One down, now what?

[redbird]

The finished (FSVO "finished" consonant with my skills, the pay rate, and what I have to work with) project has been mailed off, marrowless and mostly in the past tense. Among other fine weirdnesses, it was entirely in the historical present, making it difficult to distinguish between continuing conditions of the universe and events that occurred in August 2001.

I have had a fine breakfast and lunch, and can now laze about and drink tea for a bit, then decide if I'm up for leaving the house even for a party.

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[brisingamen.livejournal.com]

I'm working on one of my favourite authors right now. He's infuriating in some ways, not the least of which is that he can tell a good story but unfortunately, his relationship with the language is often a little more tangential than I could wish for ... he often seems to know which word he's reaching for but doesn't stretch quite far enough, coming up instead with a word that is either spelled similarly, or sounds similar. 'Cohorts' instead of 'cahoots' is typical, and in a previous book he had characters walking across kobolds instead of cobbles. This time, I notice he is more comfortable with the concept of cobbles. Commas, alas, are still a bit of a mystery to him but at least I know where I am with him. He's predictably unpredictable.