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Newsletter November 2008

Hello everyone,

Oh my! One alert reader reminded me that I skipped the October newsletter! My only defense: I was on the road for pretty much all of October. Bad Todd! Bad! No cookie for you.

I am back to writing though. I've been editing Journey to the East, the nanowrimo novel I wrote last year, and I am writing a new one for this year. I wasn't going to do one this November, but about a week in, I couldn't help myself. I'm continuing Legacy Engineer, the sci fi story that I started over the summer, but which had stalled out. I'm behind the writing curve, but the story is starting to pick up in pace, so I hope to hit 50,000 by November 30th. If only I could think about my story while I'm out walking, in the shower, etc. These days I find myself singing "Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes" over and over in my mind. MAKE IT STOP!!!!!

This year I'm using Dragon Naturally Speaking 10. It is much improved over version 9, but it does have the annoying habit of skipping words if I speak to quickly. As I am finding with Journey to the East (my story from last year) the first round of editing--where I clean up all the dictation errors--can be painfully slow. Hopefully Legacy Engineer will go better.

I haven't gotten an author's copy of Voices yet, but my friends have started getting theirs, and no one has come demanding money back from me, so I assume the printing is good. ;) I know the editor just had baby, so I'm going to cut him some slack and patiently wait for my copy and pay check. Though I do need the money. That will fund a full week's worth of lattes!

In other creativity, November is also the month when I put together my yearly calendar. It is an easy way to make Christmas gifts for my family and friends. Maybe I'll do the calendar on LuLu or Cafe Press so you guys can get copies as well. Hmmm. If you would be interested, let me know. The theme this year will be China. Probably Rural China, but I never know until I get the photos in front of me.

And finally, for book recommendations, I'll have to go with Passenger by Ronald Malfi. I met this guy at a writing conference and he is really fun to go out drinking with. His story is great as well. It is a really well done version of the "wake up with amnesia" story. I didn't see the end coming. Another great book is Blindness by Jose Saramago. I haven't seen the movie yet, but I loved the book.

Have a great November, and if you are in America, don't overdo it on Thanksgiving!

--Todd

P.S. If you had subscribed to the newsletter, you would have gotten to see a bonus picture of me and my baby girl on Halloween. She went as a happy pumpkin. :)

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