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the postcard dilemma

Thursday, March 31st, 2005

So, I haven’t gotten my postcard back yet. And it’ll be a month on Monday.

Is this too long, or not long enough? I have no fucking clue. It eats me up to think that the manuscript got lost en route to New York. It eats me up to think that I might have screwed up with addressing or stamping my stuff.

Anyway, next Friday I’m going to send a letter with SASE. And hope I don’t piss off the submissions gods with my obsessive fretting. And hope it gets there. And hope something weird didn’t happen to the monstrosity. Like improper postage or whatever.

Grrr. Arrrr.

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chapter fourteen and fifteen-ish

Thursday, March 31st, 2005

Count: 52,443

I have to say…Ria is a lot less morose than Myr. I don’t feel like listening to Radiohead when I’m writing about Ria. Which is not to say she doesn’t have her problems. They’re just different.

Outlined some more magic stuff, renamed things. Good day.

    canta per me ne addio

    quel dolce suono

    dé passati giorni

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Lamb by Christopher Moore

Wednesday, March 30th, 2005

The “missing years” of Joshua (Jesus) as told by his best pal, Biff, are funny, adventurous, and surprisingly poignant.

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night off

Wednesday, March 30th, 2005

And this, kids, is why you should always know the person who writes your term papers for you.

A lot of commenters (usually the ones sympathetic to her) assume she’s never done this before. My experience with this sort of individual is that 99.9% of the time they’re a repeat offender. Well, she got caught bigtime — and good thing she did. She’s learning a valuable life lesson. She’ll probably — probably — be a better person for it, once the dust has settled.

And crimeny, if I had a dollar for every time I’ve heard the “you must have been talking to my little sister/brother” excuse, I’d be cruising Hawaii in my massive Arkansas-sized yacht by now.

So! I drew stuff tonight. Other than that, I had a nice night just sitting around and doing nothing. La la la. Time to go finish reading Lamb.

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chapter fourteen-ish

Tuesday, March 29th, 2005

Ended for tonight at: 50,085.

I’m halfway! WHOO! I may take tomorrow night off. Since the 14th I have written nearly a chapter a day. I have also written copious notes about world changes that have happened from 1-14. Revisions are gonna be interesting. ANd I already know how Chapter 1 is going to be different.

OMG this thing is halfway done. :P Well, first draft, at least…HA HA HAHA HA HA HA (splat).

BED!

    from the table in the corner

    they could see a world reborn

    and they rose with voices ringing….

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chapter thirteen

Tuesday, March 29th, 2005

Total: 48,203

Thirteen done. I’m going to push for the extra 1800 words tonight, because I just can’t resist.

Tonight’s writing has been brought to you by Pink Floyd, Decembrists, socialism, and the letter Scone.

    Dad has flown across the ocean,

    leaving just a memory.

    A snapshot in the family album…

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chapter twelve and thirteen-ish

Monday, March 28th, 2005

Total: 45,674. Would have made 50k if I hadn’t lost last night to headache. Ah well.

After being behind a chapter, I’m now ahead a chapter. Hmmmm. Not a big deal, but still: Hmmmm.

Line that made me laugh out loud tonight:

    I’m either dead or dreaming, Ria thought. Maybe both.

Maybe it’s just me. Kind of like the chicken thing.

I also seem to be falling in love with my heroine’s love interest. Damn it. Every time he shows up, I get all mushy-eyed. Damn it.

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chapter eleven

Sunday, March 27th, 2005

Total: 41,674

The headache got too bad last night. I went to sleep at the ungodly hour of 1 AM. I finished Eleven today, but I won’t be making goal — though I did make my original goal, and I will be damn close.

Off to practice. Back later.

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of tallships and girls

Sunday, March 27th, 2005

This is awesome. All the more so because you can volunteer to be part of the crew.

Yep. That’s the sound of me setting a new goal for the next ten years. Tallships used to sail into Dana Point harbor all the time. I’ve walked aboard them several times. I’ve dreamed of working on one in more than one story. That’s what having a sailor for a dad does to you.

I could also (hypothetically) write off working on Lady Washington as research. MAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHA.

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of horses and girls, part 2

Saturday, March 26th, 2005

Sue (the Ki West sensei) is awesome. Her horses — Kahlua, “Nori” (Aroro), Fuego, and Mesquite — are awesome. The two older ones are also awesome, but I forgot their names, though I did get to feed them.

Unfortunately, I’m having a severe allergic reaction to all that country dust, and it’s wiped me out. 50k is unlikely at this rate. I’m just too tired.

So anyway, about horses….

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