Friday. This gives me time to actually arrange for CDs to reach Seattle, prep the first batch of pre-orders to mail out (probably the first twenty or so, more if I can possibly swing it), and generally get my hysteria out of the way. It also gives me time to use the CD boxes to build myself a little fort and crawl inside it to hide from the universe.
What's new and awesome in the world of you?
9. My reboot on Late Eclipses of the Sun appears to have done exactly what I was hoping it would do; the new first chapter is about ten times stronger, faster, better, and generally bionic in all possible regards. Now I'm working on the revisions to chapter two, just to really lock down the changes to the continuity, and once that's done, I can start processing my editor's notes on An Artificial Night. I'm spending so much time with Toby these days that we should really start charging her rent, I swear.
8. I write more poetry than is strictly healthy, sometimes in batches of two to five hundred poems at a time. (These batches are called 'Iron Poet' rounds, and are a variation on a standard writer's workshop exercise. They make me happy. I may be crazy.) I managed to write five poems yesterday, including a counted devan (although I skipped the internal rhymes on the zipper, because I didn't feel like giving myself a migraine) and a counted technical terza rima. Take that, everyone who said there was no use for structured poetry in the modern world!
7. My story in Ravens In the Library is getting an accompanying illustration. This is...this is amazing. Not just because the illustration itself is amazing -- I saw the sketch, and it is -- but because I didn't expect an illustration at all. It made me cry. More and more, I begin to believe that 2009 is the universe giving me one big incredible birthday present.
6. It's not entirely visible to the naked eye, but my website continues to creep closer and closer to being entirely done. We should be getting the first few essays up there soon, and Chris is working on the functionality that will allow me to update and edit the front page all on my lonesome. Meanwhile, Tara works secretly behind the scenes on Wonderful Surprises that only a golden graphics girl could possibly provide. Prepare to be amazed.
5. I get to spend the weekend working on Discount Armageddon! (Quoth Dan: "I don't know anybody who gets as excited about being told what to work on as you do.") I love deadlines, I love directions, and I love Verity. She's so happy to see you. And so happy to kick you in the head. Pleasantly, I just put together my Verity playlist last night, consisting almost entirely of dance music and things with a BPM of over 120. Because Verity just looooooves the beat, yo.
4. It's new comic book day! Always the most wonderful day of the week. At least in theory -- other days are sometimes surprisingly awesome.
3. All my television is coming back on the air. I'm a huge TV freak. It's what lets me decompress after a hard day of working and writing and worrying about working and writing; it's also what I do with the other half of my concentration when I'm inking. (Most of the shows I watch are more verbal than visual, and have clear cues when I actually need to be paying attention to the screen.) I really appreciate the fact that the things I watch are staggered enough to make sure I almost always have something new.
2. This time next week, I will be heading for the airport, heading for the sky, and heading for Seattle, baby.
...and the number one good thing about today...
1. Oasis just called me, and THE CDS ARE DONE!!!!! They're mailing them out from the Oasis warehouse today, and they should supposedly hit my doorstep on Friday. This gives me time to actually arrange for CDs to reach Seattle, prep the first batch of pre-orders to mail out (probably the first twenty or so, more if I can possibly swing it), and generally get my hysteria out of the way. It also gives me time to use the CD boxes to build myself a little fort and crawl inside it to hide from the universe.
What's new and awesome in the world of you?
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Date: 2009-01-21 06:14 pm (UTC)100 Bullets #99 comes out today, one issue closer to The End! I'm past the halfway point of the series and am finally into the new-to-me issues after catching up.
AXM also comes out, but I think I've decided to give it up. I just don't care, Warren Ellis. I just don't care. I will stick with one-writer comics that will presumably end in my lifetime. The exception being Runaways because I love those guys. I will make a decision on Daredevil when I read all of Bendis's run.
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Date: 2009-01-21 06:17 pm (UTC)Turn about's fair play. Your story made me cry, so I made sure it got an illustration that also made me cry, in the exact same really good way.
I'm glad you like it. :-D
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Date: 2009-01-21 06:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-01-21 07:13 pm (UTC)Oy. Methinks I need more caffeine. Anyway,
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Date: 2009-01-21 06:22 pm (UTC)Much more importantly, I just read Obama's agenda for Civil Rights (http://www.whitehouse.gov/agenda/civil_rights/). There is an entire section on LGBT equality. *happydance*
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Date: 2009-01-21 07:44 pm (UTC)I am suppressing an extremely uncharitable comment about the entertainment I was...er...offered, at the SCA East Kingdom 12th Night, which rather to my irritation had to be rescheduled to opposite Arisia. I'm sorry i missed the con in general and your skit in particular.
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Date: 2009-01-21 06:24 pm (UTC)May?
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Date: 2009-01-21 08:49 pm (UTC)Of course, I suppose she could be both.
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Date: 2009-01-21 06:38 pm (UTC)Other than that I'm going to a convention starting tomorrow where all the friends that I see once a year will be there. I, sadly, could not swing taking off to go to Seattle the weekend after though I was very, very tempted.
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Date: 2009-01-21 07:09 pm (UTC)I just finished the lastest Fables! It was good, and my coworkers says it's not the end, so not only ddid this sotry arc close well, but there will more!
I got my hands on the Dorothy trade - and just finished that one also. Mmm this was comic week for me.
There is a new Kelley Armstrong coming out soon.
Supernatural is back, and well, Lost, and FRINGE!
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Date: 2009-01-22 05:40 am (UTC)Not only does this week rock, this week rolls and dances with dinosaurs.
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Date: 2009-01-21 07:36 pm (UTC)YEA! Can I get my pre-orders delivered in Seattle at Conflikt?
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Date: 2009-01-21 08:14 pm (UTC)Ahem. Also I think I've almost gotten enough sleep. And home grocery delivery is glorious.
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