Green things and expectorations. I suppose I'm back.

Well, if you haven't been keeping up with the news through other sources, I have indeed begun my newest book. In fact I'm about a quarter of the way through the expected word count at about 25k words. It's called Telaon. For wordcount updates and other news on that, check my Atrocious Adventure infosite, the link for which is in the links at the right hand side of this page.

Aside from that, I had a bout of strep throat last week that totally knocked me off my pins for several days. Quite frustrating. But I'm better now.

Yesterday I decided I wanted to get out of the house for a while and went up to North Chattanooga, ostensibly because I wanted to see if New Moon still carried the extensive collection of Swarovski crystals that I remember. I've got a small collection myself and after finding a place online that sells them the whole thing just went nuts (www.sundropcrystal.com). My crystal collection is in fact providing the visuals for the crystals used by my characters in the new book. Currently I'm trying to figure out an effective and stylish way of displaying them all, which may require some craftiness on my part. They must be suspended from a hanger of some sort, and so I must think a while on this. At New Moon they have a tree branch, which is certainly effective. I've been hanging them from the gooseneck light on my altar in the Temple, but I have too many now and they would pull the light over. I think this is going to require a trip to Home Despot.

Dealing with spoiled cats at the moment. It's a beutiful day outside and not cold but Boo is freaking out thinking he needs to come in/go out ever two or three minutes. He's out at the moment so I'm trying to ignore the frantic scratching at the window of my computer room. It can't be doing either of us any good for me to be yelling at him all the time. It doesn't work anyway.

Well, I guess I'm off to go do my writing for the day.