some mist, some black ice, and quite a few coins

Sue is almost done writing her contemporary-fantasy novel "Black Ice". Rather, she *was* almost done, but a few days ago Melissa Frain, her editor at Tor, sent comments about "Mist", which is Book One of the whole affair, and that'll mean revising "Black Ice". It'll mean an even better story, if I may say so. In other publishing news, Sue received two royalty checks from her older publishers at the same time.

dear diary...

Dear diary... Today I showed great restraint at the office and did not use the verbal Fist of Death.

the Goddess of Love's good health

Last night I took Freya to the vet for some blood tests. My old girl isn't getting any younger, nor are her legs, which is why I've been giving her half a rimadyl every morning for over a year. The doc wanted to make sure that the long-term use wasn't wrecking her liver. The results said that she's fine.