"...and not even Nate the Great can find my tea."

This is just a quick post, to let those of you in the world who read this blog know that 1) I am still alive and 2) I'm still deadline-racing. It's getting tight. The writing goes well and most of the ideas I need are still there (and the ones I don't need will come shortly.)

Some of the artwork and concept sketches coming in for this series are absolutely gorgeous. There's nothing to boost the flagging energy of a tired writer like checking the e-mail and finding pictures of the people you're writing about.

(I will talk to editor and artist alike and see if I can get permission to post some pictures here and there, for people to look at. It may have to wait until the project's official announcement. We'll see.)

I'll be finished with this four-episode batch by February 15th. Then, I have a stand-alone short story that needs to be written and gotten out to an editor. After that, I'll try to be a little more conscious and useful-like in this great, fuzzy, internet world.

Oh My Head.

The good news: Yesterday, I wrote a total of seven thousand words.

The bad news: I was up until three in the morning to do it.

The good news: I only started at a little after midnight. Go me!

The bad news: I was up until three in the morning to do it.

The good news: One more scene, and episode 2 of the robot serial is done. That makes me halfway finished!

The bad news: I haven't got a pot of tea.

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I just made two boxes of macaroni and cheese. "Oh, he picks exciting things to blog about." They are pretty good when you add in extra cheddar cheese and bacon bits. "Oooh, aaah. What a loser." As my wife and I were wolfing our way through it all, "Yes, yes, maybe I'll watch paint dry after this," I jokingly checked the box for an expiration date, since these boxes have brand names that don't exist in the midwest. "Er...hang on. What?" As it turns out, they were Best By Febrauary 1st 2002. "Oh my God. Yikes."

We shall see what happens. Happy Birthday, Mac & Cheese Box.