What Im Thankful For, 2009

WHAT I’M THANKFUL FOR, 2009 It’s Thanksgiving week in America, the time of 12 months we expect, however briefly, about what we’re thankful for in our lives before we return to being angry and resentful bright and early Friday morning. Here’s what I’m grateful for as 2009 attracts to an in depth. A sense of near-completion. I will lastly be carried out with the guide which will or may not share a title but will share a philosophy, with this weblog. Though what I really mean is that I might be done with the primary draft, however that’s something to be grateful for. I’m well beyond something that was once a deadline, have used up all bullshit excuses, but have also lastly discovered the voice, and finished the really lengthy, exhausting half on worldbuilding. It means more work, much less play over the long weekend, but I could have an entire first draft in my editor’s arms on Monday the 30th. I will. I will. Damn it, I will. Lolth by no means closes a door with out opening a windowâ€"into HELL! Thi ngs are going fairly well at work, with some powerful challenges ahead, but also some alternatives to do some nice work ahead as properly. More individuals want to purchase and play the brand new edition of D&D, and purchase and read the novels. If you’re reading this, and aren’t doing that, I mean you, so come on now. Though nonetheless we continue to promote plenty of books to a fantastic, loyal, clever, and inventive audienceâ€"plenty to be grateful for there, however I would prefer to be more grateful for more. Though believe me, I’m additionally lots thankful for simply being employed. Not all of my associates within the publishing enterprise can say that proper nowâ€"or have been in a position to say that for a scary very long time. Health and happiness, for a few of us, anyway. My household is healthy and safe. The kids are doing fairly nicely in school, and other than my nasty cold that won’t go away, we’re looking ahead to a calming long weekend. Everyone however me appears joyful, however I’ve now become totally incapable of happiness, especially this time of yr the place Seasonal Effective Disorder meets Bi-Polar Disorder compounded with poor performances by both of the NFL football groups I comply with (the Bears and the Seahawksâ€"yes, pity me) to create a dismal stew of hopeless melancholy and psychic puppy miasma. Oh, woe is me. Extra Christmas money. A mistake on my third quarter royalty statement means I have an additional thousand bucks or so coming in before Christmas, so let the buying start! This means we are able to afford any presents in any respect. How sad is that? Pretty sad. Of course, had I completed this e-book on time, that wouldn’t have been a problem. See how I’m my very own worst enemy? I’m finishing up a e-book that will provide recommendation on tips on how to write a fantasy novel. I promise never to offer advice on personal finances. Let’s just depart it at that, shall we? A year off of crippling health care inflation. My health insurance prices is not going to be going up subsequent yr. How is that attainable? It’s the first year that’s ever occurred. Are the insurance coverage corporations attempting to lull us right into a false sense of safety so we won’t strain our ineffectual “leaders” in D.C. to run these crooks out of business as soon as and for all and join the remainder of the civilized world with a authorities-run health care system? Yeah, most likely, but these “leaders” have been bought and paid for by the insurance business a very long time in the past. I guess I even have to be pleased about small favors and be ready to pay more than extra in 2011. Beautiful, maintenance-free grass. The rainy season has hit the Seattle space in full pressure now, and thanks to our northerly latitude it’s evening from 4:15 in the afternoon until 7:30 in the morning, but all the delicate rainy climate has made my front lawn wonderfully inexperienced and plush, however i t’s cool and gloomy sufficient that it isn’t rising. It’s sad, really, what you become grateful for as a homeowner, like having had the foresight to secure a set fee mortgage within the first place so even when I’m sick and whining and behind on my writing deadlines, no less than we’re not being foreclosed on, lush green grass and all. I suppose I’ll leave it at that, although it certainly came out heaps extra bleak than I supposed. I’m an actual unhappy sack, aren’t I? I ought to do one thing about that, when it comes time for New Year’s Resolutions. â€"Philip Athans About Philip Athans