Fog and drifting bits of ocean in the air this morning, air temperature 62 F and dew point 61, wind east at 5 mph.  Pair of mockingbirds across from the drug store, perched on a wire and giving that displeased "chup" call but not attacking anything.  Maybe they don't like damp feathers?

Still fishing for "reader reviews" of POWERS on Amazon and Barnes & Noble online, folks.  Suppose they gave a book and nobody came?  Word of mouth (or screen) sells books, saves authors from panhandling on street corners.

A little filly born two weeks ago:

jessicasteiner talks about types of edits in her series on hiring a freelance editor. Very useful if you need to know what an editor can do for you.</user>

I've spent the afternoon in the Middle Ages and so am all caught up with that side of things until...(wait for it)...Tuesday. Or maybe next weekend. It depends. All of this was stuff I should have done weeks ago, but life intervened and my partner-in-deadlines cut me some slack.

The rest of the day is one of the articles that have now become a bit worrying. I still have time to do them, but it's cutting it tighter than I normally would. Once they're done, though, I'll be much less fretted. Each time something else went wrong, I put off working on one of them. I've done most of the research for two and about 1/3 of the research for the third, but they were caught up in the emotions of the last two months and in the fatigue of the last two months and so they have the flavour of the last two months, as well.

When these three are done to the satisfaction of editors, I shall be on the home stretch for the doctorate, too. They're the only things between me and that last few months. This, too, worries me.

What I really need is a writing buddy. Someone with lots of deadlines over the next two weeks. Someone who needs nagging and is willing to nag, from now until 7 June. Any volunteers?