March came in like a lion and alas, came out like a lion

As I wrote last week I knew this last week of March wouldn’t let me catch up completely on what I didn’t get done this month. I caught up less than that.

Some of this was fun. TYG is a big fan of Rhiannon Giddens so we caught a Giddens concert Tuesday night. That led to us getting in late which wiped me out for the next day. Worth it though. Most of it was Plush Dog. The glaucoma the vet diagnosed last week requires a lot of eyedrops and they have to be put in with gaps between them. This expands dog care to take in an extra half-hour in the morning. And at lunch. And in the evening. Plus she was concerned he was hurting which led to us going to the eye vet yesterday, using up a chunk of time. Though it was the right call: the Plush One had a small scratch on his eye, nothing disastrous but it requires added drops so it doesn’t hurt him.

Plus I had my own eye appointment Thursday afternoon, with dilation. Which meant it wasn’t comfortable staring at my computer or reading so that was it for work.

I did get an article in at The Local Reporter on the challenges of relocating a bricks-and-mortar business. I also conducted an interview for what will probably be a story for next week. Over at Atomic Junk Shop I blogged about several random stories that caught my interest. The debut of the Legion of Superheroes foe Mordru on the cover above was one of them; so was Superman (below) dying of Virus X.Both covers are by Neal Adams.

I did manage to get some good work done on top of that. I completed a rough draft of my proposal to McFarland for a Jekyll and Hyde book. Seeing how much time I put in on it makes me wonder if this is a good idea — it’ll suck up way more time than I anticipate — but having already pitched them on the idea, I might as well press forward.

I also did some work on Southern Discomfort. Mostly it was going through the first 100 pages, which I’d already proofed, and eliminating most of the compound sentences linked by “but.” I’ve discovered proofing it that I overuse that sentence structure. The rewriting kept some of them but eliminated most of them one way or another. Surprisingly the changes also trimmed a couple of hundred words.

Oh well. I’m starting to adapt to Plushie’s new schedule. I have no medical appointments planned for next month. Let’s see if I can get myself back on track.

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