Well, it’s been light writing lately, as you can tell from the blog. What with having a new baby and being the year’s turn-around time, I think I can be forgiven, at least for now. My main worry has been whether I’m subconsciously putting off the new novel because I’m afraid of starting something so big. I finished my pre-writing on Monday. On Tuesday I went out for lunch, so I did not write. Wednesday, the baby was born, but I was in the hospital a lot of the time reading. Nothing wrong with reading, but it’s not writing. I never had a long enough break to set aside some…
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Alexa Jean
On 12/9/09, I added 6 lbs. 8 oz. to the biomass of the Earth. Its name was Alexa Jean, and she was the cutest lump of organic material that had ever been seen.
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Baby Books
The beat goes on. I’m trying to find a baby book for my kid. My mom kept one when I was a baby from 0-5 that was pretty comprehensive. It showed all my developmental milestones, my behavior, personality, friends, favorite foods, first lock of hair and so on. My wife has shown 0 interest in any of this, so it’s up to me to find one that I like. But I haven’t found any, they’re all too childish, too juvenile, and leave too much information out. The ones that say “the first five years” are all really the first year, and then one page for the second birthday, one page…
