When real things happen to imaginary people

Aaauuuugh, hate job hunting. HATE.

Today, in addition to the job hunting, there are household chores, Dad coming over to visit and meet his newest furry grandkids, prepping a GCS post to go live tomorrow, and working on the Big Writing Project. Oh, and making stuff for Mourning Market.

I need to win the lottery.

However, Trinian and Ruthven are being affectionate big kitties, and Vlad and Erzabet are still incredibly cute and snuggly. So that's good.

How are you people? How was the weekend?

I'm incredibly tired, and have a huge To Do list* that is staring meaningfully at me. So no Mourning Market for me. But! All you other Seattle people should go! Shop, and take pictures! And post them! So I can live vicariously through you! (Here, have some more exclamation points!!!!)




*This To Do list may, just perhaps, include more clothing culling. Consider this a very vague advance warning.

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A simple indulgence? Chocolate. Yes, I know, a stereotypical answer, but it's true. I currently have three bars of Theo Chocolates ginger & rose dark chocolate stockpiled, because I love it so and it's a seasonal offering. when I have a day job, I keep a bar of dark chocolate at my desk.

Would I consider giving it up permanently? Not for money. If absolutely dire health reasons were the reason, then yes. But for money, even oodles of it? No. Partially because I really like chocolate, partially because the chemicals in dark chocolate work really well on my biochemistry, and are actually very helpful in dealing with some of my bad brain days.

... now I want chocolate. And coffee. (Like that's a surprise.)

Today involves writing, taking pictures, and possibly starting a clothing alteration project I've been thinking about. The next ruffled skirt project is going to be from cream & pink striped fabric (well, sheets), and may also involve black velvet piping on the seams and hems of the ruffles. Maybe. Let's see if I want to work on something that fiddly. (But my goodness, it would be striking.)

Oh! And I have to email jaborwhalky. (Now that I've written it here, I will remember to do so, right?)

Today I must:

- Do laundry.

- Take & post photos of the remaining Cranky bloomers that are for sale!

- Quickly find a good slow-cooker recipe for pork (for dinner tonight).

- Finish writing the Noxenlux Chapeau review and send it to beta readers. (Note to self: the review needs a bit more than "Yay hats! Pretty hats! Carlee is an evil, evil temptress".)

- Work up the outline for the proposal for the next GCS book. THANK YOU, all of you who helped brainstorm! It was very helpful. :)

- Take photos of some stuff, email requieminblack about a possible swap!

- Email the guy from the consulting firm with my LinkedIn profile.

IF there is time, but it will probably happen tomorrow:

- Finish the new pink/black/cream skull skirt.

- Rummage in the Storage Room and find the fabric to use for lining for the upcoming pink/cream striped skirt.

- Take photos of the skirts & jackets I culled from the wardrobe for selling.

• Sent off some business-related GCS email.


• Wrote the next GCS column and sent it off to the Finishing School of Flail.


• Wrote 1,007 words on the fiction project I just started. Eeep!

Bathtime. Yes, bath and indulgent reading material are needed NOW.

Huh. With the exception of the signing at The Dreaming on Saturday (starts at 4PM! If you're in the Seattle-ish area, you should show up!), the Gothic Charm School book tour is ... done. Mind you, if some event somewhere contacts me and says "We'd love to have you as a guest, here let us cover your travel expenses!", then I will gleefully pack the giant suitcase and Go Forth. But as it stands now, the tour has wrapped up.

The book tour, as scramble-y and hectic as it was at times, was an amazing experience. Meeting people who like my work! Seeing friends, making new friends! Tea parties! Thank you to everyone who came to an event, and a HUGE thank you to everyone who put time and effort into helping make those events successful. The Flickr pool of book tour photos is here (clicky-link, of course), and if you have photos from any of the Gothic Charm School events, please add them there!

Now that the book tour is done, I will be focusing on writing new posts for Gothic Charm School, writing my blog for the Lip Service Webzine, working on the proposal for the next book project (eeek!), and oh right, job-hunting. (Anyone need an editor?)

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Vampires. Right. We finished watching season 1 of True Blood last night. I enjoyed the show far more than I enjoyed the books. I am hoping that season 2 has more of a focus on the vampire side of the world, and less of Sookie being a twit. Yes, I would be quite happy to watch the Eric & Pam show, why do you ask? (I suspect that I'm going to be watching a double-feature of Near Dark and 30 Days of Night in the near future, because I can. I prefer my vampires to be menacing, not whiny.)

I also have a whole stack of new-to-me, possibly trashy, vampire books to read, thanks to the book tour stop at Powell's. Really, I do read other things besides paranormal genre fiction. I just really like paranormal genre fiction.

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( Today's To Do list: )

Aaaaand, coming soon to this LJ: hey, I haven't done any Shallow Fashion Details posts in a while, have I? I should. Oooh, and maybe a post of clicky-links of coveting! Everyone likes window-shopping, right? (Just nod in agreement here, folks.)

Which means a To Do List! Mostly as a note to myself, so it's under a cut-tag for easy skipping.

( Stuff. And things! )