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Swamped

I've been busy. Really busy.

Life:

- Making food for two long weekends (Comiccon and an Iaido seminar)
- Finishing my costume for Comiccon, which is in 5 days! (Carnival Punk Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Went to On the Brink on Friday to hear authors read. Won a book and bought a Steampunk anthology.
- In training this week for work (off-site) and it's an early start for me

Writing:

- Editing The Page & The Magician (just finished Chapter 3)
- Finished a short story called The Blood Waitress Club, which is on revision 3 and I'm just waiting for feedback before I put it up on Smashwords
- I've been trying to write short stories that may fit into some anthology, but I find it harder to write with some specific criteria in mind rather than coaxing the words from my soul

Guitar:

- We are learning a lot of songs (Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Green Day, Black Eyed Peas, Bare Naked Ladies, Simon & Garfunkel, ABBA, Ed Sheeran, The Animals, John Fogerty, Ian Thomas)
- I have been falling behind slightly

Iaido:

- Preparing for the annual May Iaido and Jodo seminar in Guelph. It's 3 days long

Goals:

1. Finish the second draft of The Page & The Magician
2. Get The Blood Waitress Club up on Smashwords for sale
3. Get another short story ready for a contest or magazine submission

Ciao,
R~
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