Hi everybody. I'm at work. And experimenting with bright red lipstick. Y/N?


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True Confessions time: I am afraid of the movie "Children of Men ( Read more... )

I must be channeling Rachel, because I am freezing here at work today. I guess it's my own fault for wearing a t-shirt, but it's not supposed to be cold this week ( Read more... )

In the aftermath of my late-night productivity last night, I lolled about in bed for longer than is decent this morning. I've been re-reading "Third" (first time in months) and I finished it ( Read more... )

Quote from my own journal, May 31st, 2004:

My book is up to 375 pages. I estimate I have about 100 to go.

Yeah. Good guess, Lori. The first draft of "Third" ended up weighing in at 816 pages.

*facepalm*

Living alone is starting to feel normal again. At first, it was kinda hard. I missed Rachel, and I felt bereft and lonesome. But I lived alone for eight years before I moved in with her, and it's like riding a bike. I'm getting used to having the place to myself, although I admit it does feel a bit large for just me. Rachel was over last night ( Read more... )

Boy. I am Spammity McSpammenstein today ( Read more... )

I have started my new rewrite. The first four sentences of Third, v. 5.0, have been written ( Read more... )

Had a long chat with Super Agent last night, during which I became aware that over the last week, what started out being a mild character-massaging, word-polishing, clean-up rewrite has turned into a major plot revamping rewrite up to and including the excision of a significant subplot ( Read more... )

In this long novel-writing process, every time I turn around I'm learning something new about writing. With each draft and revision of "Third" I internalize a new valuable lesson about what I'm doing ( Read more... )