Saturday, July 1, 2017

Caturday: Fostering Gent w/Update

I am helping out with a library co-worker with fostering a feral kitten rescued from the Bartow Civic Center a few days ago:


He's an 11-week old tuxedo kitten who had a sibling reverse-tuxedo being fostered by someone who plans on adopting the brother. This one has health issues including an infectious respiratory illness, so I had to isolate this kitten in the guest bedroom.



He also has, sadly, a gimpy leg. Somehow one of his hind legs got broken and did not heal properly, so he doesn't sit up well. He *is* however still able to run fast, using his gimpy leg to steady himself as he does.


He purrs near constantly, wants to chase after toys, and has been receptive to a human presence. I have to keep interacting with him so that his feral instincts don't return.

I've taken to calling him Gent, because he is so well-behaved. He does not cause the property damage that Mal tends to create.

Speaking of Mal, I need to add a video of the two meeting at the room's patio door as soon as I can.

UPDATE: Here we go (had to add it to YouTube first):


Sunday, June 4, 2017

Why My Book Covers Will ALWAYS Be Blue

The dread secret at last revealed.

lean in, let me tell you...

...closer...

...closer...

(looks askance for a moment)

'CAUSE IT'S MY FAVORITE COLOR, FOOL!

NOW BACK TO WORK ON WRITING THIS DAMN BLUE BOOK!

Sunday, May 14, 2017

Happy Mother's Day to Ocean the Wiggle Cat

Mal's too busy hiding under the bed to do it, so here's me honoring Ocean for her matriarchal instincts.





To the hoomans who adopted Zoe, Jayne, Inara, River and Simon, I hope they are well and let them know that their mommy is contently stalking the lizards at our windows...

Friday, April 21, 2017

I AM STEALING THIS MAP

As a science fiction geek and struggling writer, I NEED THIS.


The map is via Boing Boing, and is derived from an online thread from RPG.net forums.

Doesn't matter if it's Star Trek, Babylon 5, Blake's 7, Doctor Who, or Red Dwarf. This map is YOUR 'VERSE!

Except for Firefly. Miranda's not on this map.

Monday, April 3, 2017

Writing Projects April 2017

There are at least three things on my writing agenda:

1) Camp NaNo, to finish a novel on SOMETHING.

2) Florida Writers' Association annual anthology, due April 30th.

3) A short story on the current political  climate, which might get me over my writers' block (yes, I am blaming trump for this).

Wish me luck.