In the Lenormand card deck, the tree is the card of health. When it comes up in a reading, you have to look at the cards around it to see whether health is good or bad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Tree came up on one of my readings, but I don’t remember the cards around it. I think Mountain was one. Mountain means “an obstacle to climb.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If it’s what I remember, it came true with a vengeance. Somehow I got pneumonia about 2 weeks ago, and it hit me as just shortness of breath. No coughing, sneezing, fevers (though yes, to chills). I learned alot about hospitals and protocols and rules and how they handle blood transfusions (yes, I got one of those), so these things will probably make it into one of my books or stories someday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That’s the funny thing about how things happen in your or a close person’s life–it ends up as fodder for a story. As a patient who is a writer, you’re part patient, part anthropologist, documenting everything later for use in a scene or something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And all that endless television watching. I watched NCIS: Los Angeles<\/em> all day Sunday with the sound off predicting, “Oh, they’re gonna do this, and this is what’ll happen.” And most of the time I was right. I suspect I got the police procedural story formula right!<\/p>\n\n\n\n So although I’m feeling a little better, I’m not 100%. That may take some time. Air will be out next Wednesday (Valentine’s Day!) though it is available for pre-order for only $2.99 on Amazon right now. I had a lot of fun with this book, and I think it’s got one of the best stories of the lot in there. I worked really hard on the history, so I hope people notice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While in the hospital I wrote a scene for Grimaulkin Collected<\/em>, not realizing I had already written it. But the second scene was better. That, ladies and gentlemen, is called a rewrite, not a revision. I usually do revisions. I hardly ever do rewrites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n My next event will be next week (fingers crossed I don’t end up in the hospital…again…) at the Cumberland Monestary. It’s the same place mentioned in the Grimaulkin <\/em>series. Come down and see the place! The stage is gone but the buildings are still there. I’ll be there from 1-3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, I’ll be there looking for writers for my publisher’s new anthology, Corporate Catharsis<\/a>. Go take a look if you’re interested in participating. I will be entering with a working title “The Hex Office.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n What I’m Reading<\/strong>: <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In the Lenormand card deck, the tree is the card of health. When it comes up in a reading, you have to look at the cards around it to see whether health is good or bad. The Tree came up … Continue reading
Blackbird in the Reeds<\/em>
Dustin comes home to find some weird stuff taking over his childhood town. Getting a little slow to start up, but I’m hoping things pick up pretty soon or I’ll be moving on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n