October 2006

Germs Go Home!

Like it isn’t bad enough yet.ย  I took a day and a half off of work to go to San Francisco.ย  I have things due for the district, and I’m not done with things for the school.ย  New lady at work is taking a four-month medical leave, and we’re supposed to have construction AND my […]

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Cheeky Little Bastard

Cheeky Little Bastard

Yeah, I know, normally I wouldn’t whine about this. Yes, Joss is little.ย  Not as short as Taro, but delicately-built.ย  And cheeky?ย  Oh hell yeah.ย  Bastard?ย  Well, I don’t really know his back-story that well. 859 words.ย  Because he will not shut up. *sigh*ย  Yeah, I know, normally I wouldn’t whine about this.ย  But look

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Home Again

I think that was worth it. Holy shit, what a journey.ย  It was even worse in reverse.ย  By the time we staggered in the door after traveling nine hours…yoiks. Let’s just say no one got bitten, and that’s a miracle.ย  But we’re home, and it was fun, and I’m pretty sure it was worth it.ย 

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[censored] pushy, obnoxious, overbearing…

[censored] pushy, obnoxious, overbearing...

No, not the con-goers. They’re some of the politest freaks you could ever hope to meet. I’m talking about my characters. Yes, one in particular. Joss Ravid was little more than a name last week; I came up with him to round out Taro’s survival course for my NaNovel. (Novel written during National Novel Writing

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Adventure!!

So we don’t know the place.ย  So we only have limited funds and limited time and we don’t know what the hell we’re doing. You don’t think that’s going to keep us in the hotel, do you? I, KD the intrepid, vowed not.ย  (KD the coward was sleeping in, and KD the reasonable hadn’t had

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Hurry Up and Wait

Get up, go to work.ย  Three hours, come home.ย  Go to shuttle.ย  Wait nearly half an hour.ย  Ride an hour and a half to Phoenix.ย  Wait nearly two hours to board.ย Fly for an hour and a half.ย  ย Find the right bus, ride to the train.ย  An HOUR on the train, wait at the airport for

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Stupid Plot Tricks

Quoting from this site: A plot doesn’t have to be new. It just has to be new to the reader. In fact, it doesn’t even have to be new to the reader. It just has to get past him. (It helps if the story’s moving fast and there’s lots of other interesting stuff going on.)

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