| | writing blogging fucking gambling drinking. Lots to do and very little time to do it, though I suppose that taking the time to write this blog probably isn't going to help me in the long run when it comes to meeting my deadline. But I need to write something that isn't the novel for a little while and I figure I'll just give the fans a little heads up as to what has been going on in my life for the past several weeks.
About two months back I flew out of Virginia to meet up with my brother on his tour. 10,000 Days was supposed to be the tour to end all tours, or something along those lines. I always go to at least a few shows when he tours, support and all of that. So when the whole family decided to book it out to Los Angeles to stay for a week or so and to head to the San Diego show, I joined up. At that point I had just finished selecting the cover for Pygmy and wrapping up some of the last little details before it was published and printed. So out I came to California and there I met Chloe Porter, who has had me locked into a whirlwind from the second she sidled up to me at my car and told me we were going home together. And I've pretty much been with her non-stop since then. I like to travel, I like the road, so when she offered to let me tour with her I thought that would be a fun thing to do. Instead of writing I spent all my time cooped up with her in her van and working her merch table while she was singing her pretty little lungs out.
You all already probably know about the bus accident and if you don't then you can swing over to Emmie's blog and read about it, because I'm not going to bring up all those details. Instead I'll fast forward to the end of Chloe's tour and to the fact that I've been trying to squeeze in weeks worth of writing into a few days so I can meet my deadline before we go to Las Vegas. I've been writing pretty much non stop since we got back to Los Angeles and so far I've got a pretty good thing going, I think. Whether or not I meet the deadline I'm pretty impressed with the shit I'm working on and when it's a little more refined I might post an excerpt. Maybe. I can't wait for Vegas this weekend. I'm going to get my drink on and my gambling on too. If I gamble away all my money I might have to call on the fans to keep me from going completely broken. On that note I'll just leave you with this: I've got two short stories being published in anthologies this year. Keep your eyes open for them.
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