Image: FreeDigitalPhotos.net "Sunbathing" by Graeme Weatherston
New Yorkers have
been hit with four consecutive heat waves that have been absolutely brutal –
especially at our house because we don’t enjoy the lovely luxury that is air
conditioning. In my next life, I will *demand* central air or I’m not coming
back. It’s just not worth it, screw psychic growth without AC!
I used to love the
heat. I grew up in the Tropics; heat it came with the territory, literally. I
worshipped the sun. Now not so much, I’m an Indian summer kinda girl now… where
a bikini was sexy to me once, a shawl makes me hot now.
Sadly, these
infernally hot days were full of idle haze because I was barely capable of
reading or writing as my brain wilted and shrunk. I was vaguely coherent. So I
am behind on a lot of things but even as I slowed down to an epic crawl, there
is a lot of exciting things going on, many satisfying on very deep levels.
eFiction Magazine has splintered into
genre categories (see Doug’s Kickstarter
and lend him a hand, it’s a worth project). I’m helping out as a reader,
reviewing submissions for the fantasy, noir and horror online magazines and
some of the stories – which I expect we’ll publish in up coming issues – are fantastic!
Some are really promising new talent and some expert word weavers are keeping
the short story alive. If literature is sexy to you, you might want to get in on this (there's a link to the right to subscribe).
I believe the Tiki Tiki book project (Latinos at the
Beach) might be expanded into something grander and I am really looking forward
to confab with the blog’s publisher this weekend and plan out a far more
fabulous thing than we intended. How sweet is that? Oh yes!!! It’s always great
when plans work out exactly as you hoped, but an even better thing when they
open the opportunity to greater things – that is providence. Kismet is sexy.
Next week, we are
going on a party cruise around Manhattan
I added a new short
story to the manuscript for Because She was a Woman. I thought I
was done, but after several days without actual writing I felt both an urge and
a surge. I was pure release. I needed a cigarette after a furious session of absolute abandon. Creativity is very sexy.
The timetable for all
new releases starts in mid August.
The next food
column is shaping up around tropical fruits. It’s not all bananas and mango. Sex for the palate. (go with it...)
Now if the weather
cooperates a little bit and allows my brain continued use for a few consecutive
days a week, I’d get so much more done! Fulfilling your passions, now that is awfully sexy.
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