"I'm getting opposite feedback on this boyfriend-type character, and it's clearly divided along gender lines. Men think he's kind of a jerk; women think he's too perfect." - Yesterday, while editing at T&E's. (There, discoflamingo, it is now On The Internets ( Read more... )

Edits to Vicesteed are ALL DONE. FinallyI don't even want to think how long this took--part of that was because of significant time-eating life events like multiple surgeries and extensive physical therapy, and part of that is because it took me far too long to realize that really, I needed to make editing the focus and not try to just allot an ( Read more... )

It is odd how one remembers the different and unique words linked with a particular scene. When looking for a particular fight scene, I know that the keyword to search for is "giraffe." I am amused.

In my imagining of the distant future, Reader's Digest still exists. And they have a humor section called "Aliens Do the Damnedest Things ( Read more... )

12/07/2009 - Monday
* Performance advice from a poet: http://inktea.com/2009/12/07/performance-advice/
* Posted writing logs.
* Meh freewriting.
* NanoWriMo (though it's past the WriMo now).
* Redmarked "Writ in Sunshine and Snowflakes" AKA "Ice Mother"

12/08/2009
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As I was editing "Writ in Snowflakes and Sunshine," I stumbled upon this critique of it, which is one of the most entertainingly eccentric critiques I've ever gotten.Hi there Abra, just a breeze of thought, here, my initial impression ( Read more... )

10/31/2009 - Saturday, Halloween!
* A detailed approach to self-editing, plus, um, scarf stuff! http://naturalartificial.blogspot.com/2009/10/scarf-weather-answers-part-eleven.html

10/29/2009 - Thursday* Posted writing log ( Read more... )

• Free-to-download (creative commons) Halloween music mix: ping.fm/xdUTI
• It seems appropriate that I'm looking up the timing for rigor mortis on Halloween
• Stocked with Halloween candy, including evil durian candy for no-costume teens demanding candy.

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• There's soldiering through, and soldering through, and I think I'd prefer the latter.
• Highly entertaining recipe for bizarrely awesome Chilli-Dog Casserole: ping.fm/uuAQG
• Still a favorite: "Her thoughts ran in circles like a cockroach with one of its antennae cut off."
• I've cut 40,000 words and I'm still at 165,000 in Vicesteed. Tra-la-la! Need to ( Read more... )

• 10:18 - Left house to go to work without wallet or bus pass. Realized when bus arrived. Adulthood FAIL.
• 11:09 - Splashed boiling water all over myself while making tea in the breakroom. One of those days.
• 15:42 Dear past-editing-self: But I don't *want* to go back and check all descriptions of a thing!

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