Too much to Twitter!

Today so far…

• I have checks in hand for store sales of Mortal Touch from two different stores.
• I just heard that someone who bought Mortal Touch went to the store looking for it because she started reading her friend’s copy and had to buy it.
• I just realized that I completely forgot a promo op for Gideon Redoak with a deadline of May 13th, because all this shit with the library and the override has knocked me for such a loop. Thank the gods I got the cover design done and now I just need to make up the flyer and get it into the mail (Priority!). Yeesh.
• I’ve officially lost 20 pounds as of today. It took 76 days to do it. Just 20 more to go! I’m shrinking out of all my clothes and I look like a bag lady, but there’s no point in buying new clothes when I’m only at the halfway mark.
• To help with that, I just scored National Treasure: Book of Secrets at the library to cycle to. At 125 minutes and a 7-day rental, that will get me through four cycling sessions. It better be exciting! 🙂
• I’m making serious progress with revisions and cuts to The Longer the Fall. I’m hoping to have a very productive weekend with it.
• I got a thank-you note from the PR person at Acorn Media for my review of Midsomer Murders.

During Wednesday night’s session I caught the exercycle’s belt starting to slip off. That was the fifth session since the second time I’d repaired the exercycle, and I’d decided to leave the covers off permanently so I could watch the belt and wheels and catch any problems right away. I hopped off the seat and re-adjusted the belt back into place, after which it was fine. So, keeping the covers off the exercycle and an eye on the foolish belt at least solves that issue. I won’t have to replace the exercycle unless something else breaks. That’s great, because even though I’m cycling for a shorter time now (I just don’t have the energy while I’m on this strenuous diet), the “natural” pace that I settle into is now up to 15 mph, steady.

I’m still freaking out about the looming closure of the library. I picked up the local weekly paper, which comes out on Friday, and it has articles about both nights of Town Meeting this week. But they don’t print one single letter to the editor about Town Meeting or any of the issues. There’s something…not right…about that. I simply don’t believe that they didn’t get any letters at all. Hmm.