Mail call

In the mail, Dan Simmon’s latest novel, a historical thriller “Drood.” Not sure when I have time to crack the pages, I still have a ton of administrivia to catch up on that was let go by hitting the deadlines for the last book, but it looks interesting.

The Comic Con Magazine photo issue [pdf link] also arrived, it includes an awesome review by the equally awesome Pam Noles of Sly Mongoose.

A check for French rights to Crystal Rain arrived from my agent. Yay money I’d forgotten was coming.

Friday was busy with people tromping through my house to look at the basement for moving ahead on sealing it so we don’t get repeat water damage and stop the massive amount of sweating in the canning room. The contractor emphatically decided digging up my entire front yard and destroying the deck in the process for ~$5,000 or more wasn’t necessary, but that a cheaper $1,500 to seal the inside of the canning room and install a sump and waterproof stuff on the walls would be the better route.

I’m very happy with that. He starts Tuesday. Mold specialists and cleanup people (a separate contractor/group) arrive Friday with dumpsters to scour the basement and ozone the house, including the ducts, so that we can reclaim our basement.

Good news all around.

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