dancing on tiny pieces of glass

Reminder to self that hitting back key will shut the whole damn thing down for some annoying reason.

Breath.

Yes, I miss him. Terribly.

Yes, the book's on track. I might even finish it. I might even have written almost all a synopsis for the next script today.

But now, some amusing things.

From this interesting and scary article with the author of a new book on dictators (up close and personal):

His eyes rest briefly on his photo album, though he seems to be thinking about something else. "But I am fascinated by the subject of dictatorships, and I've been to a place called Kalmykia in the Russian Federation. It's one
of the independent republics," he says. "It's a bizarre place ruled by a very bizarre chess champion who's imposing Buddhism and chess as the two national religions. So it's an incredible place, so I might do something on that subject."


And, offered without comment, Margaret Atwood gives her own definitions of fantasy, science fiction and speculative fiction in the New York Times.