Yes, another November has come and gone. This one seemed to go by a lot faster than any of the previous ones. Even the early ones where I gave up halfway through the month. Don't know what contributed to the shortness feeling. I'm left with 54,190 words of a novel that is going to end up...with a lot more words than that. It feels like there's ( Read more... )

So...November. We all know what November means by now, don't we? That's right: Diana driving herself insane for 30 days. Why should 2010, which has aimed to drive me insane every single day since the year started, be any different, right ( Read more... )

I came home with a headache today, crawled in bed, and slept.

Since waking up about three hours ago, I've been overdosing on Keats. I don't know why. It started with finding a link to Edwin Morgan's "Strawberries" while digging up my link to Bing Translators and went from there.

I still think "I Stood Tip-Toe Upon a Hill" is one of my all- ( Read more... )

For those doing NaNoWriMo this year, or those just working on a story (or an RP character) and needing to get to know your character, here's a handy little survey someone posted on the forums.

( 30 Questions to A Great Character )

Received my first rejection letter last night. Formulaic, but very polite and not at all motivation-slaying ( Read more... )

Update 1: As of 6:30 this evening, when Dad and I had to leave the hospital because they were doing shift-change and shoo all the visitors out of CCU, Mom was sitting up in bed, off the vent, very lucid, and still slipping in and out of a sedation-fueled sleep. The important part of that is, of course, that she's off the vent. And has been for a ( Read more... )

I may have possibly written a query letter for As Marry. I may even possibly have a list of agents to consider sending it to ( Read more... )

Please write fanfic. Write AUs and crack plots and pair up people I would never dream to pair up. Make crossovers. Make LOTS of crossovers. Shall I suggest some of my favorite fandoms for you to choose from? Go with Doctor Who. EVERYTHING can be crossed-over with Doctor Who ( Read more... )

The only thing weirder than writing quasi-smut with someone else - family even, your MOTHER, even - in the room at the time is *editing* quasi-smut with someone else in the room.

Not that I'm admitting to writing quasi-smut, of course. As well all know, I would never, ever do such a thing.

Technology has been my friend in one sense, my enemy in another ( Read more... )