Strange Reconnoiterings

Firstly - Happy Birthday to my awesome girlfriend, forbidnkis77!!!

Secondly - I would like to share with you Pathwalking, THE BOOK - and via KINDLE!!!

Nope - not excited in the least!  :-)

Yes, still going strong.






Very, very happy with this story. 

Nearly done reading Aleph.  I will have to read more of Coelho's works.

And on a sad note - RIP Anne McCaffery.  I very much enjoyed reading your Dragonriders books.  Your contribution to sci-fi and fantasy will not be forgotten.

Not terribly exciting, but feel free to check it out:

http://titaniumdon.com/2010/04/25/what-to-share-what-to-share/

Yes...this is the cover of the book I AM PUBLISHED IN!!!!

Can you tell I am a bit excited about this?

For the third year in a row, I have succeeded!

50,501 / 50,000 (101.0%)

Four years now, and I LOVE this contest.

2005 - Progeny of Atlantis: The Calling.  Sci-Fi.  INCOMPLETE
2006 - The Journey of a Thousand Miles...Begins with a Trip to the Post Office.  Humorous Narrative/Memoir.  COMPLETE!
2007 - Infamy Ascending.  Fantasy.  COMPLETE!
2008 - Shades of Mediocrity.  Mainstream Fiction.  COMPLETE!

Thank you to everyone who offered your encouragement and support.  THANK YOU!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Only 5 more days to go...and the count:

37,051 / 50,000 (74.1%)

I believe I will still finish this in time!

...still going.

30,188 / 50,000 (60.4%)

SCA break tomorrow for 100 Minutes War.  Hope to see a good number of you there!

For any still keeping score at home:

25,880 / 50,000 (51.8%)

Shades of Mediocrity continues apace.  I need to up my word-count some, but I believe I can still make it.

For those playing along at home:

14,464 / 50,000 (28.9%)

I am moving right along on this.

Ok, for those who asked:

Shades of Mediocrity takes place ten years in the future.  Nine states of the Northeast have seceded from the Union, and become the Northeastern American States.  Recognized by nations across the world, but certainly not by the US President, a man named Halpern, representative of the Fundamentalist party (a result of the 2010 split of the Republicans, forming the Conservative and Fundamentalist parties in the process), we meet Marcus Noble, an average citizen living in the new nation.  As the story opens, we learn that California, Oregon and Washington will be voting to secede as well, becoming the Pacific Coast Coalition.  Marcus witnesses a man get gunned down on the Delaware River, and winds up with a briefcase - a briefcase with all kinds of plans from the US Government.

Marcus soon learns that he has not come by this briefcase by chance - he is, in fact, a sleeper agent of the Northeaster Security Bureau, the NAS's equivalent of both the CIA and FBI.  No longer the simple administrative assistant he believed he was, Marcus has to unlock the clues that will reveal President Halpern's reaction to the probable secession of the Pacific coast states, and he has to find a way to stop him from committing atrocities that will rip the already divided continent apart beyond everyone's worst fears.

At least, that's where I think I'm going with this.

More to follow as I write it!

Yesterday went to Warrior's Nadaam in Putnam County, NY.  A nice, relaxing, low key event.  I even arched, instead of fencing.  Not that there WAS any fencing, but I did bring the appropriate gear.[Poll #1075106]