The newly revised chapter one? With the political underlayment all firm?

Kicks

Major

Ass.

I love my bitchy heroine even more now.

Just goes to show that pressing forward will work for some people, but some of us bog down until we eventually grind to a halt and are forced to go back and fix the things that are broken.

I love the story again.

l_clausewitz and I were chatting Sunday night/Monday morning about the convoluted rank structure in Heian--Muromachi Japan, and I was bemoaning the fact I was kind of hung up because I couldn't seem to get these bureaucratic structures figured out in a way that was personally meaningful to Fujimori no Terumasa. We managed to get something figured out, but in ( Read more... )

Recycled Note to Self # 283: When the scene doesn't work, something is wrong ( Read more... )

For all my writing friends.

The Mister was wandering around the 'net and found this:
Shining.

*dies laughing*

An absolute splash of cold water on third-level layering of a delightful smut scene--the arrival of one's parents at one's house.

*facepalm*

About three chapters over the weekend--lots of smoothing and filling, but substantial progress through some rough stuff. Time to give the boys a hard time.

Which means revisiting Teru's POV. Gah. I haven't written him in, omg, like three months.

That's gonna take some anti-family time to accomplish. ^_^

The meme that matociquala birthed.

1. My characters
2. rock my world
4. big time.
5. But sometimes
6. they really
7. screw
8. things
9. up.
10. :-)

Between the discussion of tropes and my current slush experience and my own marketing reading, I think I've got it figured out.

( obligatory cut )

You know, outstanding crits not withstanding, I really think this story's something. I'm itching to get it up. If I post, however, I'll ruin my day off tomorrow compulsively checking for comments.

Or maybe I can use it as an exercise in patience.

And whee! More userpics! What can I do with that?

Darlings beheaded: 2
Darlings converted to pack horses: 2

Score
Me 4
Darlings 0