Healing Is Exhausting

Hi.
It's not that I don't love you all or anything.  It's just that I'm exhausted today.  I'm not sure why it is that 6 days after the surgery, I feel like I've dug ditches all day, when, in reality, my most difficult physical achievement was getting dressed, but that's how it is.
I may feel up to putting a new writers' game up by tomorrow.  If not, we may just skip this week.
Let's see how it goes, okay?
Nap time.  Again.

Why I Proofread My Manuscripts So Many Times (#2)

From a current draft of Becoming Brigid, which is almost ready for proof stage, I found this lovely set of sentences:

Zane had said he'd seen Dougal walk out of the wall there!  There must be a portal there!

Announcing Another Giveaway Of Confessions Of An Average Half-Vampire!

Sam, at Falling Books, has put up an interview with me today!
She's providing a larger audience than I usually get (as she has almost 1200 followers), and I'm providing the prizes (a signed copy of Half-Vampire, a tee-shirt, bookmarks).
Go on over to her blog and enter.  Just click here.

Bee Ironic

I took this while walking up at Old Deseret Village a few weeks ago.  It cracked me up.
Just stare at the photo for a few seconds until the irony becomes obvious to you in a way that it clearly wasn't to the park rangers. :)

My Writing Goals For The Summer

1) Finish the first draft of The (Dis)Appearance of Nerissa MacKay.
2) Get Becoming Brigid to proof copy stage with cover issues and back blurb fixed.
3) Publish both e-copies and POD copies of All in the Half-Vampire Family.
4) Convince The King's English (local independent bookstore) to carry at least one of my books.

Vampire Nibbles And Snacks

This was attached to my neck until about noon today, draining off all the blood from the wound.  (Now it just dribbles down my neck and oozes into the mummy-like bandage that's wrapped around my head.)  I couldn't resist taking this pic.  I wonder if Eric would find this tempting.  :)

I slept most of today.  I hope I can sleep tonight.  Obviously, I'm not getting much writing done right now.

I Have Survived The Right Parotidectomy

I spent yesterday in the hospital having my right parotid gland removed, as I had a small tumor (about the size and feel of a frozen grape) on my jaw.  It doesn't sound like a big deal, but the parotid gland grows right over a MAJOR facial nerve, so the surgery was delicate and took roughly 3 hours so the doctor could avoid giving me facial paralysis.  Add all the pre-op stuff and the recovery period, and it took ALL day.
Plus, I was very nauseous from whatever they used to put me out and dealing with migraines from the tight bandages wrapped around my head.  (I look like a mummy).
I also have some really spiffy blood drainage going on from a tube into a plastic handgrenade-type thing.  I took photos, and I'll put them up in a later post.
I'll be dealing with a fair amount of pain and swelling for the next couple of days, so not much writing/editing/blogging will be getting done.  I hope to be feeling more chipper by the beginning of next week.
Fortunately, I'm still getting e-mails from Paige Shelton that she's enjoying Half-Vampire.