A Book of Tongues: THUD

Chapter Twenty-One: Done. 8,511 words total. Off to the usual sources.

Chapter Twenty-Two: Begun, mapped out. Hopefully much shorter, since most of it's just a "long-distance" conversation in a graveyard. Then the Afterword, and...done, motherfucker.

Yesterday I experimented with keeping Cal in underpants after Surrey Place, toileting him roughly every ten minutes (set the timer on the stove). In six hours, we had one accident and seven pees, no poos. Diapers on again at bedtime, at which point he crapped three times (once before sleep, twice after). We checked on him every few hours, changed him, and had no other occurrences.

Thus far today: Moved it up to fifteen or twenty minutes, with one accident (right at the start) vs. five pees. A couple of instances of him saying "All done!" immediately after being put on the toilet, but I made him stick around for at least a minute or so, and was rewarded with two instances of "oh gee, so there WAS pee in there, after all. How strange!"

Now I'm trying to figure out if I should put him in a diaper to run some errands. I'm thinking yes, if only because I really don't need the aggravation of trying to find a public toilet every fifteen minutes. It is, however, interesting to note how much easier it's been to get this damn ball rolling without having to deal with Steve being physically "present" yet not going along with the program, as I would have had to if I'd started this during any given weekend...

But he really does want to be out of the diapers, that's obvious. So--we'll keep a-goin'.

My fascinating life...

Also:

From the department of things I really should've blogged about weeks ago--

As everyone no doubt knows by now, Lovecraft Unbound (edited by Ellen Datlow, and published by Dark Horse) is finally out; I received my contributor's copies maybe a week today, at least. They're gorgeous, and the TOC is amazing--one I'm incredibly blessed to be able to share, especially since this officially marks the second time Ellen's ever selected anything of mine for publication.

What people probably don't know, however--and should--is that Apparitions, edited and published by Mike Kelly, is also out as of today. This includes my story "The Jacaranda Smile", one of the most personally intimate tales I've written in years...so much so that I was originally unsure if I ever would, or should, finish it. So--if you like that sort of thing, go order a copy here (http://www.undertowbooks.com/)! (The rest of it's damn good, too, BTW; ghosts with a twist, basically, and there's never enough of that around, for my money.)

Otherwise: Running myself into the ground, news at eleven. And I need to get out of here, before Cal and I both go insane.