If people are strange, Part 2

[footlingagain]

I'm educating myself this week.  Education is a life-long process, I'm told.

I've learned what the sort-of-Roman-nail-with-thingybobble,  star of my last post, is actually called.  It's a building pin, which doesn't sound half so thrilling as it should.  But if you go to page 942 of the Screwfix catalogue, you can see one in action, holding a

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[la_marquise_de_]

Just remember: writing begets writing.
My most useful writing book ever? Deadly Doses: a Writer's Guide to Poisons. And yep, fantasy here, too.

[footlingagain]

Just remember: writing begets writing.

Absolutely true. I made the mistake of taking 'just a couple of weeks' off after finishing a huge draft. A couple of days would probably have been enough, a week at most.

Now, I have to get back into the habit of writing every day all over again. Not easy when you're as lazy as I am. *g*

[wishus]

Chocolate is good - not only delicious but one of the most inspirational foods there is. Unless you're writing horror, in which case, I'd imagine cheese might be better.

[footlingagain]

Hee! Well, I had Camembert on granary toast for tea and then I had chocolate later, so I covered all the inspirational food groups, I think.

[bloodlust_uk]

'... my days seem to be back to front, or upside down - I barely get going before noon. By the time I get into the swing of it, it's time for bed!...'

You're just practising luvvie, that's all it is. Pretty soon you'll be awake at 5am, sleeping til 3pm and breakfasting at supper.

[footlingagain]

Ah, that must be it!

Apart from the fact that I'm sleeping for 11 hours at the moment, too....

[anonymous]

Who says you can't have murder mysteries in fantasy novels? >:-)

[clarentine]

Damn it, I was logged in when I started that post....

[footlingagain]

You got the LJ boot, huh? It does that to me, sometimes.

And my stuff does sometimes have deaths and murders in it, but they tend not to use unusual implements - it's generally swords, daggers or long, spiky teeth for my characters.