Trousered Ape

An exercise in presumption.

Friday, April 26, 2024

State of the Ape XXIV: A Birthday and a Blogiversary

As always, thank you for your prayers.

I turn 68 today; perhaps more memorable, though, is that Trousered Ape turns 20. I should say something profound about blogging; but, as I said before, my mind doesn’t work that way. At the very least, it has provided a platform for some of my lighter scribblings; it has, I believe, played a not inconsiderable part in turning me into a published writer; and, most importantly, it has acquainted me with some very nice people.

My root canal is finished (yay!). Of course, there’s still the crown, and some other stuff.

Had some more mild dizzies, but nothing serious. When one hits, I take a meclizine and lie still and, hopefully, sleep for a bit: that seems to work.

After much travail, the Bride’s second Harbor Cove book, Home is Where the Heart Is, is out. In other news, her first semester as an adjunct professor is over. It went very well, and she has students lined up for the fall.

For my own part, the Zoe stories are done (not too bad an accomplishment: 13 stories, total about 64,000 words, in just under 2 years, while revising two novels and dealing with assorted health issues). Once I find a cover illustrator (alas, the one who did Unexpected Tales is no longer active), I can put those out. Meanwhile, I’ve started work on final revisions to Edwina 2.

I submitted the short story mentioned in my last post at 6:42 PM on 3/31. At 2:42 PM on 4/1 I got an email that it had been accepted (!).

Posted by Bob the Ape 11:53 PM