General musings

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    Weekend plans …

    Okay, I’ve been goofing off all week reading and watching the Olympics.

    Time to get back in the saddle, read through the second draft of Assassin 2, and get to work on that. And think about where I want the story to go in Assassin 3. I also think I’m going to work on some workshop proposals for RWA Nationals next year.

    What about you guys? Anyone got big plans this weekend?

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    I wonder …

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    if all these Olympic athletes really eat fried chicken sandwiches from McDonald’s and drink massive amounts of Coke. Because I’ve seen tons of commercials the past week were they do just that.

    Even I feel my arteries hardening when I eat McDonald’s or chug down a Coke. So would an Olympic athlete, whose body is a freakishly fit temple, really pollute his buff physique with grease and carbonated beverages?

    Somehow, I doubt it …

  • In case you didn’t know …

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    The Summer Olympics start tomorrow – and I’m already a little sick of them. Mainly because of The Today Show. That’s what I turn on in the mornings before I go to work (usually to see what the weather’s going to be), and Matt, Meredith, and the rest of the crew have been incessantly hyping the Olympics for weeks now, as if they are the only journalists going to Beijing.

    I know it’s a huge event, but give it a break, guys. There’s still stuff going on in other parts of the world too. Just because your network is the one broadcasting the games doesn’t mean you need to scream at me every morning about them. :rolleyes:

    That being said, I always love watching the Olympics, although I prefer the Winter games to the Summer ones. Bobsledding and doing the luge look like so much fun! Running a marathon, not so much.

    One of my favorite childhood memories is the week that my cousin, Natalie, spent with me one summer. Every night, we’d have some kind of treat, then settle in to watch the Summer Olympics. Good times. 😎

    This year, I’m looking forward to watching the gymnastics competitions and some of the more obscure stuff, like diving and synchronized swimming (they still do that, right?).

    What about you? Going to watch the Olympics? What’s your favorite sport?

  • If you’re going to San Francisco …

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    So the annual Romance Writers of America conference kicks off Wednesday in San Fran. I’m not going this year, mainly because of the cost. The conference fee was something like $425 this year, the hotel would have been over $1,000 for four nights, and I shudder to think what the plane tickets would have cost. Gulp! It was just too rich for my blood this year.

    I wish I was going, though. RWA Nationals is always a lot of fun. Book signings, workshops, face time with your editor and agent, publisher parties … there’s something going on all the time. It’s exhausting, but fun. Plus, there are lots of opportunities to get free books. 😎

    But basically, most agents, editors, and authors will be incommunicado this week as they make the trek to San Fran. However, some folks will be blogging during the conference so us poor slobs stuck at home can read all about it.

    Ah, well. Hopefully, I can get some work done on Assassin 2 in the meantime. Besides, next year the conference is in Washington, D.C., a place I’ve always wanted to visit. And the next year, 2010, it’s in Nashville, which is even closer to me. Yee-haw!

    What about you? Are you going to San Fran? Staying home like me? If so, how are you passing the time this week?