I Spoke Too Soon

Well, what do you know. We didn't lose the cricket game outright. Huh.

The opposition batted way too long, considering, but still left 2 1/4 hours for my team to be. My opening partner and I hung around for 1hr 40 mins and scored 91 runs between us. I had 37 of those and my partner, a 17 yr old, eventually got run out going for his 50. His previous highest score for the club (he played last season) was about 16.

The next couple of guys hung around for a while as well, but it got down to the bad guys needed a hat trick of the last 3 balls of the game (we only had 6 players-- damn the AFL). They got two of them... One of the gumbies played a lovely forward defensive shot to the last ball of the day. Phew. So all in all it was a great day-- even though we lost.

And speaking of losing-- my novel was rejected by HarperCollins, though Stpehanie Smith, the editor who rejected it, did say some nice things and said I was welcome to send her some other stuff when I've got it written. So it wasn't too bad at all, thought it could have been much better. And it did get me working on my next novel, which , of course, has changed from a fairly simple, traditional fantasy novel to something quite a bit more involved. It now has swords, scorcery, interdimensional gateways and space ships. Shit. I'll learn one day.

And if you feel like something to do, go and check out Heather's shiney new blog (just don't complain about the Shakespear atthe beginning)-- http://disorganisedramblings.blogspot.com/