Jon called the tomato plant a triffid
recently. While I'll concede that it does seem to loom over us, I
don't think it's ready to walk out the door in a quest to take over
the world. I have grown suspicious of the plant as it's only produced
one smallish tomato. There have been several buds that haven't
produced anything. I may have to rethink unleashing the bees in our
apartment. Though I have had a suggestion involving a q-tip that
doesn't sound too strange. I may give that a go first. I think the
encouraging thing is that I haven't killed the plant or the
supermarket thyme plant. That has been very productive and useful for
a whole number of applications. I may get some more herbs for the
window sill. While I am very proud of my foreboding tomato plant, I
am really loving the heirloom tomatoes that are in season at the
Culver Farmer's Market. Oh yes, I really do shop there before hitting
that hotel bar for the martinis. All of the stalls have some lovely
varieties that are wither sweet or tart. I have some really nice
green ones that I plan to fry for lunch this very day. I am also
loving that the produce I'm getting from there is staying fresh for a
week or more. Makes me really wonder how old that stuff in the super
markets is.
Cloak and Dagger
I know it seems like I am a bit of a
blabbermouth with all the sharing or even over sharing of the
intricate minutia on developing web series or the naughty things that
have turned up on my Facebook page as I was searching for items to
give away at the Bookfair or online. The fact is that on any given
day, 90% of the mayhem in my life cannot go beyond a very small
circle of people. It makes the blog quite challenging some time. I
can't reveal what may be causing me consternation over my writing
malaise as it may violate three or four confidences. Even the manga
can be a challenge to blog about as I'm not allowed to be specific
about the title until our work until the book is at a certain point
in the pipeline. No matter how crazy the book is making me, I can
only talk about it in the most vague terms possible. I mean, I can –
and do – complain about research mystic Buddhist incantations, but
I can't tell you why. Sorry about that. However, I am free to tell
you about the second Manga I worked on for the Digital Manga Guild.
You can read about the super crazy and super funny Wild Boyfriend and
why it was too hot for Kindle to handle. Just click the following
link:
http://www.sybpressyaoi.com/2012/07/sakiras-white-hot-wild-boyfriend-is.html.
It may seem silly to be so secretive. I'm not so full of myself to
equate my blog with TMZ, but it is frightening how gossip can get
around. You just don't know how someone is connected to someone else.
Jon and I never discuss any of our scripts anywhere buy home or if
we're on the street with no one about. I've been cautioned about who
I talk to about certain projects when I was just home from surgery
and completely housebound. It's taken that seriously. It's a drag,
because I love to gossip. The leeway would also make explaining the
various and sundry wackiness in my life a whole lot easier.
So, I've been housebound this week
working on these many things I can't talk about. My plan is to clear
my inbox of the most pressing of the tasks. This will leave me free
from everything creatively save for the books and the manga. That
sounds like I'm crazy. How are books – plural – easy. Well, I
have them finished in my mind. I just need a stretch of time to type
out what I'm seeing in my mind. I'm so certain that I will meet those
deadlines that I have the covers in the works. I just have to clear
the decks to have at it. At this writing, the decks are halfway
cleared. I remain fairly focused despite all these cable channels and
all the interweb enticements. I also think the work is getting done
faster, because I haven't been inspired very much culinary-wise. I'm
getting a lot of great produce and fruit. It doesn't need much in the
way of cooking. I'm still annoyed from the baking mishap with the
macarons, so I haven't been keen to bake. I'm sure the urge will
return when I free up some time, or I get really hungry for something
fun.
Updates
The ones I can share will be on the
specialized blogs. I will post to those over the weekend.
Stay tuned.
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