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now with extra Ramin
First snow of the year at our house this morning. Which is a little ridiculous, but I'm okay with it. Ridiculousness has treated me well, and been a true friend as I struggle along in a world of rampant logic.
The word count is honing in on 11K, though I'm determined to get to 12. I'm not going to post till I'm done for the day, but in the meantime ( Read more... ) -
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This morning I hit 9135, and there was much rejoicing.
In today's episode of thetragedienne, Erik has a purpose, France is insulted, and there is more sexual tension than you can shake a stick at, if that's your idea of a good time.
I'm now going to spend the day in Chico, giggling madly to myself for no reason.
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Today I:
A: forgot my own pen name
B: finished the outline for thetragedienne
C: discovered I now fit into size 2 jeans
D: insulted France
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E: did all of the above
Anyway when you're four inches shy of five feet tall, size 2 still looks like 6, at least.
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I will break 7000 today. Haven't quite done it yet (only 100 words away) but it's on my to-do list. I'd actually like to get to 8, but we'll have to see how this afternoon goes. I desperately need some sort of outline. Unfortunately that doesn't go toward my word count.
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Broke 5000 this morning. YAY! It made sitting in the cold dark for two hours actually worth it, although it was tough to haul my carcass out of bed when I knew it would be pitch black out till almost eight. (And it was only about 50 degrees in the house, brrr.) I am ready for the time change, yes.
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In honor of the first day of NaNo, here's the first line meme. These are from novels, some completed, some not.
The magician made a break for it at dawn, leaving his frosty hidey-hole and taking quick, silent footsteps towards the train station.
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This may turn out to be a dumb idea. I've thought about doing it before, and this year I'm just going to go for it.
The Tragedienne will be posted in a separate comm as I write it. Entries will be locked to members only. Entries will also probably have an unusual amount of suck, given that this is NaNo.
THIS! IS! NANO!
*cough* Yeah, anyway. If you're ( Read more... ) -
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So I'm making dinner for my family tonight. Everybody panic.
Well, okay, not everybody needs to panic. Just me. And maybe the people that will be eating my food. I don't think I got the cooking gene; my mother's fantastic, and so is my older sister. Even two of my brothers thought seriously about becoming chefs, and the third actually works at a ( Read more... ) -
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Okay, so, just sent Hangman out to ten agents, for starters. (Well, for finishers, hopefully.) This is the first time I've sent out a novel in, what, three years? So, the nerves, they are wracked. Marketing is definitely my least favorite part of the whole writing thing.
But it makes up for it when things get accepted. And I like, at the end of a ( Read more... ) -
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I don't really think of myself as a passionate person. Mildly obsessive, yes. If I'm interested in something, I tend to think about it to the extent of annoying everyone, including myself. Self, what, shut up about Marlon Brando already, I inevitably say. But I don't experience the drastic swinging between highs and lows that I associate with ( Read more... )