News:

Nothing to report, other than that I’ve been house-sitting two cats for a few weeks, which ends today. Being alone for long stretches of time during a coup isn’t the most fun, so I struggled at first, but it’s been years since I’ve lived with cats, and I’ve really missed it. It was nice to learn that I haven’t lost my touch. My personality is very catlike, which lends itself to good practices. I’ll miss getting to know them and gaining their tiny trust.

Works in Progress:

I wrote/edited those two short stories and submitted them, then edited one of my accepted stories for publication.

I’ve started working on Tattered & Torn (Meridian 6) now. Still hard to focus, but I think I’ll enjoy the slash-and-burn of the first editing round. It’s a longer initial draft and probably needs to lose about 15K in the first pass.

Books I’m Reading:

The Fisherman by John Langan
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Alien Secrets by Annette Curtis Klause

Things I’m Listening To:

Pop music playlist (Listening to sad ladies was representative of my feelings, but it wasn’t helping me; pop has been a little better for the moment right now. A lot of it is recession pop, so that makes sense.)

Things I’m Watching:

The Princess Bride
The Lost City of D
Conclave
The Watchers
Fear Street trilogy (finished)
Two-Sentence Horror Stories series (finished)
Columbo series (finished)
Celebrity Jeopardy series
Grey’s Anatomy series
The Equalizer series
S.W.A.T. series
The Irrational series
Will Trent series
Abbott Elementary series
Ghosts series
Home Town series
Watson series
The Hunting Party series
NCIS series