I was trying to think up an excuse for why I haven't posted recently and then I realized that this is supposed to be a journal.  A journal is about being truthful, right?  Anyway, I haven't spent much time on the computer at the house mostly because I need a break from the cotton-picking thing every once in a while.  When I say a break, I mean spending less than the couple of hours a night that is typical for me.  I have been active on a couple of writing sites and I have been doing research for my novel.  

One of the problems I was having in my research is trying to figure out the terraine in various parts of the UK.  When the setting is on this world, it is good to get the landscape right.  It would be bad if my character is travelling through meadows when the terrain for that region is mountains.  Luckily a friend of mine introduced me to google maps.  Wow!  If you haven't tried this--go check it out.

I received a rejection yesterday from Strange Horizons for me story "Fortuna."  Time to look for another magazine for this story.