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Well hello there
Out of nowhere, I got an email reminder that it's been 20 years since I signed up to LJ! It prompted me to come here and login after all this time. And I figured I may as well write a post here while I was here.
I actually sort of forgot about LJ, although it was definitely mentioned in the last few months as part of some conversation or other I ( Read more... ) -
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Rank Title
1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
2. The Godfather (1972)
3. The Godfather: Part II (1974)
4. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
5. Pulp Fiction (1994)
6. Schindler's List (1993)
7. Inception (2010)
8. 12 Angry Men (1957)
9. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's ( Read more... ) -
Chrysalis so far!
Prompt 2 is up, here.
So far, this is how I've gone:
Week 1: post-apocalyptic with hints of budding romance
Week 2: horror, re: a murderous painting
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This year, my critiquing buddies and I are embarking on a pretty awesome adventure (at least, we think it's gonna be awesome :D) wherein we will be writing one short story (of varying lengths I have no doubt) per week for all of 2011. I refer to it as an experiment on the art and science of story writing. Short story writing, to be more specific, ( Read more... ) -
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I was saving Daphne editing for NaNoEdMo. But guess what happened? I gave into the compulsion to start editing NOW NOW NOW. I'm finding that the parts I haven't really edited seriously for 11 years (yes, I started this novel at the age of 19, which happens to be my protagonist's age too, and only finished it at the beginning of 2009, when I was 28. ( Read more... ) -
I admit it...I'm slacking off
I finally got through editing the 2nd-last chapter of Sundown, and now I've just got the last (a little 1400 word number) to go. But instead of doing that, I'm going to go out shopping. I have to, for a number of reasons. One, I haven't yet had breakfast, and it's 11:59 am. Time to stop editing. Two, I have to buy a gift for the Secret Santa thing ( Read more... ) -
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I wrote journals while I travelled around the world with my dad in 1998, and again when I travelled solo on a 15-stop ticket in 2004. One year for NaNo I tried to write out my 1998 trip in 'book' form, and gave up after about 25k. I guess I got bored, even though I think I've got some great stories to tell. Homeless shelter at age 17 in San ( Read more... ) -
Reverb10 - days 8-14
December 8: Beautifully different
I'm beautifully different in a few ways. Peer pressure has always sort of slid off me like water, the duck, you know? I've never had one puff on a cigarette, never taken drugs, etc. I like alcohol, but if I'm not interested in another drink, you can't make me have one. Everyone seems to think this is some ( Read more... ) -
His 'n hers novels
The problem with writing a novel from your female MC's point of view, and then writing a second novel covering the same events, but from your male lead's point of view? Editing one means you've messed up the other. Right now I am working on editing the heck out of the first, and I truly hope to have every single line of dialogue decided upon, ( Read more... ) -
Writing G O A L S + 2011
2009 Achievements:
1. Finished off Daphne, after 10 years of writing it (I was 19 when I began, and 29 when I finished). Still needs editing!
2. Wrote little bits and pieces of stories, and edited bits and pieces of others, during the year, until November, when...
3. During NaNoWriMo I finished a 116,000 word story (the first in the Midnight series) ( Read more... )