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Hodderscape and other updates

Jan 05, 2016 22:17

I've felt drawn lately to return to LJ to ramble about things - I have become a Facebooker, yes (though honestly mostly a Redditor), but to actually put myself out there makes me not so comfortable. So I post a lot of dog and food things as a result. I've decided I need to just be here more often as it is a good place to at least sort of know ( Read more... )

hidden cats, original fiction, my kids, m/m fiction, writing is awesome, dear desk, i want a road trip, hodderscape

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catsintheattic January 6 2016, 07:43:47 UTC

Hey, you were faster with your post! (I'm still writing mine, and it's around 3k now, lol ( ... )

paragraphs January 6 2016, 15:57:02 UTC

I think this will get you to mine ( ... )

catsintheattic January 6 2016, 21:34:34 UTC

Of course I have a deep dark side in me - doesn't everybody? I think the only difference between people is their willingness how they deal with it. Act it out, hide it, look at it and despair, transform it into stories ( ... )

paragraphs January 6 2016, 22:27:46 UTC

The nice thing about YA fantasy (which is the only YA I read) is it goes pretty dark - I love that. I am writing what is called 'crossover' - it is a story intended both for the teen audience as well as crossing over into adult - bigger themes more darkness, yeah. People die, are mauled by beasts, suffer horribly...the first book is a little lighter, but it will be bad enough. (Hunger Games is YA crossover for instance). Hodderscape required YA submissions to be crossovers - so I think I got that down, oh yeah.

Oh my posts were fun - I enjoy doing them! I have flaked out a few times on Em due to time/mental issues but she forgave me so I will do more. Right now I'm working on my Revisions Plan using my favorite book ever I talk about all the time. :)

More later - am still at work doing billing UGH.

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sartorias January 6 2016, 13:39:35 UTC

Love the photos!

paragraphs January 6 2016, 15:25:54 UTC

Hey you! I just discovered the second Lhind book is out! I missed your announcement and feel bad but I've remedied that.

sartorias January 6 2016, 16:25:46 UTC

:-) Hope you like it!

paragraphs January 6 2016, 16:36:44 UTC

I love Lhind so I am sure to love it.

2016 I am trying to be better about keeping up with cool people. :)

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theemdash January 6 2016, 18:14:03 UTC

You should totally talk about the revision process you learned from that book at GYWO. *COUGHCOUGH*

The writing space looks great. I go through "moods" in which I'm more productive in one space than in another. Currently my armchair with a tv tray is the place, but sometimes it's at my desk. I think is always depends on how cluttered/noisy a place is.

paragraphs January 6 2016, 18:19:31 UTC

I love going to B&N - the hubbub is happy making, but I limit that to weekends. I just finished watching Eureka, so no more tv series until I am done with this book. I am joining a gym today though! I have a treadmill at home and am a bit bored by it. Other than that, there will be writing every night by golly - got 1300 last night! I LOVE the pacing spreadsheet!

And oh yeah - I carry that book with me everywhere (so silly I know). I will definitely be using it for more posts!

theemdash January 6 2016, 18:36:23 UTC

I'm working through an X-Files rewatch that I'm trying to finish before the mini-series starts. I'm at the start of Season 7 so I'm not sure I'll finish, lol. But that's what I do while I eat breakfast and lunch, and then at the end of the day when I shut down and say, "NO MORE THINKING!" ;) So maybe I can get through the rest of it.

The Pace Tracker is a lot of fun, yes. I'm going to try to use it more this year to track my hours editing. I really want to start getting a baseline for how to include editing as part of a pledge. It might take me a few years to really figure that out, though.

paragraphs January 6 2016, 18:47:09 UTC

I like that it has hours spent writing. That is a cool feature.

X Files - I have never finished!

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used_songs January 8 2016, 01:51:01 UTC

I think it's great that you are doing so much writing. Does it help to write it out longhand first? I've really become a first-draft-on-the-laptop kind of person, but there's something to be said for the physicality of writing by hand. Do you think that it changes the story?

paragraphs January 8 2016, 02:07:09 UTC

I am about to write a post on this very thing!!! In about a half hour. :)

paragraphs January 8 2016, 03:21:31 UTC

And then my son came down and made quesadillas so we ended up talking instead of me writing, yeah. I love the hand writing! I have an hour lunch, and I was just sitting there looking at Reddit, and decided after dragging my laptop back and forth and getting tired of that, that by golly I should try hand writing. It has worked out so well! I write in Moleskins and am on my fourth one. I must of course write in purple after much trial and error of pens. :) Then I try to type it up on weekends. I do expand like crazy as I write it up. So the hand writing is a success. I love where it takes me. It seems a little slow but it is working. And I no longer waste my lunch hours!

aseas_words January 9 2016, 22:56:01 UTC

I'm glad you're doing well! Sounds like there's lots of exciting stuff going on with your writing, and you're very productive these days!

paragraphs January 9 2016, 23:43:51 UTC

Except tonight - I am so lazy! I had a massage today and am just... yeaaahhh maaannn. LOL What a great surprise on FB, you! I saw your blue hair and thought THAT IS ASEAS! YES!!!!!!