1. This picture is at last FIRMLY(!) in the outline of After the Burning: Outlaw, and not just in a vague one sentence note jotted down as: "sea battle goes here" as it has been until recently. It isn't even the climax of the book...gods I LOVE writing. No film budgets to sweat. heh heh. …
Oh hell yeah. I have been thinking about a tropical "Veg-cation" for quite awhile, and yesterday I finally pulled the trigger after doing a little travel package research. Turns out, if you plan just a wee bit ahead, the prices drop like crazy. And NO, I'm not talking about the hurricane season...I'll be taking my…