Sillybean

Revision update

The out-of-order problem is way worse in the second half, which I knew. I still love my subplot, and I think it’s less flawed than I thought it was. The main plot is more so, but… I think I can…

Revision progress

I’ve been working on web stuff more often than not, so I’m going slowly through this, and I’m still on the first pass. Took the big pile o’ paper to the coffee shop writing group this morning, and I’m now…

On the (nick)naming of characters

Halfway-plus through Sherwood Smith’s delightful Inda, I must pause and bitch: DAW, why O why did you not include the character list in the published book? Because, Christ on a crutch! In addition to the usual firstname-lastname thing,…

Revisions. Oh joy, oh rapture.

I’ve figured out, more or less, what works and doesn’t work with the overall structure of the novel. The antagonist is barely there. The middle turning point is missing altogether, which I knew, but the first one’s pretty weak too,…

Saints preserve me

I’m going in.

stuff

My sciatic nerve is angry again. I do not like it when it’s angry.

It’s the Week of Birthdays around here. Happy birthday (in order): Mike, Ryan, David, Lisa, Wendy (UPDATE YER BLOG, GIRL), and…

Oh, look. A late-night story ambush.

How very predictable.

New words: 684
Reason for stopping: 2 a.m.

Charlie

words: 3,609 / 67,500 (5%)

*thud*

A friend pointed me to this excellent Wired article on deep sea salvages, and as I thought it about it, a chunk of novel fell into my head.

Naturally it did so after I’d gone to bed.

New words:…

Because I needed another unfinished fiction project. OH YES.

This one has a whiff of commercial appeal to it, however, so I’m indulging it for the moment.

New words: 807
Reason for stopping: freelance work calls
Sustenance: pizza!
Exercise: none today. sore from yesterday’s.
Mean…

On the bright side, Kiss Me, Kill Me was quite entertaining

The writing is going so slowly tonight that I’ve read an entire YA novel in the breaks between bouts of typing.

I generally turn to the web when I can’t stand looking at the ms anymore. After all, the…

Starting to spot the flaws in the shiny new toy

New words: 860
Reason for stopping: quota, laundry, bedtime
Sustenance: leftover lasagna
Exercise: Gym! Ow.
Note to self: After typing “s/he realized” for the fiftieth time this week, I started a list of revision notes. To…

Because I haven’t done one of these in a while

New words: 981
Reason for stopping: quota, must go get some other things done today, because that took hours
Sustenance: Raspberry tea, yummy basil-tomato cheddar I picked up at Blue Baker the other day
Exercise: BodyFlow yesterday.…

just what I needed: another story.

New words: 1068 on this story, plus 973 on a new one that mugged me at one in the morning.
Reason for stopping: quota, tired
Sustenance: Raspberry tea, Cadbury Christmas chocolates
Exercise: still none.
Mean things:…

Good night, story. Good work. Sleep well. I’ll most likely kill you in the morning…

New words: 889
Reason for stopping: quota
Sustenance: Raspberry tea
Exercise: none yet. must start up again this week.
Mean things: drugs, with side effects
Time wasters: Tetris, blogs

Novel in 90 v.3: Audrey

words: 889 / 67,500 (1%)

save some for later.

New words: 375
Reason for stopping: There’s more to this scene, but the next round of Novel in 90 starts tomorrow Tuesday, and I’m going to need a starting place. Also, I have to go help my mom…