I have now completed an entire five days without touching a manuscript. I'm not happy about this, but I did manage to get a lot of little junk off my "to do" list. The Youth Corps seems like it's in good shape (knock on wood), I finally got more web site pages dealt with, and I even started looking into bookmarks and bookplates and the like.
So that means next week will be writing week, right? Here's hoping.
I'm feeling solidarity with Tiger Woods at the moment. The corisone shot appears to have done very little, verging on nothing, for my poor swollen knee. I begin to suspect there's more going on here than the doctor has diagnosed, which means I'll have to have an MRI. My pocketbook and my claustrophobia are not amused.
My health insurance has a $5,000 deductible because I live in the Land of the Free--apparently, government health coverage would infringe on my freedom. A week or so ago I saw a TV report about some fellow from Europe who was visiting the U.S. to run clinics for poor Americans who couldn't afford even to get their eyes examined or their teeth cleaned. How is our government not humiliated by this?
Uh-oh. This is what happens after a non-writing week. I get testy and political.
I'm going to go ice my knee now.
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- Ellen Booraem
- I live in coastal Maine and write fantasies geared to the middle-school-age reader, although adults read them, too. Having a blog defies generations of self-effacement, and yet I hang in there.
My books!
TEXTING THE UNDERWORLD, a fantasy for ages 10+. "Affecting, funny, and provocative," says Publishers Weekly. (Click photo to buy.)
SMALL PERSONS WITH WINGS, a fantasy for ages 10 and up, is out in paperback. "A fairy story that's wistful, humorous, and clever," Publishers Weekly says in a starred review. (Click photo to buy.)
THE UNNAMEABLES (also fantasy for ages 10+) is out in paperback. Kirkus Reviews called it "an ever-surprising, genre-defying page-turner."
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I've had a week off from writing too! Unfortunately, I didn't nearly enough crossed off my to-do list. Sorry to hear your knee isn't doing better. I'd like to read about the European who's running health clinics for poor Americans. Health care is one of pet peeves! Oh, I'll trying googling.
See you on the 2k8 loop!
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