Maw is not a sexy word.

Maw evokes images of Cthulhu. Or Sarlacc the sand pit. So when you suggest that one character’s “open, panting maw” was near someone’s ear, please be aware that the scenario you are painting is not a pleasant one. And may end in someone losing said ear.

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I have completed one out of fourteen short stories and I have kicked the insidious Dragon Age addiction at last. Fortunately, brain seems resistant to throwing itself full force into the next addiction - Bioshock 2. So I’m actually, god forbid, getting some work done. I think I will stall as long as I can with that.

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I have been vocal about my general lack of interest in NaNoWriMo. I understand what it tries to do on many levels, and I commend it for what it’s done for writers with brutal self-editing tendencies. But I’ve never been the least bit interested in trying to cram a monumental effort into under a month. I had, after all, already finished a novel. A ( Read more... )