Here you go, something different to tide everyone over while we wait.  "Going To The Chapel", my short story produced on The Drabblecast.  Download it as a free MP3, or listen to it for free from the site.

http://web.me.com/normsherman/Site/Podcast/Podcast.html

We now return you to your regularly scheduled silliness.

Sandra

Yes, bring along any Mighty Boosh (love the Panda episode)! Frisky Dingo would also be welcome. And glad to see some Aqua Teen afficionadoes out there.

I have some MST3K disks I could bring along (including the glorious MITCHEL).

Oh...anyone else here into Star Trek?  I ask because I'm thinking about packing a season or two of TNG, in case we get bored.  (Ha!)

I've got grad school keeping me occupied (very occupied!) until well into May.  Between classes I'm working on a steampunk novel.  That occupies most of my mornings.  midday to afternoon I work around the university as a writing tutor, which is super fun--when students are into improving their work.  When they aren't (that would be when teachers force them to come to the writing center) the critique process is like pulling teeth.  I can say that I'm *so* looking forward to reading all of your work...I can already see you're more serious about your work than any writers I have encountered so far!  

From what I've gleaned, some of you are teachers--I'd like to pick your brains come June about teaching.  Get some tips and whatnot.  I'm looking at teaching my first English composition class in the fall.  I'm looking forward to it, and shaking in my boots. :)

Glad to hear I'm not the only one who's been mapping Seattle :)  I've also been looking up pictures like crazy, storing pics in random folders, so when I'm searching for files photos are strewn in the mix that remind me of the journey to come.  :)

Reading and writing (there's also this pesky job thing that keeps getting in the way during the day). Did another half-chapter on a novel this week. Also tearing apart and rewriting two shorts (I put one away for a few days and upon rereading it realized the opening sentence was an almost exact copy of the opening sentence in Harrison Bergeron. Oy.)

I don't have a blog/website because I've never figured out how to set one up (Fair warning: do NOT ask me about computer problems. I am Entropy around them). And I don't twitter. And my wife had to set up Skype on my own laptop because I had no idea how.

 On the other hand, I can set the idle and timing on your car by ear, assuming you have a vacuum or centrifugal carburetor. Also do simple lathe work.

Sandra, I'll be writing and chasing my little Asperger's boy, too. He's ten, and he's made my life very interesting in those ten years. I'll be finishing up the spring term as a writing adjunct and then write like crazy. I am very fortunate to have a supportive spouse with a steady job who can bankroll all the time off. I've starting the reading list for Clarion instructors, and so far, I'm really enjoying it. They are a fairly diverse set of authors. What are other folks reading?

Remy:

Are you a fan of Kij's work?

 K.C.

I'm reading as much as I can.  I've got another 8 chapters to revise in my young adult novel, and I'm hoping to finish this round of revision before I leave for Seattle.  I haven't started my research on literary agents.  I may delve into that task to keep myself business minded and keep my head out of the clouds.

In addition to reading and writing, I've got lots of grading to complete between now and the end of the semester.

I should be grading now--gah!!!  :) 

Writing, writing, more writing.  Making a list of what to pack.  Um...and writing.

I think I'm supposed to take care of the kids somewhere in there, but I'm not yet certain.  Oh, and housework!  Don't the kids need a clean house to live in?

Both of my boys have special needs.  Ian, the oldest, has a diagnosis of Aspberger's which makes him an even more confused teenager than normal, and James, the youngest, has a diagnosis of Cri du Chat (5P-) which causes global delays.  Despite the frustrations, anxieties, heart-aches, and broken teeth from gnashing them in anger, they are wonderful kids and I love them dearly.  I can't think of any other reason I'm keeping them around.  Oh, right!  They're cute.

Other than that, I've recently discovered the joy of Podcasts and have immersed myself in PSEUDOPOD, PODCASTLE, and THE DRABBLECAST.  Much like any fiction collective, there are some stories that leave me cold, or, more frequently in those cases, with a nasty bout of "I could write better than that" (a very dangerous attitude), and then there are the gems that blow me away and leave me gripping at the crayons I use to scribble outside the lines.  Through the podcasts I've discovered Tim Pratt, a man of near infinite talent, and reacquainted myself with Jay Lake whose work I already knew and now have the pleasure of listening to as well as reading.

I'm also taking up walking again, as much to get out of the house as to strike a blow against depression.  I put on the headphones, tie the laces, and head out the door to follow wherever my feet and imagination take me.

Um...and writing.  Did I mention that already?