Reading: Nothing Nice To Say collection by Mitch Clem
Music: Lou Reed
TV/Movie: Big Love Season 2
Link o' the Day: Johnny Crossbones: Dead Man at Devil's Cove

Rough night. Sleep was hard to come by for both of us. Then I think there was a weird feedback loop as we end up keeping each other awake. Weird night. I almost said "f*ck it" and got up at 2:30, but I figure I'd need some sleep, even if just a little, so I stuck it out and managed a couple of hours. Not in a row mind you. No, the cats then objected and decided to brawl not once, but twice during the night.

So here we is.

Was not a bad weekend. Saturday was pretty restful. And productive. I knocked out the Lonnie Burr book. That's off for proof now. Here's an early draft of the cover:



The SFWA Bulletin is also nearing completion. Give it a day or two as we get loose ends tied up. I should have a cover for you tomorrow. Everything else is just about done. And I'm nearly done with the Lewis Stadlen book. All that's left are some pictures, captions, and a cover. I recently received the edits for The Trustus Plays from inTellect Books which I'll turn in later this week. And I have the long-awaited Hardcastle & McCormick book. A good schedule. Not too overloaded, but enough to keep me busy and looking for more.



(The second photo here is Lewis J. Stadlen and Don Stephenson as Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom in their third year on the Broadway production of The Producers.)

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Had a good night at Ward's last night. When the weather gets crappy, I don't like driving at night much, but the snow had stopped and the road were dry. A bit windy, but do-able, so I armed myself with banjo and peppered the place with mad triplets.

Okay...slightly peeved triplets. I'm working on getting them mad. I did get a good reminder, though, as to why I should practice every day. I took a week off from playing, and didn't warm up enough before leaving for the session last night, so newer tunes I thought I had gotten the hang of ended up getting left hanging. That'll teach me.

Still, I had a good time. Met some new folks. Heard some great tunes. Am reminded yet again that I really need to learn the Christmas Eve reel.

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Short entry. Today's link brings you to an interesting online comic: Johnny Crossbones: Dead Man at Devil's Cove - Chapter 1 by Les McClaine. The style is very reminiscent of Tintin, but better. It captures that old kid's adventure comic feel, but comes across as very fresh and new at the same time. Well worth the visit. I just wish he'd do a whole lot more.



I'd buy it.