A relaxing day

I spent much of today with dreambastion, a fellow Portlander and friend of a friend who kindly suggested that I come out and visit her and get my mind off of some of the sucky things that had happened since I landed here. We had a great day with lots of conversation, sitting in the pool, getting lunch and taking her dog on a walk. What a delight to get to spend time with a fellow writer and reader, though she's not been writing much in recent years. Still, she knows what it's like to be in fandom and be driven to write. I really appreciated being in her company for several hours today and conveniently, she was located right on the bus line, so I had a very easy time getting to her place and back. I got home around 5 o'clock and sat out on the front porch for a while, writing on the Colurastes/Froia story which I think will soon come to an end and then reading more of The Fall of the Kings. I may well put my lamp over near my mattress and read for a while tonight; I love the book and don't want it to end, but I also want to know what happens! elfscribe5, who generously gave me her copy of this second and third book in the Swordspoint series, told me that some people don't like the ending, so I'm a bit worried. I also feel that my writing is a bit flat compared to Ellen Kushner's, but I really need to quit constantly comparing myself to other people, especially published authors.

Tomorrow morning I'm meeting evannichols for coffee, a friend of snottygrrl's. Then a last quiet day because it's off to day one of my new job on Monday, so hopefully I'll be able to get some sleep!!

Hope you, my lovely flist, are doing well.