Here we are and it’s Thursday already. Wow, the week is going by fast. It helps, mind you, that I’ve been able to somewhat stay in touch with the world, friends, and whatnot by wifi hotspots on the resort. It’s been fun.

Weather has been fantastic. Besides a spot of rain yesterday it’s been around 28-30C every day and sunny with a touch of cloud. Today, no clouds at all which is doing wonders for sweating out the excess water weight and um, cerveza.

Here are a couple pics of the pool and my view during breakfast.

Punta Cana - Breakfast View

Punta Cana - Pool

Full update when I get back to reality Monday night.

Adios.

Well, if I don’t have the fortune of running into the following zombified princesses…

Then I at least hope to run into these lovelies again…

Yes, that’s right, when I get up tomorrow morning I’m off with the family to Disney World!

Can’t wait for the warm weather and silly fun. And of course I will be taking lots of pics of my various exploits…and hopefully having a few drinks along my merry way.

And similar to most things I do, you can follow along via Twitter.

Back in a week!

Wow. Only four blog posts in September. And this is the first one for October. I’m so bad.

Can you tell I’ve been busy? And as you can see from the post title, yeah, I’m in San Francisco now. I’ve got a few minutes to myself while I get ready to head out to a cocktail reception tonight, so I thought I’d try and blog while I watch the Dolphins game.

So the trip to Seattle was very busy, but very fun. I was able to meet my agent, Colleen Lindsay, for the first time, which was great. And I also met numerous other, cool industry people too. The whole trip disappeared rather quickly, mind you. I also got a chance to see a few films:

Pandorum: Very tight, dark, survivor-horror movie with flavorings of  Aliens, Pitch Black, and Event Horizon. Loved it and its few cheesy lines.

Zombieland: Rule Number 1 should not be Cardio, but should be Go See This Movie. ‘Nuff said.

Surrogates: What starts off rather solid, with an awesome opening club scene, quickly falls apart into a sea of normalcy and uninspired characters.

The few days that I was home between trips flashed by and now I find myself in San Francisco on another day jobbe trip. It’s going to go by quickly as well  as my days are pretty jammed solid.

And on the writing front, well, that’s a whole other story. Lots and lots of work to do, and things going on. But new words have been few and far between. Once the travel chaos slows down I plan on getting refocused and reacquainted with the WIP.

And now, I’m off…

Flew into Seattle yesterday for 9 days of day jobbery. Good thing I brought a few hoodies and a jacket because BRRR. It is cold! Supposedly there was a gorgeous Indian summer last week, and this week, nothing but cold and wind and rain in the forecast. Figures.

But I love Seattle nonetheless.

There is a ton of side-stuff going on this week too, which I will blog and tweet about when it happens.

Hopefully there will be a tweet-up at some point as well with whomever is interested–though at the moment I have no idea when I’ll be able to schedule it in. Maybe next weekend.

There will also be movies to be had. I’m dying to see Pandorum as well as Zombieland (ZOMBIEAPOCMOFO!). Surrogates is up there in the “want to see” list as well.

Beyond all of that I have some friends to see as well.

And a helluva lotta work to do on the WIP. My agent has given me a well deserved (and inspiring!) kick in the ass regarding it, and so I’m ready to attack it with word guns set to kill.

Plus, I need to get back into the blogorama mechanics of actually, well, posting more often to this blog.

We shall see…

Once again I find myself behind in eleventy-million things…

Early August was all about Worldcon in Montreal.

And then mid-August until just yesterday (with day jobbery sprinkled here and there and everywhere) was vacationing with family and friends at the beach. Had a truly wonderful Labour Day weekend, with weather above 27C and sunny. Best weekend of the summer by far.

Very busy day jobbe schedule ahead, and then I’m in Seattle from September 24-th until October 2nd (for day jobbery).

Back for a week and the off to San Francisco from October 11th until October 16th (for more day jobbery).

Back for a week and then off again for some rest and relaxation with my wife and friends–which will be much needed.

And, while all of the above is going on, I’m aiming to write and finish the first draft of my current WIP.

No rest for the wicked, I say.