I originally meant to add several scenes in between the existing sections, which I left out due to time constraints (I procrastinated again).  One of my first tasks in revising this story is going to be adding those scenes, including one before the deafness episode in which the protagonist is attempting to go on a date despite the obnoxious and ( Read more... )

Part two, since stupid LJ said it was too long to post, cut or no cut.
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So, week 2 is done.  I'm happier with this first draft than I was with the one last week, but it's still pretty rough.  Author's comments will get posted later today.

Also, this is part 1 of 2, since LJ determined that the entire story in one fell swoop made for too unwieldy a post, apparently.

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Some days I think my boss only keeps me around because I occasionally wander into his office and blurt out amusing tidbits of randomness like, "Hey, I just stole about a quarter cup of your milk from the fridge so I could put Pat's tooth in it ( Read more... )

My pregnant coworker just told me that she's already specifically asked our boss if I can be the one to drive her to the hospital in the event her water breaks at work.  I am both flattered and terrified by her confidence.

Better keep reviewing those L&D notes from EMT class, huh?

Author's notes below cut so as not to bias anyone's reading or review, not that anyone will do either.  dunerat read but will probably not remember to review, and I doubt anyone else will bother.

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Theme: ridiculous voiceovers
Word list: tooth, lament, czar, rain, dyer, bond, mint, pave, err, forte, quo, wail, couth, ick, do

Story will, as before, be posted before midnight on Sunday. 

Scrabble Writing Project, Week One, is finished!

I'll stick my commentary in the next post so as not to give spoilers (like anyone cares).

For now...

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I don't usually do Near Year's resolutions, but from time to time I do use the date-reset as a convenient start point for some vague goal-setting. One of my goals this year is to write more. Graduate school did really terrible things to my ability to write fiction; writing research papers forces the mind to work a certain way, and while in some ( Read more... )

Last weekend, dunerat and I were engaging in our usual coffee-and-bookstore routine when we ran across something that made us both rather sad ( Read more... )