I knew you were wondering.  You weren’t?  Then I know you’re not reading this, so I’m going to tell you anyway.

NaNo 2009 is done and won.  Check.  (It doesn’t matter that I produced the singularly worst writing I think I’ve ever done.  I may have gotten enough character development done to be able to salvage something from the book down the road a ways — probably a long ways.)

I got the blog moved.  Really.  I don’t know why I made such a big deal.  I changed two lines in my admin set up and moved some files from one folder to another on the server.  Piece of cake.  Then, so people could find me, I created a very simple HTML page with the new link on it and put it up at the old site.  I also Tweeted about it, which cross-posted to Facebook, where TECH advised me that I’d screwed up the URL.  It helps to put the .org on the end of the domain name.  Head slap.  But I’m glad he told me — it reminded me to update my URL on my Twitter bio.  And FB.

I also did a little web work by logging into MySpace (I do not care for that medium, but I keep a token presence there as one of my pseudonyms).  When I moved the files for the blog, I also moved a short story, and I had to update a link to a short story.

I am in the Early Bird class for How to Revise Your Novel (HTRYN), so I had to pick a novel to revise.  I have a plethora of choices.  I considered several but decided to look at Polar Bear on the Loose.  It’s my first novel, a book of my heart, and I haven’t looked at it for four a half years.  I think there’s enough distance.  One of the first assignments in HTRYN is to read your manuscript.  For years, I’ve thought my opening to that book was lame, but when I read it last night, I found myself thinking, “Maybe it’s not so bad….”  Maybe this will be fun.

And, TECH, I know you’d like to see Twilight back on the front burner, but I believe I need more distance before I go back to it.  I will go back to it.  I think it has promise.

PBOTL will be a good project to work on, because it isn’t in Scrivener, and I’ll be in San Antonio for the rest of the month.  The offline work of revision will be a good thing, because I can’t justify a MacBookPro yet, and I refuse to lug the Mini and accessories back and forth.

On deck in San Antonio, of course, is more foliage decimation.  I haven’t been down there since September, but I know it’s been growing like crazy, and I had a bunch of tree work to do when I left.  There’s only more waiting for me.

Of course, with me pulling PBOTL out of the drawer, Inuit has been more talkative.  She has created her own Twitter account: InuitTheBear So far, she hasn’t had a lot to say, and most of it’s about the Spurs (you may recall she loves the Spurs), but who know what will happen at the rewrite goes along.  Twitter and Facebook weren’t around when she was written.  The Social Media possibilities for a polar bear living in human society — or wanting to — are endless.  Imagine if she had a human following before she even left the Arctic?  What kind of impact might that have had on her transition?  Good or bad?

I will also be trying to reduce my on line time over the next month or so.  I think I’ve been spending too much time on line at the detriment of other things that are more important overall.  What I probably need to do is devise a plan to use my time on line more effectively, so I’m not sure how visible this change goal will be to you.