Let me see you make decisions

The magic of LJ comes through again! I figured out my elephant. I also named my warrior priests--they ended up being the red pilgrims, but thanks for all the suggestions. Bonus thanks to desperance, because "the Risen" is excellent and I'll have to use it somewhere, and to lindensphinx, because I found another home for Illumined.

Now I have to insert the newly-discovered elephant into relevant scenes, and prepare for the elephant stampede that now gets to happen somewhere in the second part of the book. Okay, maybe that metaphor has run its course. Nonetheless, I look forward to the stampede.

Also, I feel that I should sing the praises of my publisher. Remember the cover art prints Orbit was giving away? Anna-my-UK-editor sent me one! I now have a gorgeous print of the yellow Bone Palace cover, which I've framed and will soon hang.

The Hell of Ten Thousand Stairs, revisited

I am very nearly done with the stair landing. I trimmed the carpet in the doorways back, ripped up the last tack strips, swept and vacuumed. Then I realized that what I thought was a weird discoloration on the boards was actually a large puddle of liquid level which had spilled out of the bathroom. Either it was meant to smooth the floor under the bathroom lino, or it was sealing in evil spirits who I have now freed. Either way, that fucker is gone. I beat it to pieces with a hammer and pried bits up with my fingernails. I have powdered leveler in my hair. And probably in my lungs. It was a very satisfying destruction.

After that, I swept and vacuumed again, and swabbed up the last particulate. Now I'm waiting for the boy to finish cello practice in the upstairs office, and then I'll pour on the laminate primer. Tomorrow, tile!