No rest for the weary

I am sooooo tired. We hosted a wedding shower on Saturday, our house in Austin being middlish of the distance between the families in Corpus Christi and Dallas, though some families traveled from much farther. I’m not an extrovert, so even though I enjoyed hosting and meeting everyone, crowds do not energize me. Other introverts get what I’m saying—I enjoyed it, I love spending time with family and I enjoy meeting folks, but I see extroverts somehow consume Gibbs free energy, while I just burn through my own battery.

I took a pic from outside while I threw a log on the outdoor fire… I like the juxtaposition of the reflected outdoors with the indoor party.

I am saddened that I had a friend leave Intel this week for Microsoft, but I also had someone I respect achieve Principal Engineer, so some good news, some bad. I hope to have a beer with each, eventually.

Writing Updates

The sketch of Rocks isn't quite what I pictured, but it captures his essence--surfer-boy dressed up for business, with dark undercurrents beneath the façade. The artificial leg wasn't meant to be robotic, but after a few attempts to explain that to the artist, I threw in the towel, as I couldn't suggest a better way to bring that out of the pic.

I sent out the first copy of Book 4 for structural feedback. The cover is just some placeholder freebie art, while I work on something real. I’m counting on @inkqueenmarketing to coordinate and teach a team to provide helpful structural feedback, but she still has some catching up to do, reading-wise. In the meantime, she’s set up a form to build that small team.

o To-Do list for writing last week:

~~Email updates~~
~~Continue editing Book 4 - clean up first pass of structural edits.~~
Maybe get the pictures for Book 4 started - still haven't placed the orders. As I thought about them, I realized I need to sketch them out, and I haven't had breathing room to do so.

o To-Do list for writing this week: