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Ridicule, shaken or stirred? will that be straight up or on ice?

maryread wrote in thing_in_150 Sep 14, 2010 21:23

I just stopped by to say, dailyness for me is not going so well this month. And I've been meaning to make that remark for the better part of a week. But I find I am not the only one. In fact I am not even on LJ on a daily basis, so my habits are clearly something different from what they once were. Can I stand y'all a round of jeering and ridicule ( Read more... )

Dailyness

maryread wrote in thing_in_150 Aug 24, 2010 14:59

My dailyness of writing is improving as the month goes on. Being as I write a lot in longhand, and in various online thingies that count toward the dailiness, word count is not an effective guidepost. Maybe another 3000 (longhand) since my last note here ( Read more... )

Word Count for 8/6

sparta5 wrote in thing_in_150 Aug 06, 2010 14:23

Added 822 words today.

New total: 2020

:)

Also came up with working title of Tehon's Mark. Let's see if it holds.

Word Count for 8/5

sparta5 wrote in thing_in_150 Aug 05, 2010 23:50

New WIP - haven't written in months - but yesterday 1198 words! *happy dance*

any interest in Thing as a "daily accountability" community?

jeffsoesbe wrote in thing_in_150 Sep 10, 2009 23:58

Fellow Thingers ( Read more... )

September begins

maryread wrote in thing_in_150 Sep 01, 2009 17:13

And it's not much, but I wrote 500 words today. Had them all ready to key, in longhand. (There were some iambic pentameters that came up on my walk, too, that I haven't written down yet.) I heard somewhere that 500 words a day is easy. Hah! If I can keep this up for a month... I will have a lot of words written, and maybe get back into the swing of ( Read more... )

Roll Call for Thursday, August 13

avocadovpx wrote in thing_in_150 Aug 13, 2009 14:48

"Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself." -- writer Lois McMaster Bujold

Post your word count for Thursday, August 13.

bujold

Roll Call for Wednesday, August 12

avocadovpx wrote in thing_in_150 Aug 12, 2009 12:28

"Write something new, something different. The old skills don't become reflexive until you are using them to underpin new skills, and have to stop thinking about them." -- writer Elizabeth Bear (matociquala), on developing unconscious competence

Post your word count for Wednesday, August 12.

bear

Roll Call for Tuesday, August 11

avocadovpx wrote in thing_in_150 Aug 11, 2009 11:20

"Behind the phony tinsel of Hollywood lies the real tinsel." -- pianist Oscar Levant

Post your word count for Tuesday, August 11.

Roll Call for Monday, August 10

avocadovpx wrote in thing_in_150 Aug 10, 2009 10:09

"Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads." -- writer Erica Jong

Post your word count for Monday, August 10.

jong