laramie

I'm within about twenty pages of the conclusion, and stopping for the day, since the conclusion is going to need more extensive rewriting. When I've done that it will be time to transcribe all the revisions (this includes restructuring the backstory to intersperse it throughout the main story). It looks like I'm well on track for completing this draft before Valentine's Day.

Otherwise, I'm not doing so well at getting other projects done along with the writing, but I have had a pot of chicken on the stovetop for the past couple hours, making stock for a soup, and I did get my confirmation of a dealer's space at MarsCon, and sent an inquiry to CONvergence. I won't plan on doing a dealer's table at Minicon - it keeps me from participating in too many other things - but I did make my room reservation and send in my membership.

Today's mail brought the new tabs for my car, and a notice from the clinic demanding some twenty-three dollars (for scanning and copy fees) before they forward my results to HealthPartners for my application. Why couldn't they have informed me of these fees at the same time they (again belatedly) informed me that I needed to send them a release form? I can see how those with godlike powers might get in the habit of smiting.