July 2003

Exhaustion Always Wins

Chapter 6 was all I got edited today.  My wild lifestyle finally caught up with me.  Of course, I’d figured that would happen eventually, and planned for a nap.  But just as I was signing off this wonderful causer of insomnia, hubby woke from his nap.  No problem, he can have the computer for a while, […]

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Kill the Adverbs!

It’s been a long day of adverb-zapping, here in editing-ville.  I got through five chapters, I think I have thirty-three to go.  BJ says it’s best to edit for one thing at a time, so first up is adverbs.  Then I will go looking for misused words, like blaster, the doc’s old name, and veterans

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Garth Brooks and Decaf Coffee

I lied yesterday, and didn’t even know it.  Today, as I was rejoicing that all my chapters were finally in the computer, I noticed that I was wrong.  So again today, my hands hurt.  I’ll survive.  This time I’m pretty sure it’s all in.  Thanks to Garth Brooks and decaf coffee, which does have caffeine,

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My Hands Hurt!

I wish I had a scanner!  And a printer, and…well, that’s okay.  I’ll get there.  I’m only complaining because I had to type two of my chapters into the computer yet again, somehow every time I have computer problems, I don’t back up those two chapters.  Just those two.  And I love those chapters.  They’re

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The Ultimate Writer's Helper!

I am so loving this! Being online is doing wonderful things for my writing. I’m getting more done this month than I have in the past two years. I’m e-mailing my writer friend, we’re discussing problems as we write, and both our stories are getting better. I take breaks to check the message boards and

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And the Not-So-Fun Parts…

Okay, it’s not always easy.  I can accept that.  I spent over an hour today chasing info on particle-beam weapons and such, to make my Marine talk like a Marine.  I finally settled on particle-beam technology because I couldn’t find anything to tell me about the options.  Every laser site I found was way too

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Mother-In-Law=Chaos!

Good Lord, I’m glad she’s gone!  What a mess!  She and hubby fought for her whole visit, the munchkin didn’t get one nap in three days, I ran off half a tank of gas running her around, and she left owing me more money than when she came.  And she wants me to think about

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