Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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Saturday morning. Do not want.

Step one: Wake up. This is the least pleasing step. I was having a very pleasant dream about attending a convention in England with my agent and most of my crew of rotating musicians. Vixy and I got to raid a Tesco's. It was nice. Waking up was so not on the agenda.

Step two: Lilly realizes that I have woken up. On weekends, I tend to stay in bed long enough for Lilly to come over and spend some time on my chest, getting heavy-duty affection directed her way. This is because I foolishly believe that if I adore her enough before I start trying to do things, she might leave me alone to do them.

Step three: Check email. Hello, email. Yes, there certainly is a lot of you, and no, none of you really appears to matter. That's always a pleasant discovery on a Saturday morning, as the last thing I want is an emergency or for an unexpected deadline to pop up and wave to me.

Step four: Stare blankly at The Brightest Fell for about three minutes. After that, decide that I am not yet in the necessary head-space to struggle with navigating those particular waters, and close the file again. (Toby Daye, book five. Because finishing four of them in a year just wasn't enough.)

Step five: Copy-edit two chapters of the manuscript I'm currently copy-editing for a friend of mine. It's on today's to-do, even: 'edit chapters 10 and 11.' I am, at this point, sufficiently engrossed by the story that I wouldn't be surprised if that turned into 'and 12 and 13 and just keep going already,' but since I also have to finish the next Velveteen vs. today, it won't go on forever.

...and now, pants, and the ceremonial Saturday morning stroll to the 7-11, hence to obtain a soda whose volume is slightly more than the volume of my skull. Because that will make me feel better.

How's your Saturday?
Tags: caffeine crisis, going for walks, in the wild, lilly, one salt sea, proofreading
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At OryCon, checking in from the Internet terminals in Hospitality.

Premiered "The Ellipse" (originally posted in comments over on cadhla to good response at open filking last night. Hope to see whether one of the other new songs breaks vixy (not permanently, of course) at open filking tonight; also finished yet one further new lyric at around two AM last night (partially set to Vixy's "Emerald Green", but in no wise a parody). Stars Fall Home is at the Friends of Filk table in the dealers' room, and has been duly pimped.

The Vixy & Tony concert begins in about 45 minutes, and I want to catch most of that (will likely have to duck out of the end because I have a 3pm small-group session.
Sounds like you're having a fabulous time!