I have an idea. I won't jinx it by talking too much about it. But it's there, like grit in an oyster.

In slightly related news, I'm reading about Wilf Carter aka Montana Slim. Doesn't he sound like he's worthy of being a player character or the subject of a feature film?

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I've become content-provider for the newsletter at work. It happened fast! I ( Read more... )

 That sounds like the future (then, I still think 1999 sounds like the future).

I got into the new year in a good way. Took down my mailbox, so that it wouldn't get blown to bits on NYE. People like their fireworks around here. Spent most of the evening with the family. We made lasagna and ate it.  It was a genuine family project. I made the meat ( Read more... )

The Literary Review's Bad Sex Prize goes to Nancy Huston. There's an award I could win. heehee. Nah, who am I kidding.

Here's Nancy (from the award-winning Infrared):

No sooner have we settled onto the bed and begun to remove each other's clothes with the clumsy gestures of impatience than I realise Kamal also knows about passivity - yes, he also ( Read more... )

I'm surprised at how nice it is not having to fret about writing. I'm surprised at how tiring that got! The fretting more than the writing ( Read more... )

The final day and the end of the story. I feel like taking up knitting.

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So, I'm not reaching my goal of 30 days of night writing. I AM finishing this story though. More thoughts on the whole process tomorrow.

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Short bit today. I've started exercising again, and I'm surprised at how good I feel. I thought it would take a chunk out of me.

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Och! December's looming large. What do you all want for Christmas?

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Not many days left! *glp*

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Mother's better.

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