Deep Sky Anchor

Gah. Trudith and Kipper started talking to each other in my head again. I’m supposed to edit book 2 before I start book 3!

Elaine, after hearing me talk about the Wordos’ goal-setting-and-review meeting tonight: “Maybe when I start Wordos, I’ll get a hundred sales!”

I won an award! My short story, “The Canoe Race,” written with Daniel Lowd won the Coyotl Award for Best General Short Story!

DRAFT ONE OF “OTTERS IN SPACE 2” IS DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Instead of fading away as I’ve grown up, my imaginary friend from childhood has taken on new life, first as a side character in my novels and now moonlighting as a baby-sitter for my daughter’s imaginary friends while she’s in school.

Proof I enjoy playing my new ocarina: I’m choosing to practice playing it instead of listening to the new Owl City album.

I can play themes from Indian Jones and Jurassic Park on my fish ocarina. It’s nice to have a little clay fish who will sing for me.

Dancing dogs, enigmatically smiling cats, and cartwheeling otters — all the imaginary creatures that live in my head are very happy today.

Elaine the Water-Bender is attacking the Fire Nation in the kitchen right now. (We just finished watching season one of Avatar.)

We met Tof last night — Elaine *adores* her. Though, she’s still a water-bender, herself.

I just re-read SPACE HOUNDS!… And I really wish that the author would write some more of it! Oh… wait… Sigh. #TooManyProjects

I remember the bananas in “Diary of a Wartime Bride” (a subset of “To Elsie With Love”) playing a much more significant role.