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Sunday morning, coming down

Y'know, ordinarily the phone is the least important, the most underused object in this house. (Well, all right, I exaggerate; I have kitchen gadgets that have never been out of their boxes, I have books that have never been read. But of those articles that most people would consider a daily essential, this is true.) Because it has not been working these last days, therefore I have needed it so badly. Gah!

Still, we get by. Old-fashioned walking and meeting in the meat, as it were: these see me through with local people. For the further-flung, we have e-mail. Except where our agents have moved house and are not yet online in the new domicile. Sigh. When the phone's fixed, my voicemail is going to be so packed - and that's just the stuff I know about, the people who've told me they were trying to call. Publishers with contracts, people like that.

Which reminds me: when I was doing the round-up of where I was with various books at the moment, I forgot I am also waiting for proofs of the US edition of Shelter. Which makes five books I'm engaged with, one way or another. I kind of want to post a picture of a treadmill, only my google-fu has let me down; I got bored, paging through endless photos of gym equipment.

So I'm going to write a treadmill instead, into the current chapter of the Next Big Thing.

[Instant ETA - all is well! My google-fu is back! I was just thinking that treadmills did sound a very Chinese thing, and therefore apt; and I went to Google Images and searched for 'Chinese treadmill', and there it is, hurrah! Sadly, my feeble LJ-fu prevents me from uploading it, but you will find it here, should you care to go and look.]

Talking of Shelter and other books, I was going to point out in my charming self-deprecating English way that, for those Americans looking for winter-holiday gifts, they really need look no further than my own work: 'Bridge of Dreams' for fantasy fans and 'Shelter' for mystery fans, we cover the gamut, we do. But I suspect that Shelter isn't going to make it out in time. Technically it's due 1st Dec, but it hasn't actually been typeset yet, so we should probably anticipate delay. You could pre-order it anyway, of course, and get a surprise treat sometime in January...

What, you mean I get to lose it again...?

You are The Hermit

Prudence, Caution, Deliberation.

The Hermit points to all things hidden, such as knowledge and inspiration,hidden enemies. The illumination is from within, and retirement from participation in current events.

The Hermit is a card of introspection, analysis and, well, virginity. You do not desire to socialize; the card indicates, instead, a desire for peace and solitude. You prefer to take the time to think, organize, ruminate, take stock. There may be feelings of frustration and discontent but these feelings eventually lead to enlightenment, illumination, clarity.

The Hermit represents a wise, inspirational person, friend, teacher, therapist. This a person who can shine a light on things that were previously mysterious and confusing.

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This a person who thinks the Tarot doesn't understand him much.

Barry's brains

Y'know, he may not be so dim as I pretend. Twice today he's pinched the laser pointer off the table; I think his little cat mind has already connected the object with the Evil Red Dot, and he's trying to make it happen in my absence. If he only had opposable thumbs...

Also, he's spent an hour being sweet on my knee today, and he's currently being sweet on the desk here, all curled up and sleepy between keyboard and screen. It's probably the weather (chilly today, and my knee is warm, and so is the halogen lamplight), but hey. I'll take whatever I can get, up to and including Manhattan.