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“Miss Julie is a modern character which does not mean that the man-hating half-woman has not existed in every age, just that she has now been discovered, has come out into the open and made herself heard. Victim of a superstition (one that has seized even stronger minds) that woman, this stunted form of human […]

Ah, there’s nothing better than the book about the writer who can’t sell a book! (thanks, Patrick!)

Wow, the day job is shit right now, as my lack of blogging all week aptly illustrates. Anyway, moving on.

So, while dinner cooks and the novel prints out for the second round of line edits, I got to thinking again about the MZB heroine. You know, the Marion Zimmer Bradley heroine. The Sword and Sorceress anthologies? Anybody who’s old enough to remember MZB’s fantasy magazine before it went defunct probably knows what I’m talking

This month, I want to double that.

And I intend to have a very Merry Christmas, thank you, despite my credit card balance. heh heh Someday I’ll figure that shit out.

So I can stay out late on a Wednesday night and see a political play about Indira Ghandi and eat Thai food with local writers. You know, I wouldn’t have to get up at 5:30 the next morning. Bah. This fucking job.

I’ve been having a lot of dreams about food. I don’t feel like I’m depriving myself of anything. I think it’s my body’s craving for more protein. It’s the morning weight routine that does it. Having a tough time getting back to the gym after the Thanksgiving break. Isn’t that always the way? Sat down

Though eating that processed cheese may be good, it doesn’t leave you with much energy. I want to nap now.

Work is busy, book is busy, plane flights are busy, shopping for holiday gifts is busy. Eating far too much processed cheese, too. It’s good. I’ll be back later. I’m just massively swamped.