I’ve printed out 953 pages today. I feel like I should find another 47 to print just to make it a nice even 1000. It’s been a busy day. We got some Christmas shopping done (yay us!) and went to Office Depot to buy ALL THE PAPER IN THE WORLD, which I have used to print out the nearly-1000 pages of text today. We also bought a more studly 3-hole punch than the ones we currently own, because hey, tax writeoff! And also useful for putting scripts together. It’s really…
ye gods.
Ye gods. I have just put together a 785 page package to send to Jennifer. For those of you who ever might need to know: the 8 5/8thx11.25×4 inch mailing boxes that you can buy at Office Depot will hold 800 pages of manuscript. Well, they’ll hold 785; I’m taking the other 15 pages on faith. This thing weighs a *ton*. And it’s only two books! I need to do some rewrites on the third one before I send it! Ye gods! Ye gods and little *fishes*. If I ever…
woot!
I have next week *off*! My plan is to write. I’m going to pretend I’m a full-time writer, which means when I get up in the morning I have to go turn on the laptop, not the desktop, and make my quota (which I’m setting at 4K a day) before I do much of anything else. I also want to spend some time (in the afternoons after doing the bulk of the daily writing) doing rewrites, probably on HEART OF STONE, because it’s in the worst shape and I want…
more meme stuff
Apparently I’m avoiding work today. first real kiss: Tom B., on the flight back from New York City. Explains my irrational fondness for the Peter Allen song ‘The Best That You Can Do’. first job: That paid? Babysitting the Gagner kids when I was 12. Volunteer? Kenai Library when I was 9 and 10. first screen name: Katanya. Velvet. Storyteller. One of those. first self-purchased album: No idea at all. first piercing: ears, age 11. first true love: Rodney. first big trip: Um. Trips to Kenny Lake. First trip Outside…
friday five
1. List five things you’d like to accomplish by the end of the year. Sell ANGLES. Lose 10 pounds. Finish the rough drafts for the Zodiac series. Finish THUNDERBIRD FALLS. Edit HEART OF STONE. 2. List five people you’ve lost contact with that you’d like to hear from again. Anne Kurka. Jim Smith. Gwen Lewis. Ali-from-6th-grade-whose-last-name-I-can’t-remember. We called her Daddy Longlegs because she was very tall. Barak Humphrey. 3. List five things you’d like to learn how to do. Play guitar. Play tin whistle. Speak Gaelic. Paint. Fly a plane.…