The Mimosa Effect 2

The good news is, I finally finished the big climax scene of the John Dresden story (and there was much rejoicing).  The downside is, I have more editing to look forward to.  And, since this time the final-pass editing slog will result in a novel (hopefully) ready to be sent out into the world (…trying not to think about that part overly much…), all of my frivolous little side projects, N&D included, will have to get shuffled to the back burner. 

To sum up – Nyx and Dozer will be on hiatus for a bit, as I juggle novel editing, landscaping/house stuff, prepping for my extended trip out west, and the usual madness of wedding & concert season getting into full swing.  Things look to be quieting down some time after the end of July, so the plan is to wrap up the Nyx & Dozer story in either August or September. 

In the meantime, the odd video or silly link might make the occasional random appearance, but the writerly part of the blog is officially on summer vacation.  (Heck, it was warm enough for July earlier this afternoon, so why not?)

Cheers all.  Until later.

…are lame, so I won’t bore you with them.  Suffice it to say, there will be a Nyx & Dozer Chronicles posting this week  (hopefully back-to-back episodes Sat.-Sun).  I’d say we’d be back on track after that, but in truth, the postings are likely to remain a bit erratic between now and April.  There will, however, be at least one (hopefully two) new postings each week, so stay tuned!

- signed, the author (who seems to be permanently distracted by dreams of the TARDIS flinging itself through time and space, endlessly pursued by seven-foot-tall robots, giant spiders, and guys in cheesy monster suits)

…has taken over my life (or at least, big chunks of it).  The next Nyx & Dozer installment and the Saturday Scribes prompts will be posted sometime between Sunday and Monday this week. 

Eventually we’ll have furniture in the new room.  For now, there are many, many lots of piles of paper, all neatly organized, awaiting the next phase. (They’ll be waiting for a while… I have fun things to attend to, tonight and tomorrow afternoon.  Girl’s gotta take a break sometime!)

Will Nyx & Dozer finally meet face to face? Find out in episode 13!
(Which will be posted on Thursday this week. Blame the cats, they had us pinned down.)

…for a test of the Emergency Broadcast System. (If you hear a drawn-out high-pitched tone while reading this, it’s only in your head.)

Due to various unforeseen circumstances (which may or may not involve bug-eyed telepathic aliens and a steel glove that can resurrect the dead), this blog is being temporarily put on hold. We’ll resume normal programming on Wednesday, March 3rd, with the next installment of the Nyx & Dozer chronicles.

To our two or three loyal viewers, thanks for sticking it out. We’ll see you again in four days’ time (if the world doesn’t get sucked into a space-time vortex loop between now and then).

p.s. – To K: We left some blueberry pancakes on your back porch, but we think the orange stomach that walks like a cat may have gotten to them first. Better luck next time!

…Um.  That would be the author, being distracted by all sorts of interesting things (among them: blueberry pancakes, new Doctor Who DVD’s, furniture moving, MP3’s and treadmills).  On the upside, had a fun day that included going to the gym for the first time in just about forever (yes, a fun day that included going to the gym; helps to have good music along for the ride).  On the downside, totally neglected to transcribe today’s Chronicles offering.   You can tune in tomorrow for the next Nyx & Dozer installment. 

In the meantime – stay strong, be brave, wait for the signs.  (And if you get hungry, there are still three mini blueberry pancakes in the fridge. You can take some for the road, if you like.)

Dec. 31st, 2009, 8:02 p.m.

Time is out of joint.

Cliff and Casey (a.k.a. Dozer and Nyx) will soon be hijacking this blog to document the Superhero Chronicles, which will leave only their days off for occasional poetry and random musings from the girl behind the curtain.

As a result, the chronology of this thing  may be (if still relatively linear) inconsistent and somewhat disjointed.

No New Year’s resolutions, just new pathways.  Footprints straying off the beaten path into the forest, out onto the moors, down the rabbit hole, through the stone archway.

Cats keeping watch, in case a few crumbs of cheese fall from the cutting board onto the floor.   The best toys, as ever, still the stick, the rock, and the empty cardboard box.

That’s what blank pages are: empty cardboard boxes, waiting to become space ships, submarines, time machines.

Pan-dimensional dream-walkers, I salute you.  Mind if I tag along?  Fair enough – I’ll pay my way in stories and tunes, and promise to make blueberry pancakes every Saturday morning. 

My pen is my passport, to all the worlds that ever were, are, or will be.  The aether beyond this glowing screen simply another realm to explore, another unending cardboard box to store shiny things in, all the things we’ve picked up along the way.  All the things that are yet to be.  All our wishes and desires, all of our darkest dreams, our brightest memories.

2010, here I come.

… and then, more painting… and then… you guessed it.  More painting!  Today we got the first coat of colour on three main walls, a ceiling, and our new tiny two-piece bathroom, which was nice, after what felt like miles of primer.   The music room walls are in four different cheery colours.  Also picked out some vinyl flooring for the hall and loo (which will get mercilessly trampled on), saving the spiffy bamboo flooring for the rooms proper. Will post pictures when we’ve made a bit more progress.  Hope to get back to that writing/posting thing once the last of the paint has dried and the flooring is in.  In the meantime, enjoy the sunshine, and don’t forget to sign up for NaNoWriMo (if you’re one of those crazy write-a-novel-in-a-month types).

This is for my mom, who’s been asking for pictures for months now.  Took me a while, I know, but I finally got around to putting together a little slideshow.  (Don’t worry, unlike most home movies, it’s only 2:10 minutes long. More to come when the renovations are actually finished.) 

First time attempting such a thing, so there were a few glitches, but all in all I think it turned out okay.  A few of the photos seemed to get arbitrarily cropped in odd ways, and even though “show captions’ was selected I’m failing to see any, so if you have any questions about any stage in the process feel free to fire them my way. 

Hopefully the copyright police will utterly fail to notice that the music accompanying the video in question is by Belle & Sebastien.  I’m pretty sure they wouldn’t mind.

I see Grond’s cat-drinking-from-tap and raise him one kitten-falling-asleep.