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Wednesday; "Gone With The Wind"...
I just want to mention something here, in case you're not already aware of it. I want to mention the extraordinary craftsmanship that's demonstrated by Margaret Mitchell in Gone With The Wind. The density of it, and the way everything in it is woven together; the immediacy of it. It's truly remarkable, and I wish I could write that way. It's ( Read more... ) -
Saturday; the new novel...
I have to re-write the new novel, in longhand, from start to finish -- which will take a while. It does have to be done in longhand, and there's no way to speed that up. I need to provide a great deal more information for the readers about the Brethandi culture and surroundings. -
Monday; the new novel...
I'm pleased to report that the writer's block has come to an end. Apparently, all it took was a blogpost to the Magic Live Journal, and I was unstuck. I'm not satisfied with what I wrote yesterday -- I'm never satisfied with it, as you know -- but it's a real improvement over a case of writer's block. I'm grateful. -
Wednesday; the new novel...
Everything has been going very well with the new novel [Alien Tongues] -- until now. But now I've hit an absolutely implacable Writer's Block. What's happened is that Briar, my linguist protagonist, has fallen in love with one of the Brethandis, and for some reason that's made me totally stuck. I can't figure out why, frankly. I'm used to writing ( Read more... ) -
Monday; the new novel...
The new novel is going well. I'm writing it all in longhand right now, hoping that will mean the results are better because it slows me down so much ( Read more... ) -
Monday; weather troubles...
The weather here has been awful, and last week -- to escape the predicted power outages -- we [George and I and Sheba] drove south to Fort Smith and spent several days in a very nice Mariott Courtyard hotel, with excellent food and a staff that spoiled us rotten. We had of course not packed many things we needed, including George's laptop, but that ( Read more... ) -
Friday; thank you one and all...
Many thanks for all the help. I think I can handle it now. -
Thursday; computer troubles...
One of the things that happened when we moved was the discovery that there was no way my antique Macintosh could be made to work in our new apartment. Which means that I now have an iMac with many bells and whistles. That's good -- except when it gets in the way of getting my work done ( Read more... ) -
Wednesday; eldering...
Twenty years ago, my husband George was your prototypical angry adult male homo sapiens. On a hair trigger at all times, ready to fight at the drop of a syllable. I dreaded his eldering, because I was sure he was only going to get angrier as the years went by ( Read more... ) -
Thursday; elderly skin...
You may remember that back in 2010 [For me, The Year From Hell] I was doing a lot of whining in this journal about the way the endless series of catastrophes I had to deal with that year was destroying my face. I was really upset about it, because when I looked in the mirror what I saw struck me as total devastation ( Read more... )