Life sometimes sucks.
Dec. 14th, 2022 12:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
iolosdreamIt has been months since I last posted on Dreamwidth and I have been having adventures.
First I discovered the cause of my numerous physical complaints was prostate cancer... Nasty stuff Cancer. I'm getting treatment for that (not much fun) and prognosis is hopeful. So I may beat the big C or at least hold it off for a few years. At 74 that sounds a lot like winning.
On the writing front... well the radiation treatment for the cancer leaves me very tired and not imaginative. I've been cleaning up a manuscript for my publisher (Ellipsis Press) and hope to send the most recent iteration of the script off in a few days.
The ongoing Twitter meltdown has everybody's online life in a mess. I still have my Twitter account, but the place is starting to look like a semi-abandoned used car lot... or maybe the tawdry edge of a metropolitan area, where there are no zoning laws.... so the narrow, poorly paved streets are lined with tacky little shops: bodegas, tattoo parlors, greasy spoon diners, and U-Store-em lots with a lot of broken locks.
So I have set up a few bolt holes: notably Aerorangers 1920 at Mastodon, and another site on Tribel that doesn't show much promise. I think Mastodon is the clear leader for the present.
When I finish my treatment in early January, the Docs say I should experience a rebound in energy. So I'm still holding out hope of finishing the two stories that have lost momentum in the last 6 months. Wish me luck. More when I have something to say. Iolo/DRW
First I discovered the cause of my numerous physical complaints was prostate cancer... Nasty stuff Cancer. I'm getting treatment for that (not much fun) and prognosis is hopeful. So I may beat the big C or at least hold it off for a few years. At 74 that sounds a lot like winning.
On the writing front... well the radiation treatment for the cancer leaves me very tired and not imaginative. I've been cleaning up a manuscript for my publisher (Ellipsis Press) and hope to send the most recent iteration of the script off in a few days.
The ongoing Twitter meltdown has everybody's online life in a mess. I still have my Twitter account, but the place is starting to look like a semi-abandoned used car lot... or maybe the tawdry edge of a metropolitan area, where there are no zoning laws.... so the narrow, poorly paved streets are lined with tacky little shops: bodegas, tattoo parlors, greasy spoon diners, and U-Store-em lots with a lot of broken locks.
So I have set up a few bolt holes: notably Aerorangers 1920 at Mastodon, and another site on Tribel that doesn't show much promise. I think Mastodon is the clear leader for the present.
When I finish my treatment in early January, the Docs say I should experience a rebound in energy. So I'm still holding out hope of finishing the two stories that have lost momentum in the last 6 months. Wish me luck. More when I have something to say. Iolo/DRW
The big C
Date: 2022-12-15 01:16 am (UTC)Re: The big C
Date: 2022-12-15 01:58 am (UTC)