I’ve been busy of late. Lot’s of family stuff and work and uni too. (I’m doing an post grad cert in editing). My report gets tabled next week and I’m already on another project. No down time to organise my head but I did get some time yesterday to organise my office.
I didn’t realise how much the uni course would impact on my life. I haven’t entertained and I barely clean the house. I’m also renovating so I have more ideas for that than action going on. I’ve finished my assignments for uni so now all I have to do is catch up on the reading and ace the test in May (lol).
On the editing front I’ve been reading slush pile for a publishing house and I’m learning a lot. It is very interesting, challenging and time consuming. The pile seems endless. Perhaps I’ll blog about the experience later, when I have a hundred of so of them under my belt.
I have had good feedback so far on the Victorian romance/steam punk/gothic horror MS I wrote on retreat in January. Of course there are things I have to fix but overall it looks like the meld holds together. Whether I can sell it is another thing.
So Matthew and I have reserved some time over Easter to write, with a few additional days off. So starting next week end I’m not reading slush until May. (hence I’m trying to do a heap before then). I was going to work on Dragon Wine but looks like I’ll work on the January MS Ruby Heart instead. I’ve already thought up a sexy and then a scary ending as my beta readers have suggested. I knew the ending wasn’t cutting it. Then May and June will be busy work wise, but I will need to get into a routine. I’m pretty sure I will enroll for next semester Advanced Editing so gee that is going to be sucky. I will have to hang on to my writing day, which is now my study day.
I’m reading way too much, particularly Phryne Fisher novels by Kerry Greenwood. They are a good quick read too, which helps when I am busy.
I’ve read my galleys for Dead Red Heart and so the two anthologies (the other being More Scary Kisses) will launch at Swancon. I won’t be there unfortunately, so I better be productive instead, seeing I’m missing out on seeing my mate Glenda Larke.
The Autumn weather is lovely today and has been for most of the week. Maybe I should head out for a walk.
Mmmm
Donna Maree Hanson, Author, Phd in Creative Writing 
If you want a writing day away from home during your more quiet time (non uni time?) my place is at your dispoal (especially since I, too, need to just sit down and work through things for a day). I can feed you healthy food or break your diet with evil temptations. Or both. (also, you have a birthday in there – would you like a pot luck dinner at my place?)