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did you all have a happy Halloween?
I certainly did! I was an Edwardian lady, complete with hand-sewn dress! Yes, I conquered my loathing of cutting out pattern pieces, and the result was fairly awesome. Even though the dress is unhemmed, has no fastenings in the back (I held it together with safety pins) and the collar is only basted on. Whatever. It still worked out.
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Mission: Accomplished
Rough draft of publishable novel: completed at 45 000 words (which I think is a viable length for a short novel, yes?)
Now I just have to make the draft... not rough. (also, you know, find a publisher who will take really bleak Canadiana set circa 1900 from a first-time author)
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I'm posting it on LJ, that means it's going to happen.
I will have (a rough draft of) something publishable completed on or before October 31st. -
A talking point, courtesy of Stephen King
"Most writers can remember the first book he/she put down thinking 'I can do better than this. Hell, I am doing better than this!'"
-Stephen King, On Writing
Do you remember reading a book that made you think that? Or maybe a story - even a piece of fanfiction? I totally had that experience with a certain bestseller based on Twilight fanfiction ( Read more... ) -
Fall courses...!
I can't believe it's already pretty much the end of summer! I go back to PEI in less than a week, and as much as I'm happy to be going back, I'm also really sad to be leaving Heritage Park. I'm already excited to come back next year ( Read more... ) -
Life in bullet points
- I have one more exam (religious studies. I have no hope of passing this class). But then it'll be summer, so hurrah for that.
- I got into a creative writing class for next term.
- Has the rich text editor on LJ gotten more glitchy since I last used it, or is that just me?
- Still waiting for word back on my summer job. *bites nails*
- My femmefest gift was ( Read more... )
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Improvised Onion Soup Recipe: aka "I have a bag of onions, let's make dinner"
My dad (whose mother is Hungarian and grew up in Hungary) likes to quip that the proper Hungarian way to cook is to not have any of the ingredients. With that in mind, I present you with my recipe for onion soup, made entirely out of whatever crap I had lying around the kitchen that I was pretty sure wasn't rotten. I am proud of myself.
( Food, yay )
