Lion Brand Yarn is opening a shop on 15th Street. I thought it was vitally important that you know.

Not going well. More than halfway through, and I'm not even at 20k. Still struggling with the story. Next time, I'm doing something less tied to reality...


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An update from the source:

My enquiry has been assigned reference number CSC38595E and will be dealt with in due course.

How happy and satisfied I feel. Our State is truly glorious. :P

Times like these that I feel like tearing up my Tory membership card and trampling on it. (The council is Tory.)This is bolstered by a chat I had with him briefly ( Read more... )

A friend of mine attends Eton (yes, that Eton). We've been keeping in touch, and he's been relating some very, very alarming things of late.

On Friday, he sent me this:
Signs are going up everywhere in Windsor and Eton saying that the area has come under a "Dispersion Zone" and groups of over three people are liable to be dispersed by the ( Read more... )

I know, I know, I missed November 12. I needed sleep. And I have a nice clear weekend ahead of me for some real writing gangbusters.

Does it count for NaNo if you run out of steam on an idea and then immediately start hacking at a new one? It's two different ideas, but it's consistent, or persistent, writing. Just wondering...


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NaNoWatch: the food poisoning edition.

Okay, so it's not quite as bad as food poisoning, but I sure do feel ill. Not much written, sadly, but at least a little bit of headway. Now I'm off to curl up into a little ball of bleh and try to snag some decent sleep.


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It's the 11th of November here in Australia at the moment. So I leave you with this image, a photo I took at the Australian War Memorial.


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About 3000 words today. Not bad. My head hurts, though. The poor story is meandering now. Maybe something will shake things up. Now, time for sleep.


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So tired. Bought the mister some absinthe at a food and wine show here in Brisbane; I ended up having some with him. Thinking straight, but very drowsy. Did nearly 2000 more words, though. I can't let gryphonrose get too far ahead, can I?


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It's absolutely stupid--I'm in a place where the pace of things is more relaxed, and I'm finding less time to write than I did in NYC.


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