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Thankfully, the seasonal monsoon rains have arrived in New Mexico along with summer.

 

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Remembering my late brother on his birthday.

 

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You want detailed commentary on a category romance I proofread last year? Seriously? My memory doesn't retain them that long.

Except for the Fire Ant. The Fire Ant, I remember forever!

 

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The Fire Ant, by the way, was a bull bred for bull-riding (at rodeos) in a contemporary romance I proofread years ago. Small but feisty, he obviously had a more distinctive personality than any of the human characters in the book.

 

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Heading off to the (in-person! at last!) Mythopoeic Society Conference this weekend. You could say I get to ease back into Mythcon-going, since this year it's in Albuquerque, only a little over an hour's drive away.

 

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Oops! I've slipped to Wednesday...

It was a good Mythcon, though.

 

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So it doesn't look like I'll have any work until I get back from my trip to Maryland at the end of the month.

 

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Ah, one of my jobs came in early! I should be able to do the first pass before I head off for Maryland, and the second pass after I get back--with fresher eyes.

 

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I got a rainbow for my birthday yesterday!

 

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Got back yesterday from a trip to Maryland to visit my son and daughter-in-law. Had a very nice time, learned a new game ("Wingspan") and got a new bird (yellow-throated vireo). And the actual travel went astonishingly smoothly, given all the recent news stories about flight delays and cancellations.

 

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Yep, that's a cataract in my right eye. The good news is, Eye Associates was able to make an appointment for me with their eye surgeon on the spot. For November, admittedly, but well...

 

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I don't know why that rock squirrel keeps peering through the window. It's not getting in.

 

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Though a tabletop roleplayer from way back, I've never been tempted to try computer RPGs. My latest proofreading job suggests that was a good decision. I always found combat to be the most tedious part of any roleplaying game, and "LitRPG" seems to confirm that its (presumable) model consists of practically nothing else.

On the other hand, there are demonstrably many, many people who enjoy computer RPGs, so they may very well enjoy this sort of book, too!

 

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You know, if you cut down on the heroine's angsty reflections even by half, you could streamline the book enormously!

 

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Or how about limiting her to one paragraph of agonizing at a time?

 

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What does it say about a universe's tech level when they have interstellar travel but nobody seems to have computers, and everyone seems to fight either with psionic powers or swords and daggers, and nobody has guns? Maybe this was all explained in Book 1, before I came on board...

 

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Remembering my late brother on his birthday.

May he rest in peace.

 

[Marseille France or Bust]

Do you proof screenplays and television show pilots?

 

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Do you proof screenplays and television show pilots?

I don't have any experience with those formats, no. The only bits of TV script I've ever seen were the excerpts David Gerrold included in his book The Trouble with Tribbles.

 

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Got my latest COVID booster shot today. This was shot number five ... and the first to be Pfizer rather than Moderna. Changing them up is supposed to be beneficial, actually, from what I understand.