One thing is for certain... I'm not going to have the ACTION book finished by Valentine's Day. Apart from being quite slow at doing layouts, I forgot that I have other commitments and distractions, too, which have meant I've barely had time to look at the book this week.
I finally submitted my tax returns on Friday morning and then spent the rest of the day and the weekend backing up files onto the new external hard drive I bought last week. Trying to rationalise my filing system is like trying to disentangle the Gordian Knot, and I'm copying a lot of files from SD cards, which are slo-o-o-ow.
The mistake I made was to think of Saturday and Sunday as a weekend, so I pottered about rather than getting on with anything, thinking that I could get back to work first thing on Monday. Of course, first thing Monday I realised I had a book introduction to write (the upcoming Rebellion 60th anniversary reprint of TRELAWNY OF THE GUARDS) and spent most of the day reading, researching and writing notes. I managed to turn that into 500 or so publishable words on Tuesday and then put my feet up again. Wednesday... well, I didn't get around to anything because there was shopping to do, restocks to sort out and store, and correspondence to catch up on and video calling my Mum.
OK, so I have been doing bits of work: chasing down photos that I can use in the book, for instance, organizing scans, wandering down to the post office to send books on their way... but on the whole it has been a bit of a lazy week. I promise I'll pick up the pace next week.
With no news to offer, I thought I'd show off a few books that have come my way recently, and some not so recently, but I've recently scanned the covers. These are mostly science fiction... I'll save the crime novels for another day. This one's for long-time readers who remember the "random scans" that always ended the comic cuts column!
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