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Furthermore.
Didn't knock out an entire chapter, but I got about half of one, and novel now stands at 61,000 words, which is beginning to sound respectably like an actual novel. \o/ -
An accomplishful day
Today I gave blood (which I had been meaning to do for ... years), sent the fairy tale story recently rejected by Strange Horizons off to F&SF (which I'd been meaning to do since ... Monday), and while out for my Very Slow Run (Really Mostly Walking), I took a picture of something I'd been meaning to take a picture of for three years.
( Flowers for the 28 bus. ) -
Step one: buy a cat and some wax. Step three: profit!
Step two: ???
So, not an especially productive evening so far, but all my Firefox tabs have been assiduously refreshed and my books-read spreadsheet is up to date.
This month's reading so far:
( First contact, more different first contact, first contact plus snow and ice, last contact, exotic tribespeople, and exotic fairies. ) -
Progress
So I wound up falling 176 words short of my writing target for September, which seems way sadder than falling short by 1500 words. I should have been able to pound out another 176 words before I went to bed last night, but I didn't. I blame the 24-hour non-drowsy Claritin ( Read more... ) -
three things
1. seanan_mcguire has a few words to say about how unevenly distributed the future is, in Across the Digital Divide. I'm sure it's been linked far and wide, but I spend a lot of time helping people apply for jobs during the two hours of internet time they get all day, because that's how we ration it at my library, and... yes. That ( Read more... ) -
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Fairy tale story is off to Strange Horizons, and alien story is off to F&SF. I didn't actually send them out over the weekend, but I sent them ( Read more... ) -
Not an unmitigated success.
So in August I set myself two writing-related goals: finish two novel chapters and send out two short stories ( Read more... ) -
100!
Today I finished reading my 100th book of 2011 (including 29 graphic novels, which I will insist on principle are books to be counted like any other book, but are undeniably quick reads; also including six rereads). It was Just Henry, by Michelle Magorian, possibly my favorite Children's/YA author. She's written six novels, including my favorite ( Read more... ) -
And I helped!
I was a supporting member of Renovation this year, just because I wanted to vote on the Hugos--now I feel weirdly proprietary over the results. Connie Willis won another Best Novel Hugo and I helped! \o/
I did immediately go look at the voting statistics, to see how much I helped, and daaaaaaaamn, you guys.
Feed actually got more first-place ( Read more... )
