Nearly Here

I've not been as far away as it may seem. I've been updating Three Sheets with the yacht club doings over the weekend. It was a fun, albeit damp, weekend - as usual. The food was delicious and the activities were plentiful. I took lots of photos which I should probably put up on Flickr so the gang can see them all (far more than I could post) but I'm plum tuckered out so I'm just going to think about that for a while.

I just finished reading Bad Monkey by Carl Hiaassen which was a fun read. Good motivation, too, since the deal I made with myself was that I would get back to work on Now & Then when I was done with Monkey. I like Hiaasen's style; he has a voice I would like to emulate. I always thought my writing would take on some flavors from Janet Evanovich and Jasper Fforde but I need to have some Hiaasen in the mix. Definitely.

My first task is to read what I have so far. I sent the current manuscript to my Kindle but I haven't checked to see whether it worked or not. (I'll do that tomorrow.) I think I'd rather read it on my Kindle than on my computer. But no more books from the library until I get this done. Whatever it is.

I've also been asked by an organization to be their Historian. So I'll be spending some time figuring out what that is. I have some thoughts about what I'd like to do with it but I want to spend some time reading what previous Historians have done first. Perfect time waster, right? If I do it right, I'll never write a single word.

I'd like to see this organization utilize social networking a little more so I intend to play around with that some and see what comes up.

But now, it's time to get dinner on the table. Tonight's recipe is: Rape Asado con Tapenada Negra Y Pimientos Morrones. (Look it up. Or, you could just click the link.)

If it turns out reasonably well, I'll put it up on Eat Me.