Over the last week or so:
Sub#65 – a flash story to Nature Magazine’s Futures series (my first sub there)
Rej#57 – 109-day rejection from All Possible Worlds. And, from the magazine’s website, they will not be publishing any more issues, so the market is closed.
A couple of writer-friends came over today, so that we could all sit around and write, which was lots of fun, and also the perfect excuse for me to make hummus. It is simple, tasty, and encourages me to eat healthy veggies. The recipe I ended up with (after looking at a couple recipes on the internet and guesstimating how I might want to adjust things):
1 can of chick peas (aka garbanzo beans), drained
2-3 cloves garlic, chopped (mine were biggish cloves, so I used 2)
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When I was thinking about applying to Clarion, I read several blogs about the workshop, and I found it helpful in making my decision to apply. So, when I got notification that I’d been accepted to Clarion West, I started a blog so that future potential applicants could look at it, the way I had looked at other people’s blogs. I thought I’d only blog for the workshop, and then stop blogging, so I named the blog ‘cmy_clarion.’ As it happens, blogging is a rather addictive thing, and a good way to keep in touch with people who are scattered …
I decided to roast some asparagus to have with dinner today. Topped it with gruyere cheese and ate it over a risotto cake with a fried egg. Yum!
I decided to wander over to Zilker park to do a bit of photography this afternoon. Somehow, I thought since it was October (and somewhat overcast) the weather would be okay. Wrong. The temperatures are starting to cool down, and the evenings are very pleasant, but in the middle of the afternoon I’m better off staying indoors.
But I did get some pretty pictures of butterflies and flowers while I was out, so despite the heat it was a good trip.
Or, more accurately, novella complete. Final length: 16,500 words. Now the novella is off to my critique group (thanks in advance ya’ll!), and I am off in search of a chocolate cupcake…
I wasn’t in the mood for vanilla yogurt this morning, so I blended it with a bit of honey and some frozen fruit (mango, papaya & strawberry — my grocery store sells bags of this as ‘tropical mixed fruit’) and topped it with slices of nectarine.
Lots of posts about food lately, not so many about writing. I thought the problem might be the lack of pictures to go with writing posts, so I cooked one up:
I’ve been typing away at my current WIP, and the thing refuses to end. It’s at 11,000 words, which for me is incredibly long (I generally write stories in the 2-5k range), and I still have a ways to go until the ending. This is new territory for me, not only in overall length of the story, …
Cinnamon Brown Sugar Ice Cream
After coming out of the ice cream machine, the mixture has to ‘set’ in the freezer for at least a couple hours, so I haven’t had a chance to taste the finished product yet. Preliminary tasting (i.e., eating what was left in the machine after transferring most of the ice cream to the freezer) suggests that this was a successful experiment. Dessert today will be ice cream, probably with sliced nectarine.
Fall in Texas is strange. The days are getting shorter, and some of the leaves have started falling off the trees, but the high temps are still almost 90 degrees. Coming from Seattle, my idea of fall involves cold rain, dark cloudy skies, and wearing a jacket.
More food photography:
Now, normally I’d call this creamy polenta, but seeing as how I’m in Texas, I think I’m obliged to call it grits. (I _think_ technically the difference between the two is in the grind of the cornmeal. …
