A new look for a new year. Whatcha think? I'd been considering spiffing the place up for a bit now. Anyway, how were your holidays? Mine went fine. Everybody ready to get back to work?
Went digging through my computer the other day & found notes on old projects that hadn't made it off the ground, so I might take a whack at one of them here soon. One is a fantasy about a little girl's favorite storybook & what happens when the story takes on a life of it's own. The other is about people from Earth going out among the stars & trying to establish colonies. We'll see who takes off first.
Here's my quandary: why is it so (comparatively) easy to get & keep writing in Nov, then that ambition/drive/whatever you want to call it all but evaporates before Christmas & refuses to regroup again till nearly Halloween. What's up with that?? I want to write something & I'm fully aware that there's no fiction faeries coming to save me, but man... come Christmas I turn into such a cliche! I open a file & then do everything under the sun to not write. I hem & haw, I worry over little incidentals, I convince myself it'll just completely suck before barely putting down a word....Ugh! I know logically the answer is 'shut up, sit down & write!'. I get that, honestly I do. But I also know the reality is that good habits are horrible to get started & far too easy to lose while bad ones are just the opposite. So, how do you do it? How do you keep form getting mired in fear or doubt & keep yourself on task??
I'm not going to use the word 'resolution' because I feel in a lot of cases, declaring a New Year's Resolution is roughly the same as tattooing your significant other's name on you someplace; it may be well meant & wholly valid at the time it's done, but in the end it's a bit of a death knell for whatever laudable cause you started with. So, rather than resolution, let's just say there are things I'd like to see done this year. Just a hopeful direction. Maybe that'll help...*shrug* again, I guess we'll see. So for whatever it's worth, here's what I'd like to get done this year.
- Eat more actual food & less junk
- Get myself on some sort of workable schedule, rather than my 'go till I crash, yeah, I'll eat at some point' kind of setup I've had going for far too long now
- Write, something, somewhere, EVERY DAY
- Finish, completely edited, rewrites & all, at least one of my current/previous projects
- Get back into doing my yoga at least a couple times a week & ideally on a daily basis.
- Read more regularly. I do read a fair bit, but it's a couple of books straight through, then a couple months of nothing at all.
- Read more varied things; books with space ships, superheroes, robots or dragons on the cover are great, but every other book or so, reading something different probably wouldn't kill me.
So...I think that's fairly doable, don't you? How 'bout you guys? Any goals for the new year? Any fun new projects you're writing on?
Now that I prettied the place up a bit, anything else you guys would like to see here?
Currently Reading: 'Fragile Things', and 'Smoke & Mirrors', both by Neil Gaiman
*Giggles @ 'Shoggoth's Old Peculiar' & 'We Can Get Them For You Wholesale'*
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Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Friday, December 10, 2010
"I'm not dead yet....I'm feeling much better!..."
Dear Blog, I’ve missed you. I know it may not -seem- like it as I haven’t been here in…*checks her calendar* about a year, but I truly have. I didn’t do a post NaNo wrap up last year because….oh hells, bells. I don’t even remember why, but I’m sorry for it. This year tho’, went much better. More on that in a bit. And since then, well a lot of my online life slid by the wayside. I wish I had a better reason; I.e. I was out having a real life, but alas…no such luck. What I’ve had instead was a months long (and currently ongoing) cyber exile. No ‘net at my house anymore, as it turns out after a bit of digging around, not a particularly good replacement option unless I a) magically fall into a pile of money or b) move, which would pretty much require the assistance if point A, come to think of it. The last few months I’ve done varying degrees (and had varying degrees of success with) ‘netting via my cell phone, but I don’t know if you’ve ever had the delightfully placid & fun filled occasion to deal with the world three slippery -in & back out again whether you want it to be or not-never hitting the right button on the frakkin’ touchscreen- inches before but it’s not the easiest way to handle things. And further to this, if you have another option short of running to the actual, physical home of the site you’re looking for, snapping Polaroids of their screens, running home, compiling your response & running back again: Don’t. It’s fine for the odd check of a movie time or looking something up in a pinch, but as a steady way to deal with your virtual life…..*shudders & groans*
Still, my game & my friends & had to have some semblance of online presence for NaNo so here I am, slowly but steadily working one sphere back into the fold of my day after another. Yes, I‘ll likely do a lot of blogging via typing it up on the laptop, transferring it over to the phone & posting from there, but…You’re probably worth it ;)
So this year’s NaNo went great! It was, dare I say (tho’ never out loud until I was finished lest I completely jinx myself) the smoothest I’ve ever had. I did win (topping out at 52,998, tyvm) & pulled out what I think could be a completely workable story. I had one character completely launch himself into the middle of a scene he was supposed to be just above ‘scenery’ for, so that set me back a bit while I worked around it a while to find a way to redo the exchange that had been planned. But, to his mobile scenery turned promising secondary char credit, he also dug me back out of that hole. He quite conveniently behaved like a complete jerk two scenes later & gracefully stepped out of the rest of the story till the epilogue (woohoo!) at which time, since he was so helpful, eventually, I squared things with him & my Main char & all is right in their world.
I think the bit I was most jazzed about was this; I wrote every single day. No biiig leads like I’d occasionally gotten in the past, but also, no giant stalls either (suck it, Week Two!). It was reasonably awesome, I’d start -for whatever reason- about 10pm every night (only skipping off for Thanksgiving itself & even then just because for me it had been a ridiculously long day at that point & my brain had melted) & wrote just about the 1667 goal every night before midnight. As pe3r my NaNo usual, I made a new friend & learned something new about writing. This year’s lesson; The Fine Art of Writing Around the Edges. When I got stuck, instead of just stalling out, I’d hop to a different char or just work on some random, incidental corner of the scene I was stuck in, writing away from the main action & just moving around till I became unstuck. The lengthy list of things a bartender’d found on the floor after closing, the collected bits & bobs of a workroom table, a bit o mental venting over the inherent jerkiness of a certain bit of mobile scenery…whatever just to keep the words going. Wildly simple concept, I realize, but I hadn’t been able to do it before. I’d get stuck & just…spin my wheels in that spot. Writing around the edges is much better & if you’ve never tried it, do so next time you’re stuck on something. It’ll keep the story moving & sometimes you can toss out some pretty great stuff.
I’ve been thinking, tech imposed hiatus aside, I’ve had this blog a while now & it might just be time for a li’l updating. No set plans, yet, but I might (given enough actual computer time in the near future) change around the look and/or the layout some. I’m in the mood for new things. Beyond that, I’d like to start getting back in to regular posting, maybe make up some more recurring features. I’d ask you, dear blogosphere, what you’d like to see; current reading list/reviews, excerpts, tips, prompts, links, just my brain dribbling out here on the page…er, screen a bit more often, but you have (quite sensibly) wandered off, my beloved what? 3 readers, lol. That’s ok, tho’. Between rewrites on my NaNo; I’ve already spellchecked, did chapter breaks & begun outlining what’s currently where & what got cut for time or could do with some filling out, etc., & posting more often I hope I can keep writing daily. Why is it good habits are so hard to keep & bad habits are so hard to lose?? I’d like to get this notion started before the new year, hence my not so brief pop in today, because I know from past experience that my NaNo high (& ambition) fade all too quickly. A well intentioned ‘oh, it’s cool. I’m just gonna let it sit till after Christmas, then see what I can do with it’ never seems to pan out once the tinsel & cookies disappear. That, I suppose is my resolution this year, to keep a daily writing regime up of some sort. Either here or working on my current (or past, or -dare I say- maybe even NEW stories)…just something beyond game writing. Game stuff is a fairly regular gig & I do love my chars (I’ve been writing Lolly for more than FIVE years now!), but at the end of the day, they’re not mine. And I’ll never be able to use them as mine. And I think, should I manage to keep to my big ideas possibly scrape up a li’l more courage, I might like to actually use my own writing for something out there in the world someday.
And finally, for today at least, I’m finding myself with a bit of a quandary. I think I might have to pack away all my Neil for a bit, wrap my beloved Hitchhikers' Guide in my towel, banish my Blackadder, hide all the Harry under the nearest available invisibility cloak. I’d leave all the Alan Moore tho’ because he’s both remarkably brilliant, and just a little bit scary ;). Pack all my Whoniverse…my Who…my Queen…my Stones…my…. Up in the TARDIS & send it all off on its own adventure. Maybe. Just for a little while.
My internal monologue, that little voice that tells you ‘hey, that’s a cool line, I should use that somewhere’ or ‘don’t forget to get X at the store’, ‘ugh…do I really -have- to get up’ and the like has started to develop a British accent.
In case you don’t know, I live in A Hole In The Cornfields, America. We are, for the most part, not a very British bunch really. And yet…lol, there it is. Not saying it’s a bad thing, just odd, rather like a pink towel instead of a blue one. And no, I will not sample it here as I’ never said it was a -good- accent.
So there’s me. How’re things with you? Read anything good lately? Write anything good lately? Heck, write anything horrid lately?
Currently reading: And Another Thing...
Just (re)read: Good Omens
Still, my game & my friends & had to have some semblance of online presence for NaNo so here I am, slowly but steadily working one sphere back into the fold of my day after another. Yes, I‘ll likely do a lot of blogging via typing it up on the laptop, transferring it over to the phone & posting from there, but…You’re probably worth it ;)
So this year’s NaNo went great! It was, dare I say (tho’ never out loud until I was finished lest I completely jinx myself) the smoothest I’ve ever had. I did win (topping out at 52,998, tyvm) & pulled out what I think could be a completely workable story. I had one character completely launch himself into the middle of a scene he was supposed to be just above ‘scenery’ for, so that set me back a bit while I worked around it a while to find a way to redo the exchange that had been planned. But, to his mobile scenery turned promising secondary char credit, he also dug me back out of that hole. He quite conveniently behaved like a complete jerk two scenes later & gracefully stepped out of the rest of the story till the epilogue (woohoo!) at which time, since he was so helpful, eventually, I squared things with him & my Main char & all is right in their world.
I think the bit I was most jazzed about was this; I wrote every single day. No biiig leads like I’d occasionally gotten in the past, but also, no giant stalls either (suck it, Week Two!). It was reasonably awesome, I’d start -for whatever reason- about 10pm every night (only skipping off for Thanksgiving itself & even then just because for me it had been a ridiculously long day at that point & my brain had melted) & wrote just about the 1667 goal every night before midnight. As pe3r my NaNo usual, I made a new friend & learned something new about writing. This year’s lesson; The Fine Art of Writing Around the Edges. When I got stuck, instead of just stalling out, I’d hop to a different char or just work on some random, incidental corner of the scene I was stuck in, writing away from the main action & just moving around till I became unstuck. The lengthy list of things a bartender’d found on the floor after closing, the collected bits & bobs of a workroom table, a bit o mental venting over the inherent jerkiness of a certain bit of mobile scenery…whatever just to keep the words going. Wildly simple concept, I realize, but I hadn’t been able to do it before. I’d get stuck & just…spin my wheels in that spot. Writing around the edges is much better & if you’ve never tried it, do so next time you’re stuck on something. It’ll keep the story moving & sometimes you can toss out some pretty great stuff.
I’ve been thinking, tech imposed hiatus aside, I’ve had this blog a while now & it might just be time for a li’l updating. No set plans, yet, but I might (given enough actual computer time in the near future) change around the look and/or the layout some. I’m in the mood for new things. Beyond that, I’d like to start getting back in to regular posting, maybe make up some more recurring features. I’d ask you, dear blogosphere, what you’d like to see; current reading list/reviews, excerpts, tips, prompts, links, just my brain dribbling out here on the page…er, screen a bit more often, but you have (quite sensibly) wandered off, my beloved what? 3 readers, lol. That’s ok, tho’. Between rewrites on my NaNo; I’ve already spellchecked, did chapter breaks & begun outlining what’s currently where & what got cut for time or could do with some filling out, etc., & posting more often I hope I can keep writing daily. Why is it good habits are so hard to keep & bad habits are so hard to lose?? I’d like to get this notion started before the new year, hence my not so brief pop in today, because I know from past experience that my NaNo high (& ambition) fade all too quickly. A well intentioned ‘oh, it’s cool. I’m just gonna let it sit till after Christmas, then see what I can do with it’ never seems to pan out once the tinsel & cookies disappear. That, I suppose is my resolution this year, to keep a daily writing regime up of some sort. Either here or working on my current (or past, or -dare I say- maybe even NEW stories)…just something beyond game writing. Game stuff is a fairly regular gig & I do love my chars (I’ve been writing Lolly for more than FIVE years now!), but at the end of the day, they’re not mine. And I’ll never be able to use them as mine. And I think, should I manage to keep to my big ideas possibly scrape up a li’l more courage, I might like to actually use my own writing for something out there in the world someday.
And finally, for today at least, I’m finding myself with a bit of a quandary. I think I might have to pack away all my Neil for a bit, wrap my beloved Hitchhikers' Guide in my towel, banish my Blackadder, hide all the Harry under the nearest available invisibility cloak. I’d leave all the Alan Moore tho’ because he’s both remarkably brilliant, and just a little bit scary ;). Pack all my Whoniverse…my Who…my Queen…my Stones…my…. Up in the TARDIS & send it all off on its own adventure. Maybe. Just for a little while.
My internal monologue, that little voice that tells you ‘hey, that’s a cool line, I should use that somewhere’ or ‘don’t forget to get X at the store’, ‘ugh…do I really -have- to get up’ and the like has started to develop a British accent.
In case you don’t know, I live in A Hole In The Cornfields, America. We are, for the most part, not a very British bunch really. And yet…lol, there it is. Not saying it’s a bad thing, just odd, rather like a pink towel instead of a blue one. And no, I will not sample it here as I’ never said it was a -good- accent.
So there’s me. How’re things with you? Read anything good lately? Write anything good lately? Heck, write anything horrid lately?
Currently reading: And Another Thing...
Just (re)read: Good Omens
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Long time, no type.
Ok...yeah....I kinda vanished. Between having out of state relatives in town & my second week complete stand still...*rolls eyes*. I dunno what it is, i hit week two & my brain just freezes completely. After week two this year it didn't lift, it just lingered. My count is in the basement, it's just pathetic. I am still working tho' & if I can get about 20 more sessions in like i had tonight, I might actually finish, lol. Anybody want to do sprints??
I'm not sure what the problem is. I've been thinking of this story since...well, since last year, actually. the inciting event for the idea was a RL thing that happened just before last Thanksgiving. I think it's a combination, atm, of RL stresses & that I'm stuck in all the boring, set up/exposition stuff. I thought of just skipping ahead to the "good stuff", but that'd just be a truckload of words I'd lose so...
How's your story going?
I'm not sure what the problem is. I've been thinking of this story since...well, since last year, actually. the inciting event for the idea was a RL thing that happened just before last Thanksgiving. I think it's a combination, atm, of RL stresses & that I'm stuck in all the boring, set up/exposition stuff. I thought of just skipping ahead to the "good stuff", but that'd just be a truckload of words I'd lose so...
How's your story going?
Monday, November 2, 2009
And then there was Day Two
Ok, so far I'm up to 4,444 words. My opening chapter could be really cool once it gets a second pass, it's this kinda forshadowy nod to the baddies & will be all manner of creepy when it's done proper. I like it atm tho', I can live with it. Chapter two is lame & flat & such a cliche, lol, but thus far I'm avoiding the allure of the backspace button, so I guess that's something.
How's things?
How's things?
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Day One
OK, passed my base (1667) for a total of 2187 tonight. Got an opening scene done & I'm calling it quits. Starting again in the a.m.
How'd everybody else do?
G'night.
How'd everybody else do?
G'night.
Thursday, July 9, 2009
A quick hello before the day starts
Hello! See? That was quick! But seriously folks *pantomimes Groucho's cigar* I know I came back & promptly vanished again & for that I apologize. Some family things cropped up of late that've been occupying my time & mind. More on that in a while, for now I'll just stick to saying that life has been scary & weird & it's all making me feel both very, very old & far too young all at once.
On the lighter side of the news, I think I may be becoming a myspace apps junkie. So, if anybody out there plays something, let me know & chances are that I play too. If you're interested, let me know I'm always happy to get more family/crew/housemates/neighbors/whatever.
Writing is still going, all be it slowly. I need to find a way to kickstart my brain into the same sort of focus & intensity I somehow manage to muster in Nov, regardless of the date. Any suggestions? Sorry this is a short post, it's almost time to get the kid up & around. Connection permitting, I'll add more once I'm home.
On the lighter side of the news, I think I may be becoming a myspace apps junkie. So, if anybody out there plays something, let me know & chances are that I play too. If you're interested, let me know I'm always happy to get more family/crew/housemates/neighbors/whatever.
Writing is still going, all be it slowly. I need to find a way to kickstart my brain into the same sort of focus & intensity I somehow manage to muster in Nov, regardless of the date. Any suggestions? Sorry this is a short post, it's almost time to get the kid up & around. Connection permitting, I'll add more once I'm home.
Friday, March 6, 2009
Radomness Seems to Be the Theme Lately, Huh?
How's things? Lately for reasons I'm not clear on, my Firefox, or maybe just my computer in general has been fighting with a few sites. I can get into my gmail, but can't get on blogger, I can follow a link to twitter, but can't go in through my bookmark & it'll let me get to yahoo, through the login screen, then won't load my mailbox. Plus, YM seems to have forgotten my computer exists. Fun, huh?
Everything around me seems to be falling apart lately; my computer runs -rather sporadically- on sheer force of will alone, I got a converter box & a new antenna & am getting fewer channels & last night, for what I'm certain was the very last time, I drained out my waterbed.
I know...Waterbeds are very 80s. I got it in the 80s. Get past it.
Anybody watch Dollhouse? What'd you think of it so far? I'm a big Firefly fan, so I was all over the idea of Joss coming up with a new show. So far, I like the premise, it has potential. I wonder how many Actives there are. And, with names like Echo, Sierra & Victor, ya gotta ask yourself....Does this mean somewhere there's a Lima, Tango & Whiskey running around? Gotta feel bad for a guy called Foxtrot, doncha?
Friday's kinda my big tv night; Sarah Connor Chronicles, Dollhouse & Battlestar Galactica. Any SCC fans in the audience? BSG? I'm a big fan of dystopias. Most people, I think, like happy endings, but give me a broken underdog dropped in the middle of a grimy, warped dystopian realm & I am a happy girl. It's a little messed up, I realize, but there it is. I like the skewed vision, the struggle against things greater than. I like the choices that need to be made & seeing where lines are drawn or crossed. I like the 'what if'. I like the hurt & the fight beyond what someone is to what they could become & I like seeing how they live with themselves once they get there. I'd take a world that's sleek & dingy & hard peopled with giants & zealots & madman, preying upon the unassuming & the yet to flourish & the too damned cussed to give up over a whole truckload of fluffy treacle.
But that's just me, I suppose.
In case I haven't mentioned it & you somehow failed to notice in any of my earlier missives, I am, in fact, a big geek. Particulary I loooove science fiction, hence the show list above. I like Sarah Connor, I like Terminator in general. Coulda lived without 3, I suppose, but i'm hoping Salvation makes up for it. Sarah herself is a great character. She's a tough chick I that was hard to find in a lotta media for a while without it coming out all campy. It's gotta be hard being her, putting up not just a tough as nails front but nearly a tough as Wolverine front. She's pretty firmly in the 'has destiny thrust upon them' camp & is doing what she can about it, even with this giant, ticking clock looming over her life. And yet, beneath it all, if you dig deep....ok, really deep, there's still a little glimmer of who she was before it all; the sometimes silly Sarah, the talks tough but is unwilling to kill just because she could (and sometimes maybe even should) Sarah.
Anyway, I'm wandering somewhat off the, rather sketchy, path I had to begin with, aren't I? Sorry. I'm tired & I get kinda stream of consciousnees when my brain starts winding down for the night. One thing I noticed about terminator though, and a lot of other stories - Harry Potter & Eragon just to name a couple, you ever notice how the villains create their own destruction? If Skynet hadn't sent someone back to kill Sarah, she never woulda had John, or gained the fortitude to fight like she has & teach him everything he'll use to try to take them down. HP too; if Voldemort heard the prophesy & just shrugged it off saying 'well, I'll cross that bridge when I come to it & besides, I'm me & that's some kid & no way that'll happen', Harry'd been just some random, ordinary wizarding kid.
I realize from the audience perspective, that without some initial catalyst that sets the villain down the path, which in turn creates their would be destroyer, there'd be no story. Still... ya gotta wonder , from the character's perspective, how different things'd been if they just let stuff be.
In other news, my X-Men game is about to make a full changeover to a whole new setting. I'm rather excited. In the new place there'll be lots of different places to see & expiriences to try, plus the structure is drifting away from a school somewhat which should open all sorts of new avenues to write. I'm the current mapmaker for our new digs as well. And, once they were finished, I was asked about coming up with a picture to go along with. I been trying out a 3d modeling program, a thing which I'd never tried before. If you ever have the chance....Don't. Lol, ok, maybe not don't, but if you're new to it, realize it's gonna take a while & there'll be lots & lots of stumbling blocks along the way.
Alright, my brain has just about closed up shop for the night, so I should go. i just wanted to post & say hey (and, it would seem, a few other things as well) since I hadn't been able to get on revently. Next time, I promise, I'll try to have an actual topic.
Everything around me seems to be falling apart lately; my computer runs -rather sporadically- on sheer force of will alone, I got a converter box & a new antenna & am getting fewer channels & last night, for what I'm certain was the very last time, I drained out my waterbed.
I know...Waterbeds are very 80s. I got it in the 80s. Get past it.
Anybody watch Dollhouse? What'd you think of it so far? I'm a big Firefly fan, so I was all over the idea of Joss coming up with a new show. So far, I like the premise, it has potential. I wonder how many Actives there are. And, with names like Echo, Sierra & Victor, ya gotta ask yourself....Does this mean somewhere there's a Lima, Tango & Whiskey running around? Gotta feel bad for a guy called Foxtrot, doncha?
Friday's kinda my big tv night; Sarah Connor Chronicles, Dollhouse & Battlestar Galactica. Any SCC fans in the audience? BSG? I'm a big fan of dystopias. Most people, I think, like happy endings, but give me a broken underdog dropped in the middle of a grimy, warped dystopian realm & I am a happy girl. It's a little messed up, I realize, but there it is. I like the skewed vision, the struggle against things greater than. I like the choices that need to be made & seeing where lines are drawn or crossed. I like the 'what if'. I like the hurt & the fight beyond what someone is to what they could become & I like seeing how they live with themselves once they get there. I'd take a world that's sleek & dingy & hard peopled with giants & zealots & madman, preying upon the unassuming & the yet to flourish & the too damned cussed to give up over a whole truckload of fluffy treacle.
But that's just me, I suppose.
In case I haven't mentioned it & you somehow failed to notice in any of my earlier missives, I am, in fact, a big geek. Particulary I loooove science fiction, hence the show list above. I like Sarah Connor, I like Terminator in general. Coulda lived without 3, I suppose, but i'm hoping Salvation makes up for it. Sarah herself is a great character. She's a tough chick I that was hard to find in a lotta media for a while without it coming out all campy. It's gotta be hard being her, putting up not just a tough as nails front but nearly a tough as Wolverine front. She's pretty firmly in the 'has destiny thrust upon them' camp & is doing what she can about it, even with this giant, ticking clock looming over her life. And yet, beneath it all, if you dig deep....ok, really deep, there's still a little glimmer of who she was before it all; the sometimes silly Sarah, the talks tough but is unwilling to kill just because she could (and sometimes maybe even should) Sarah.
Anyway, I'm wandering somewhat off the, rather sketchy, path I had to begin with, aren't I? Sorry. I'm tired & I get kinda stream of consciousnees when my brain starts winding down for the night. One thing I noticed about terminator though, and a lot of other stories - Harry Potter & Eragon just to name a couple, you ever notice how the villains create their own destruction? If Skynet hadn't sent someone back to kill Sarah, she never woulda had John, or gained the fortitude to fight like she has & teach him everything he'll use to try to take them down. HP too; if Voldemort heard the prophesy & just shrugged it off saying 'well, I'll cross that bridge when I come to it & besides, I'm me & that's some kid & no way that'll happen', Harry'd been just some random, ordinary wizarding kid.
I realize from the audience perspective, that without some initial catalyst that sets the villain down the path, which in turn creates their would be destroyer, there'd be no story. Still... ya gotta wonder , from the character's perspective, how different things'd been if they just let stuff be.
In other news, my X-Men game is about to make a full changeover to a whole new setting. I'm rather excited. In the new place there'll be lots of different places to see & expiriences to try, plus the structure is drifting away from a school somewhat which should open all sorts of new avenues to write. I'm the current mapmaker for our new digs as well. And, once they were finished, I was asked about coming up with a picture to go along with. I been trying out a 3d modeling program, a thing which I'd never tried before. If you ever have the chance....Don't. Lol, ok, maybe not don't, but if you're new to it, realize it's gonna take a while & there'll be lots & lots of stumbling blocks along the way.
Alright, my brain has just about closed up shop for the night, so I should go. i just wanted to post & say hey (and, it would seem, a few other things as well) since I hadn't been able to get on revently. Next time, I promise, I'll try to have an actual topic.
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Still Alive & Still Tech Impaired
Well, my 'I need new tech' fund is a bit fatter than when last I posted, but it's slow going. Anybody else find it a cruel twist of irony that there are such astounding sales going & still nobody has the cash to take part? Cuz I do. I hope this missive finds you all well & lemme just say a quick hello to my newest blog follower. Hello!
I'm still having trouble getting things going when trying to actually write things out on paper, so instead (and yes, I know this won't improve my word counts any) I've been reading a lot. I just finished Son of a Witch, the sequel to Wicked. They're an interesting take on the world of Oz & a good example of how the same events can be taken from differing directions.
How 'bout you? Read anything good lately?
I'm still having trouble getting things going when trying to actually write things out on paper, so instead (and yes, I know this won't improve my word counts any) I've been reading a lot. I just finished Son of a Witch, the sequel to Wicked. They're an interesting take on the world of Oz & a good example of how the same events can be taken from differing directions.
How 'bout you? Read anything good lately?
Friday, January 16, 2009
My Life in (Technological) Exile
Hallooooo blogosphere! My computer is still dead, which may sound obvious, but it's made miraculous ressurections before. I've started my 'Gawd, how I need new tech!!' fund, but it'll be a while yet. Beyond that, I'm fine save a lingering bit of a cold & nearly succumbing to actual cold outside. I don't know where you live, gentle reader, but it's a startling realization when it occurrs to you that you could climb into your own deep freeze & be warmer (by something like 25+ degrees!) than it is outside! Yikes! I hope if you're in the clutches of this as well you're out there somewhere with extra socks, lots of cocoa & a nice blanket.
I've been trying to make some ground on my story, but I just can't seem to get the same momentum going with a pen & paper as I do when I type. Does anybody else have this as well? A preferred format where things just flow or one where everything is a complete slog? I'm trying, I've been working on little details rather than the whole picture in the hopes that it'll jog things. I've also done a little sketching because sometimes for me, it's helpful to be able to actually look at a char. I shall perceviere & I hope wherever you are, your pieces are going well.
Missing my computer...and the lovely rhythm of clicking keys...and talking to all of you.
I've been trying to make some ground on my story, but I just can't seem to get the same momentum going with a pen & paper as I do when I type. Does anybody else have this as well? A preferred format where things just flow or one where everything is a complete slog? I'm trying, I've been working on little details rather than the whole picture in the hopes that it'll jog things. I've also done a little sketching because sometimes for me, it's helpful to be able to actually look at a char. I shall perceviere & I hope wherever you are, your pieces are going well.
Missing my computer...and the lovely rhythm of clicking keys...and talking to all of you.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
And the Universe Provides
I know that 'where do you get your ideas?' is a constant question asked of writers & for me, it tends to be from odd places. My NaNo this year started from seeing a commercial for disposable razors, lol. And this morning, I had a new notion for a new project...courtesy of my flooded basement. Yep, I mean it.
Ya see, it's like this, a while back I'd mentioned my truly obnoxious neighbors & I'd mentioned having them in my NaNo. As it happens, they didn't make it in the book but one of you out there had suggested having them have radioactive stuff in amongst the junk in the yard. I liked that idea & think it has potential. Just recently, those neighbors got evicted & the cheers of a grateful neighborhood rang out around the street. I assumed, quite wrongly it seems, that with their hasty departure they'd no longer be a problem. Oh, what little I know.
I came home the other day & when it got to be time for supper, a brief foray was made to the basement to get something out of the freezer, only to find about 4 inches of standing water in my usually dry basement. Nothing appeared to be dripping, there wasn't any sounds of water anywhere. After a bit of looking around, I noticed there was water pouring down the outside of the neighbor's house, below their kitchen, where the house wall met the basement. The cops came out, because who else are you going to call when the legal owner is an out of town bank & it's late on a Saturday afternoon. He looked around & discovered that, on the side of the house opposite mine, one of the basement windows was missing & upon looking inside, saw about four feet of standing water.
Yeah... I was overjoyed.
On the plus side, the cop called in a couple of city guys who came out & shut the main off & may have even drained a bit (I'm not sure what all they did, as it was darkening by then & raining. Not ideal observation conditions really). So, you may be saying "wow...that does suck. But what's it got to do with your writing?" Well, I'll tell you, smartypants...It got me thinking, that's what. Like, were it clean & not full of dingy junk, were it sealed properly & not dripping down the side of the house to soak the surrounding ground so much as to make it leak into other houses & were it not, ya know...the middle of December in an underground room with an open window, for just a minute, that could be kinda fun. Imagine if you didn't have to worry about cleanup or wrecking things or drowning the circuit breaker or anything & could just walk down the stairs & jump in. That'd be kinda fun, on paper at least.
So that's got me thinking...what kind of people might intentionally have a basement full of water? And my first thought was, a family with a mermaid. And what kind of family would have a mermaid? An odd kind, I'd imagine, at least by outside appearances. So, for my next project, I think I'm going to write about a family with a strange secret swimming in their basement & see what other oddities I find.
Whatcha think?
In other news, I got to right an ST post for my game last night! Storyteller (ST) posts are far reaching, plot posts rather than individual char pieces as I usually do. I've done ST posts a couple times before, but not very often. This one is exciting, because it's an ST post for a little side plot I'm actually running. That's a new one. I've got a li'l adventure cooked up to keep people busy over Christmas that'll segue nicely into the main plot after Christmas. So, that should be fun.
Ya see, it's like this, a while back I'd mentioned my truly obnoxious neighbors & I'd mentioned having them in my NaNo. As it happens, they didn't make it in the book but one of you out there had suggested having them have radioactive stuff in amongst the junk in the yard. I liked that idea & think it has potential. Just recently, those neighbors got evicted & the cheers of a grateful neighborhood rang out around the street. I assumed, quite wrongly it seems, that with their hasty departure they'd no longer be a problem. Oh, what little I know.
I came home the other day & when it got to be time for supper, a brief foray was made to the basement to get something out of the freezer, only to find about 4 inches of standing water in my usually dry basement. Nothing appeared to be dripping, there wasn't any sounds of water anywhere. After a bit of looking around, I noticed there was water pouring down the outside of the neighbor's house, below their kitchen, where the house wall met the basement. The cops came out, because who else are you going to call when the legal owner is an out of town bank & it's late on a Saturday afternoon. He looked around & discovered that, on the side of the house opposite mine, one of the basement windows was missing & upon looking inside, saw about four feet of standing water.
Yeah... I was overjoyed.
On the plus side, the cop called in a couple of city guys who came out & shut the main off & may have even drained a bit (I'm not sure what all they did, as it was darkening by then & raining. Not ideal observation conditions really). So, you may be saying "wow...that does suck. But what's it got to do with your writing?" Well, I'll tell you, smartypants...It got me thinking, that's what. Like, were it clean & not full of dingy junk, were it sealed properly & not dripping down the side of the house to soak the surrounding ground so much as to make it leak into other houses & were it not, ya know...the middle of December in an underground room with an open window, for just a minute, that could be kinda fun. Imagine if you didn't have to worry about cleanup or wrecking things or drowning the circuit breaker or anything & could just walk down the stairs & jump in. That'd be kinda fun, on paper at least.
So that's got me thinking...what kind of people might intentionally have a basement full of water? And my first thought was, a family with a mermaid. And what kind of family would have a mermaid? An odd kind, I'd imagine, at least by outside appearances. So, for my next project, I think I'm going to write about a family with a strange secret swimming in their basement & see what other oddities I find.
Whatcha think?
In other news, I got to right an ST post for my game last night! Storyteller (ST) posts are far reaching, plot posts rather than individual char pieces as I usually do. I've done ST posts a couple times before, but not very often. This one is exciting, because it's an ST post for a little side plot I'm actually running. That's a new one. I've got a li'l adventure cooked up to keep people busy over Christmas that'll segue nicely into the main plot after Christmas. So, that should be fun.
Saturday, December 13, 2008
And Now For Something Completely Different
So, it's done & I'm a little iffy on the idea. It seems both fabulous & very odd that it's done. The story i used this year is one that'd been kicking around in the back of my head for a couple of years now & to actually have it out & completed... is strange. It's been on my mind for so long & now it's gone, like a song that finally quits playing after being stuck in your head for ages. Good, but just a bit jarring when you notice it's absence.
CJ, it is fairly nice, yes. Both energizing & a little serene. But alas, no rest for the wicked. My ML talked me into doing NaNoFiMo & now that I've finished with this year's book, I'm dragging out an old one, my NaNo form '03. And I've gotta say... I'm a bit trepidatious about opening the thing. While I am rather interested to see what I can make of this year's during rewrites, I'm less sure about the old one. Yes, I know, it'll never get finished until I reread it & start writing, It's been ages since I read it & I'm afraid I'll open it & hate it or won't be able to get back into the mindset to finish.
I know, I know...nothing for it but to open the bloody thing & get started.
So, dear readers, have you ever had a project you had trouble starting or sticking to? Any favorite tricks when starting rewrites?
CJ, it is fairly nice, yes. Both energizing & a little serene. But alas, no rest for the wicked. My ML talked me into doing NaNoFiMo & now that I've finished with this year's book, I'm dragging out an old one, my NaNo form '03. And I've gotta say... I'm a bit trepidatious about opening the thing. While I am rather interested to see what I can make of this year's during rewrites, I'm less sure about the old one. Yes, I know, it'll never get finished until I reread it & start writing, It's been ages since I read it & I'm afraid I'll open it & hate it or won't be able to get back into the mindset to finish.
I know, I know...nothing for it but to open the bloody thing & get started.
So, dear readers, have you ever had a project you had trouble starting or sticking to? Any favorite tricks when starting rewrites?
Friday, November 28, 2008
Happy 50th Post!!
Wow, I know it may not seem like a big landmark in the blogging world where some have posted for years, but....wow. I don't think if you took all the logs, journals & diaries I've attempted to keep & rolled them all up together they wouldn't make 50 posts, lol.
Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate it. I hope you all had wonderful dinners & some memorable moments with whoever you shared the day with.
Anyway, I have to get back to the book, time's running short. I'm writing till the words start to swim because my afternoon's going to get blown via my Grandparents' annual 'oh god...what're we gonna do with all this stuff?! Come help up eat some of these leftovers!' annual leftovover purge, lol. It's the sequel to a nice meal & a little extra time with everybody, which is great, but not real conducive to adding words. So today, take a little time, have a nice turkey sandwich, then go write.
Does a looming deadline, rushing up to meet you help or hinder your writing?
Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate it. I hope you all had wonderful dinners & some memorable moments with whoever you shared the day with.
Anyway, I have to get back to the book, time's running short. I'm writing till the words start to swim because my afternoon's going to get blown via my Grandparents' annual 'oh god...what're we gonna do with all this stuff?! Come help up eat some of these leftovers!' annual leftovover purge, lol. It's the sequel to a nice meal & a little extra time with everybody, which is great, but not real conducive to adding words. So today, take a little time, have a nice turkey sandwich, then go write.
Does a looming deadline, rushing up to meet you help or hinder your writing?
Friday, November 21, 2008
A 10k Weekend
On the NaNo site, one of the places I frequent in the Writers' Groups forum is the Cauldron Cafe. One of the other Cafers suggested having a 10k weekend & I'm gonna try for it. An extra 10k from where I am now would put me almost on schedule again. Anybody else interested?
What's the most you've been able to add to your novel in a single block? Mine's about 6k, I had a 6k day this year & felt both exhausted & at the same time, pretty spectacular afterwards, lol.
Oh! Also, I had an idea last night. One of the recent Pep Talks mentioned that if you're stuck you should do whatever will cause the most trouble for your chars & I'm taking that advice to heart. I've had a little sideline scene I've been trying to place & it hit me that now, I have a home for it. One of my pairs of characters are done with their leg of the quest while the other two are still only halfway through. I've been cycling through each pairing & was a complete loss as to what to do once I got back to Bram & Gus, as they're cooling their heels back at the diner again. This is where the twist I'd been holding on to comes in. I'd been planning to have an alligator tattooed guy heist the diner at some point, I just didn't know when. Well, I think now's the time. What's more, I think he's gonna snake the map Bram & Gus just brought back.
That should make things interesting as the map in question shows the location of all the gods left on Earth. And, with that map, Gus, Bram & all the rest were going to be able to suss out the next target for death/disappearance, but now they'll have to decide to go after the thief or wait around & see where the 'destroyer' hits next. Either road has some pretty decent potential.
What's the most you've been able to add to your novel in a single block? Mine's about 6k, I had a 6k day this year & felt both exhausted & at the same time, pretty spectacular afterwards, lol.
Oh! Also, I had an idea last night. One of the recent Pep Talks mentioned that if you're stuck you should do whatever will cause the most trouble for your chars & I'm taking that advice to heart. I've had a little sideline scene I've been trying to place & it hit me that now, I have a home for it. One of my pairs of characters are done with their leg of the quest while the other two are still only halfway through. I've been cycling through each pairing & was a complete loss as to what to do once I got back to Bram & Gus, as they're cooling their heels back at the diner again. This is where the twist I'd been holding on to comes in. I'd been planning to have an alligator tattooed guy heist the diner at some point, I just didn't know when. Well, I think now's the time. What's more, I think he's gonna snake the map Bram & Gus just brought back.
That should make things interesting as the map in question shows the location of all the gods left on Earth. And, with that map, Gus, Bram & all the rest were going to be able to suss out the next target for death/disappearance, but now they'll have to decide to go after the thief or wait around & see where the 'destroyer' hits next. Either road has some pretty decent potential.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Yep, still writing
Ok, I'm still going! Oh & cuz she just crossed the 50k threshold today, gotta give a shout out to Silke! *applauds* I knew you could do it!!
Just logged about 400 new words & I thought I pop in for a sec. I want to hit 30k tonight. Last night was fun & I was half tempted to keep running with the scene I was in, but it was time to check in on one of the other groups. Last night was also interesting because it's the closest in some ways to my actual life. In it we discover that Zhi & Josh have a long standing on again, off again thing. I have someone like that in my RL; a guy that's been anything from friend on, who there've been times I spent all my time with him & others I haven't spoken to him in years. There are days, tho' not nearly as many as there used to be, lol, that I wish things were different & we could be together, tho' I know that once the initial excitement wore off, I'd be miserable again, lol. And there are days when I just wanna smack the crap outta him, LOL. That's kinda where Zhi & Josh are. I'm not certain just yet where they'll end up on the spectrum. I'm so accustomed to writing superheroes & spacemen & things wholly removed from my life, it was interesting pulling something real.
Ok, I'm gonna stop for an hour to grab some supper & Survivor time. I know, lol, it's dumb, but it's fun. Anyway, I'll see you later after I'm done for the night. Happy noveling!
Have you ever pulled a direct real life sorce into your writing? Tell us about it.
Just logged about 400 new words & I thought I pop in for a sec. I want to hit 30k tonight. Last night was fun & I was half tempted to keep running with the scene I was in, but it was time to check in on one of the other groups. Last night was also interesting because it's the closest in some ways to my actual life. In it we discover that Zhi & Josh have a long standing on again, off again thing. I have someone like that in my RL; a guy that's been anything from friend on, who there've been times I spent all my time with him & others I haven't spoken to him in years. There are days, tho' not nearly as many as there used to be, lol, that I wish things were different & we could be together, tho' I know that once the initial excitement wore off, I'd be miserable again, lol. And there are days when I just wanna smack the crap outta him, LOL. That's kinda where Zhi & Josh are. I'm not certain just yet where they'll end up on the spectrum. I'm so accustomed to writing superheroes & spacemen & things wholly removed from my life, it was interesting pulling something real.
Ok, I'm gonna stop for an hour to grab some supper & Survivor time. I know, lol, it's dumb, but it's fun. Anyway, I'll see you later after I'm done for the night. Happy noveling!
Have you ever pulled a direct real life sorce into your writing? Tell us about it.
Friday, November 14, 2008
Ouch...
That dull thus you may have heard a few days back was me running directly into the dreaded Second Week slump. It's a delightful little combo platter of 'Ok...now what?!?' with my plot & my brain deciding 'what? We're not technically behind until Thursday!' Last week I was so gunning for 20k, and the closer I got, the more & faster I wrote. Since then I've done just over 1,000.
So, let that be a lesson to you; setting a big goal in NaNo is great. Reaching it feels AWESOME! But, once you climb that mountain, don't get complacent, there's another peak right behind it, so pick up you pack & move!
What's your best tip for unblocking/keeping momentum?
So, let that be a lesson to you; setting a big goal in NaNo is great. Reaching it feels AWESOME! But, once you climb that mountain, don't get complacent, there's another peak right behind it, so pick up you pack & move!
What's your best tip for unblocking/keeping momentum?
Thursday, November 13, 2008
New Day, New Chapter
Yesterday was a bit of a mess, I realize. Sorry 'bout that. If you listen very, very closely when reading yesterday's last you'll realize that there's a clanging fading into the distance. That clang you hear is me deciding on something big & then running full tilt at the stretch of faultless adamantium that is the rest of reality.
I decided, I ran, I bounced off that wall hard enough to make even Wolverine's head spin for a moment or two. And, in that moment or two, dazed & spinning & half deaf from the fresh clanging reverberating in my ears...I went a li'l bats for a few. And then, I wrote about it. I promise, I shall endeavor to keep my meltdowns to a bare minimum, lol, unless they'd just make really good reading & then you may get them anyhow.
So, back to work. The last few days have made progress on the novel, though it's been slow. In the last three days I've written no more than 500 words a day on it. I'm not too upset as it's not a complete stall, but I'm not thrilled either. I'm trying to make a point of writing at least something every day. If it's 200 words instead of 2000, well at least it's 200 more than had been there before.
I think I'm also giving up my word counter. Lol, to allay all the 'no!, you can't do that!' I just heard from the room (along with a few snarky 'well, that'd be pretty stupid!') let me explain. I don't mean entirely, I just mean I'm taking it off the toolbar & leaving back where I have to actually go get it. That way, I hope, I won't be so tempted to hit it every other paragraph.
Today's word is: sanguine.
Ever had a writing meltdown? What set yours off? Bad word count? RL messes? Chars that are screaming for a timeout? Conversely, any writing triumphs? Deciding to become a professional? Seeing your name in print? Just a really great bit of dialog? Let us know, we love stories here ;)
I decided, I ran, I bounced off that wall hard enough to make even Wolverine's head spin for a moment or two. And, in that moment or two, dazed & spinning & half deaf from the fresh clanging reverberating in my ears...I went a li'l bats for a few. And then, I wrote about it. I promise, I shall endeavor to keep my meltdowns to a bare minimum, lol, unless they'd just make really good reading & then you may get them anyhow.
So, back to work. The last few days have made progress on the novel, though it's been slow. In the last three days I've written no more than 500 words a day on it. I'm not too upset as it's not a complete stall, but I'm not thrilled either. I'm trying to make a point of writing at least something every day. If it's 200 words instead of 2000, well at least it's 200 more than had been there before.
I think I'm also giving up my word counter. Lol, to allay all the 'no!, you can't do that!' I just heard from the room (along with a few snarky 'well, that'd be pretty stupid!') let me explain. I don't mean entirely, I just mean I'm taking it off the toolbar & leaving back where I have to actually go get it. That way, I hope, I won't be so tempted to hit it every other paragraph.
Word counting every other paragraph; rather that at the end of a session/the end of the day, may sound helpful, but to me it isn't. You type away & it feels like you've been going forever because this bit is just flying or that one drags so long. And then, all excited & knowing you've written acres of words, you check you count & find...yeah, not so much. Your mind (and sometimes your fingers) felt like you'd just put miles behind you until that little total popped up to burst your bubble. So, give
the count a rest for a bit. It'll be waiting for you at the end of the day.
Today's word is: sanguine.
Ever had a writing meltdown? What set yours off? Bad word count? RL messes? Chars that are screaming for a timeout? Conversely, any writing triumphs? Deciding to become a professional? Seeing your name in print? Just a really great bit of dialog? Let us know, we love stories here ;)
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Time for a TIMEOUT
A few days ago, a NaNo friend of mine was struggling a bit & I mentioned it (see: An Interlude for Talking Pep & Tips). Well recently, she had a bit more trouble:
Me: How's things?
Her: Not so good...and then again, not so bad.
Me: ok, well not so bad is...well, not so bad. Lol. What about the not so good bit? What's up?
Her: You know the way they tell potential parents that bonding can sometimes take a while and often takes place the first time they see the baby?
Me: LOL, yeah?
Her: Well, I've seen my baby and it still feels like a strange being from another planet.
Me: Oh honey....give the kid some time. Creation takes some growing room & a li'l mental readjustment. LOL, sorry...I don't mean to make light, but that's a really great analogy.
Her: I guess the biggest prolem I have is that I keep comparing this brat to the others I had before. They were so well behaved. This one is a monster
Me: Well, everybody has that one kid that makes your parents snicker & go 'ha! Retribution is mine!!' ya know? lol. Try seeing the good side to the 'kid'. Headstrong? That just means they have a story to tell you. Dragging it's little feet? More time for deeper exposition on things. Etc, etc.
Her: That's what been keeping me going. Even for all the complaining I am doing I haven't quit yet so somethign IS going right. I've even managed to keep to my minimum daily word count of 2K. I'm not writing today.... I'm making a day of being at 18,124
Me: that's ok. Sometimes a little time off is necessary.
Sometimes, even a parent needs a time out. It gives you a moment to step away from your current frustrations & gain some much needed perspective. After that, you can come back refreshed & less inclined to throttle the little darling into submission. And take it easy, on both of you. There's nothing you can write that's so bad that it can't be worked out in rewrites, which can be just as cathartic & infinitely cheaper than family counseling.
Just remember, don't step away for too long. It's much easier to fall out of a writing routine than it is to get back into one. Besides, you wouldn't want the kid to go around destroying the furniture while you weren't looking, would you? So once in a while, take a day, refresh, gain perspective, rest. And then, get back to work. These kids don't raise themselves ;)
"The pride of men, of parents as well, makes us believe that anything we create we can control. Whether from clay or metal, it is in the nature of us to create our own monsters. Our children are alloys of our own imperfect flesh. We animate them with magic & never truly know what they'll do.'' - Sarah Connor, 'Queen's Gambit - Sarah Connor Chronicles'
Got a story about when your writing behaved like an unruly little brat? Tell us about it in the Comments Section. Any favorite literary 'parenting' techniques?
Me: How's things?
Her: Not so good...and then again, not so bad.
Me: ok, well not so bad is...well, not so bad. Lol. What about the not so good bit? What's up?
Her: You know the way they tell potential parents that bonding can sometimes take a while and often takes place the first time they see the baby?
Me: LOL, yeah?
Her: Well, I've seen my baby and it still feels like a strange being from another planet.
Me: Oh honey....give the kid some time. Creation takes some growing room & a li'l mental readjustment. LOL, sorry...I don't mean to make light, but that's a really great analogy.
Her: I guess the biggest prolem I have is that I keep comparing this brat to the others I had before. They were so well behaved. This one is a monster
Me: Well, everybody has that one kid that makes your parents snicker & go 'ha! Retribution is mine!!' ya know? lol. Try seeing the good side to the 'kid'. Headstrong? That just means they have a story to tell you. Dragging it's little feet? More time for deeper exposition on things. Etc, etc.
Her: That's what been keeping me going. Even for all the complaining I am doing I haven't quit yet so somethign IS going right. I've even managed to keep to my minimum daily word count of 2K. I'm not writing today.... I'm making a day of being at 18,124
Me: that's ok. Sometimes a little time off is necessary.
Sometimes, even a parent needs a time out. It gives you a moment to step away from your current frustrations & gain some much needed perspective. After that, you can come back refreshed & less inclined to throttle the little darling into submission. And take it easy, on both of you. There's nothing you can write that's so bad that it can't be worked out in rewrites, which can be just as cathartic & infinitely cheaper than family counseling.
Just remember, don't step away for too long. It's much easier to fall out of a writing routine than it is to get back into one. Besides, you wouldn't want the kid to go around destroying the furniture while you weren't looking, would you? So once in a while, take a day, refresh, gain perspective, rest. And then, get back to work. These kids don't raise themselves ;)
"The pride of men, of parents as well, makes us believe that anything we create we can control. Whether from clay or metal, it is in the nature of us to create our own monsters. Our children are alloys of our own imperfect flesh. We animate them with magic & never truly know what they'll do.'' - Sarah Connor, 'Queen's Gambit - Sarah Connor Chronicles'
Got a story about when your writing behaved like an unruly little brat? Tell us about it in the Comments Section. Any favorite literary 'parenting' techniques?
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