After a month of frustration due to Wisp keeping me up at night, this week was wonderful. For one thing Wisp spent Tuesday and Wednesday night mostly still and quiet which meant I got to sleep. That felt soooo good. Last night she was a lot more restless so I don’t know if it’s a permanent shift. Tonight and tomorrow night, though, TYG takes the cat so I have a chance at a deep sleep regardless. 
(Wisp still has her cast on, but I like this shot from before her injury).
Equally pleasing, I had a productive writing week. Not as productive as a regular week, but I did get some stuff accomplished. For starters I gave Love That Moves the Sun another going over and it looks good; I’ll have revisions finished next month and then out it goes, if I can find a market. If not, there’s always more self-publishing.
Speaking of which, Oh the Places You’ll Go got a thorough revision and I think I’ve nailed it. That will take more work next month: the changes are significant enough I need to think them over thoroughly. But unless I spot errors I’m blind too — and I’m still a little sleep deprived — it’ll be done by next month too.
I’ve also done a couple more Atomic Junk Shop posts, one on DC reboots of the mid-1960s (something I’ve already done a couple of pieces about — there were a lot of them) and one on the tangled continuity of Silver/Bronze Age Plastic Man.
Let No Man Put Asunder didn’t do so well. I talked to a couple of doctor friends about how Mandy would feel after 
using her body like Bruce Lee — she’s not the athletic type — and incorporated that into Chapter Three. However when I reviewed the most recent chapter (ten) my brain wasn’t ready to start writing. Rather than just browse online, though, which has been my default since the injury, I worked on Savage Adventures, my Doc Savage history, instead.
I think I’ve mentioned the Local Reporter, an online Chapel Hill paper. I pitched them a couple of ideas last week and got a story assignment, due Tuesday. Paying gigs are good. I’ve also applied for a couple of others. Much as I prefer working fiction or fun nonfiction projects, it’s good to have cash flowing in.
I’m optimistically planning for August as if I’ll be up for a full workload. Fingers crossed.
#SFWApro. Plastic Man cover by Gil Kane, Doc Savage cover by James Bama; all rights remain with current holders.
