Can I has morphine pleez? Or some form of analgesic?*

The week’s been a gruesome one–friends suffering setbacks and Bad Things, cold cold weather making the joints ache, health concerns, and a silly Internet stalker/troll to compound the whole thing. I HAD planned on getting a lot of stuff done, but it looks like the most fantastic accomplishment I can claim this week is keeping my temper.

Well, I did finish the draft of Redemption Alley; if “finish” is translated out to “got so damn sick of that book, handed it over to the editor and am glad to be free of it.” One gets to a certain point with a book–living with it, sleeping with it, eating with it, having it take up the inside of one’s head–and one gets so, so sick of the damn thing.

The Riddick dreams have calmed down, and I’m reading fantasy epic (Joe Abercrombie’s most excellent The Blade Itself, recommended by my editor and thoroughly enjoyable) and thinking of watching Ladyhawke again. Steelflower fans will be glad to know I’m probably going to be switching back and forth between Tristan and Kaia. (I never thought I would write that sentence.)

Although, as Red Argyle pointed out yesterday, Chronicles of Riddick was a fantasy epic. Along with Hutch (I think it was Hutch? correct me if I’m wrong) calling it the third-best Conan movie, maybe I’ve been wrong about the Riddick dreams not fueling my fantasy writing muscle.

Hee. Like I need an excuse to watch Vin Diesel’s shoulders again. Oh, oops–you didn’t know a little birdie brought me both Pitch Black and Chronicles of Riddick on DVD?

Someone who loves me and wants me to get my books done, apparently. *wink* Or someone who wanted to foist bad, bad movies on me.

Weekend ahoy. I’m holding onto my liferaft and looking forward to the beach. I’ll be glad when this week’s over.

How about you, dear Reader?

* Not that I advocate morphine use except under the supervision of a qualified professional. KTHX.

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