Laurell K. Hamilton's Blog, page 45

I feel like I’ve been hit by a truck, that then backed up and drove out through just under my sternum. It’s been a bad week here for health issues. Darla only got to come in Monday and today, because she got that awful flu that’s going around. She actually hallucinated about calculus. Since she’s never had a calculus class in her life she was pretty puzzled by that. My mother-in-law had a root canal and it didn’t fix the problem. Her nerves have calcified, which should mean it’s not painful, but

It’s been one of those special days, in a Murphy’s law sort of way. First, the new antibiotic made me violently ill. I am not allowed to take it, or any of the meds in it’s chemical family, again. I’ve spent most of the day lying down and trying to sleep it out of my system. The floor of the bathroom is very cool against my skin. I managed to hit my head on the drawer of the bathroom sink area, because I’d opened the drawer rather frantically to get a hair tie. Those with long hair will understa

Insomnia; such a simple word. At 2:00 in the morning it doesn’t feel simple, it feels hard. At 3:00, it feels harder. That was about the o’clock that I decided to give up the fight and get up. I thought Jon was asleep, but learned an hour later when I came back to bed that he’d been awake and was still awake. Jon got about two hours of sleep, and I got, none. I saw every hour on the clock, and even after I got up for an hour and did something to try to quiet my mind and lower the stress, which u

Doctor put me on a different antibiotic, and a sterioid. We’re trying to kick this thing before we go on our big family vacation which is coming up very soon. Voice is better as long as I don’t over use it. Took a nap, and slept heavily middle of the day, then made myself wake up enough to dress for yoga. My body was feeling creaky from lack of use, if at all possible I had to do the yoga. It felt great, and like I hadn’t done it in almost three weeks, which wasn’t great, but to be expected. But

I’m still on doctor’s orders for voice rest. Which means I shouldn’t be talking. Frustrating, but doable, right? Well, sort of. What I didn’t realize is that I don’t just talk to people. I talk to the dogs. I talk to the birds outside the windows. I apologize for bumping into inanimate objects. For the love of the Gods, I talk to myself when I write. Apparently, I just talk out loud at odd moments when I’m alone. I might never have realized how much I do it if I hadn’t had this medically imposed

Back home again, and I’m doing my typical early-rise on Saturday morning. I’ve left Jon tucked into bed, and it’s just me and the dogs. Trinity is with her father this weekend. Our friends Shawn and Cathy were coming up from out of state but their babysitter has fallen quite ill, as in hospitalized, so they can’t get away. Their sitter is also their nephew, so a double blow. Our best wishes and prayers his way for a speedy recovery. They have the worst luck with sitters, though not usually this

We’ve spent a few days hanging out with friends and recovering from the sinus infections, and we’re feeling much better. Laurell is getting her voice back a little at a time, and we’re having fun with her furiously writing comments at us. All and all, we’re just recovering from the UK trip, and catching up on buseness that has been piling up while we’ve been gone/sick.

I had three things due at the same time this week. Unsure what to choose I looked to my business books that I’ve been reading. They said, follow the money. The priority should be what will bring in the most money, or is the most money. Sound reasoning in regular business; a little harder as a writer. But I did use it as a tool, and found that, why, yes, I could order them by earning potential. It was some way to bring order to the progressively busy schedule that I have, and yes, I continued to

I have a sinus infection, but a particularly insidious one. Apparently British germs are more severe, because I have been ordered on voice rest by my doctor. What does that mean? It means I’m writing notes, and getting better at texting on the cell phone. It means I am practicing facial expressions and gestures. It means I’m reduced to being a mime; God save us. If I behave I will get my full voice back sooner. Right now I sound like Whispering Smith. Antibiotics and hot liquids are the order of

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Blood Noir Anita # 16 will be out in paperback May 26, 2009.

SWALLOWING DARKNESS

Swallowing Darkness - Merry #7 will be out in paperback September 29, 2009.

ANITA AUDIO

I know a lot of folks are waiting on Anita 1-7 on audio.Unfortunately, I still don’t have release dates.But the folks at the publishers are putting them together and I hope by the next update to have them.

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