Also, with a nod to Katie West for the reminder to stay lean, Caryatid, my first photography book, and The Wishing Coin, my first book of short stories, will be going out of print as of December 31st, 2008.

They make awesome gifts for you or someone you know.

Caryatid

The Wishing Coin

Both books are also available through Amazon.

I’m going to get the new painting posted tonight/tomorrow morning. Watch this space.

Coils, originally uploaded by quennessa.

And more of the amazing Mad Model.

Now if only I can find time to get stuff shipped out…

* * *

The studio is a madhouse. The Ant is costuming a low budget theater production and there are bits of fabric and costumes everywhere. As a result, not much room for me to work right now, which is fine, but weird. I’m used to *me* being the one making the huge messes.

Got all the notes compressed and into Broken Rainbow yesterday. Today, I compress into the main file and print out. Only 50K to go and that press for the finish will start with NaNoWriMo on Saturday. Let the mayhem begin.

I’m happy to have some more photos up. I feel lost without work to show.

And the painting still mocks me.

* * *

Fire Sale Update

Here’s what’s available.

Of the paintings:

Three in the Waste
Last Light of Summer SOLD
Girl in the Waste ON HOLD
Red Sky
Pillars of Dawn (which I don’t have posted, GAH!)

All, except the last can be seen here:

http://quennessa.deviantart.com

Only three paintings are left that need homes. You know you want one. Make me an offer. If it needs shipping, we’ll haggle. I’m more interested these babies go to good homes than go into storage. Send ye olde offers to qkilroy at earthlink dot net.

I’m dead serious. Make me an offer. Any offer. I won’t sneer at it. If all you’ve got is a crumpled dollar bill and a candy wrapper, (I’m not kidding) but you can manage the shipping, I’m not going to turn it down. (Though if you can throw in actual candy with the wrapper…)

Of the photographs:

Any interest? I have a lot of 11×14s and 8×10s. They’re not the jumbos and they don’t have frames, but there’s a lot. If you’re interested, let me know and I’ll start cataloging and posting titles. I need to have some response, folks, or these are going straight into storage, which will make me cry.

* * *

That’s it, I think. How’s your world? Mine’s better today. I got enough sleep and I don’t feel sick. Win!

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Edit: And! How cool is this? I make with the cut n paste:

“I am writing to let you know that one of your photos has been short-listed for inclusion in the fifth edition of our Schmap Florence Guide, to be published late November 2008.”

Yay! Is no money, but attribution and it’s out there, which makes me stupid happy. It’s one of the shots of San Frediano. I’ll let you all know when it comes out.

Black Hat, Light Rope, originally uploaded by quennessa.

Look! An honest to gods picture!!!

After much fighting last night, both editing and uploading were accomplished. It required threats and cajoles, but it happened. Don’t ask me how though.

The price though is that I cannot send emails from the home computer now.

*sigh*

I have offended the gods somewhere. If only they’d let me propitiate them already…

So. Enjoy! The Mad Model in all her glory…

* * *

Not sick this morning, but emotionally under the weather.

As can be seen, photo editing was accomplished, thank Crom.

Writing was not, but I’ll take it.

I’m seriously contemplating burning the current painting. Seriously. It just mocks me, sitting there on the easel.

Sent out a gallery query last night. Everyone think good thoughts. I need to get my ass back out there. The Kinsey show is coming up in February as well, and no matter what, I’m submitting. The Kinsey was exceptionally good to me last time.

And today’s non-sequitur: My fingernails are totally thrashed for some reason…

Lioness, originally uploaded by quennessa.

I love M’s expression here. It’s so evocative and makes you think…what *has* she done?

* * *

My Uncle-in-law is doing better than we had feared. Turns out it’s a bleeding ulcer. *sigh* But a bleeding ulcer in an old man is nothing to sneeze at. I just wish he wouldn’t ignore something like that, because those don’t develop over night. What else is he ignoring?

* * *

Watched the debate until the Lakers came on. That was plenty.

I’m cold this morning, even though it’s warm outside, since it’s freezing inside. No consistent temp. I could just die of cold. I got enough sleep for a change and feel human today, aside from being too cold for words.

Moving along with 29gifts. It’s…an interesting exercise. I’d talk more about it, but frankly, I don’t want to jinx it. And I like the idea of anonymous giftage.

In other news, my birthday is now eight days away. It doesn’t feel like it’s that close at all.

Oh, and I’ve got a great mover lined up, but housing has not quite materialized yet. I have utter faith it will though. Just have to get there.

Day and Night, originally uploaded by quennessa.

I love the contrast in this one and oh yes, the color. NOM, the color.

This I think will be quite the thing when it’s printed large. Oh yes.

* * *

11 weeks today with the Bean and everything’s looking smashing. Good heartbeat on both of us and my blood pressure continues to stay low. I’m feeling pretty good, nausea aside.

Filled out my pre-admission papers for the hospital today too. I’m very glad to be going back to Cedars.

* * *

Weekend was not as productive as I would have liked, but then I got more done than I had expected with how exhausted I’ve been lately.

Today is absolutely beautiful, if too warm. Blue sky.

* * *

So I’m thinking of doing this 29 Gifts project. http://www.29gifts.org

If I do, who would be interested in receiving giftage? Though I may just gift people, willy nilly…

Edit: Stopped thinking about it and signed up. It keeps kicking me in the head, so I’m doing it.

Secret, originally uploaded by quennessa.

And here is the girls’ favorite.

Fun with filters!

* * *

Fire Sale Update:

Paintings for sale -

Three in the Waste - SOLD
Last Light of Summer
Girl in the Waste
Red Sky
Pillars of Dawn (I’ll get this posted, I swear)

All, except the last can be seen here:

http://quennessa.deviantart.com

Make me an offer. If it needs shipping, we’ll haggle. I’m more interested these babies go to good homes than go into storage. Send ye olde offers to qkilroy at earthlink dot net.

I’m also still hoping for a pine cone to appear in my life.

* * *

Photographs are being a pain to sort. And the week was startlingly unproductive. I’ve gotten nothing done for two nights in a row, no matter how good my intentions have been.

Most of all, I just want to fall down and die for a day or two. Exhaustion sucks.

* * *

I have been encouraged (though it’s a horrible word for it) to write about my car accident almost 20 years ago. This December it’ll have been exactly 19 years since I went off the road in my Ford Escort, the exact same number of years as the age I was at the time.

I refer to it from time to time, because it was a major event in my life, but I’m realizing that except in private entries of my log, I’ve not exactly talked about it and the aftermath of it.

Yeah.

I think I need to quit keeping it a secret.

What Are You Looking At, originally uploaded by quennessa.

Another favorite already of many. I love the narrative here. And of course, I love the light.

All that gorgeous skin.

* * *

I’ll have an update to the Moving/Fire Sale tonight hopefully and will also have some of the catalog of prints that are here.

Also, in Hunt Press news, the Deschooling Gently Launch Party is going to be October 12th. For details see http://huntpress.livejournal.com. If you’re interested, we’d love to see you there.

As of today, it’s fifteen days till my birthday, not counting today. 24 till my anniversary. And a plethora of other things packed into this month. October is insanely busy and I haven’t done enough packing yet.

Busy, busy.

The studio’s clean though. The Ant came through as a force of destruction and I have a clean desk.

On the web presence: the vote is unanimously Etsy, so Etsy it is. Cafe Press and DeviantArt are getting deleted today at some point. One less thing to think about. Yay!

Mirror, Mirror, originally uploaded by quennessa.

And the Mad Model’s favorite…

Sorry for being a day late on this. Yesterday was a bit crazed.

Anyway, first of the black & whites. Yay!

Tech detail: to get the angle, I’m standing on a stool here. Some day, I’ll have a studio with a tall ladder. Yes. Some day.

* * *

I am a little down today. Saw the possible new house last night. It’s very nice.

But there’s no room for a studio space. So I’ll be losing a studio with the move.

I rather knew that intellectually, since we can’t afford anything else. But being faced with it (and no back yard to speak of), it’s hit me hard. I’ll be able to shoot in the garage like I used to, back in San Francisco, but I won’t be able to work out there. It’s a garage.

Yeah. So. A little down.

I tell myself that some day I’ll have a real studio some place close to wherever I live, if not in the back yard and a home in a neighborhood that doesn’t have drive by shootings. At least with this place, the fear of random bullets is pretty much gone. It’s very quiet and safe.

*shakes it off*

Oh well. As I remind myself, we won’t be homeless and it’s a nice house. My creative life is just going to have to go back in boxes for a while.

Tug of War, originally uploaded by quennessa.

And here we go, back to the Pr0n, as has been waited for now by quite a few apparently. LOL

Though, as usual, I can’t seem to do total smut, so have some fine art instead…

M and A were both such great, great sports and I have to admit, this nude series is quickly rising up as one of my favorites, up with work that I’ve done with the Mad Model. The dissimmilarities of body type and everything, just made for some awesome photography. If I say so myself. And I do.

I had a lot of fun editing this sequence. And I’ve still got more to dig through.

* * *

I have managed a work around on the computer, as seen by the fact that I got some work accomplished. I don’t know how long it’ll hold out, but until it dies for good, I keep at the work.

I also got a fair amount edited on Strange Weather, which perked me up, even if I did spend all of Sunday on the couch, ill.

I feel a tiny bit better today, but I do wish I had some sick time accrued. I think I could have used another day on the couch.

No painting though, but I think I got enough accomplished artistically.

Rental house hunting continues.

And that’s about it for now. Enjoy the beautiful girls!

Climb On Down, originally uploaded by quennessa.

Don’t ask me how she does it. I certainly can’t do it.

* * *

I’m struggling this morning.

The Mouse had a bit of a meltdown about the move last night and it took a while to calm her down. I’m feeling like a dolt for having told her we’d be moving soon, but it’s not in me to withhold truth and information, even from a four year old. The boxes have started to appear around the house. She was excited before, but as it takes time to get ready, the anxiety has begun.

It doesn’t help that the husband is in Crunch from hell and hasn’t been home and the Ant was off to her game last night. Which is all good. These are important things.

But I felt well out of my depth last night. Luckily, I had an endless supply of hugs on hand.

Things are mad in general though. We’re in limbo and we’re not.

The edit on Strange Weather goes and also doesn’t. I’m back to hating everything I write.

Didn’t paint. Didn’t edit over the weekend.

And it’s Monday and it’s cold and I want to go back to bed.

But enough out of me. It was a gorgeous morning and the birds were singing this morning.

This too shall pass.