thinks to do this weekend: – clean the downstairs bathroom (postponed) – do the HEART OF STONE AAs: –> pages 1-125 –> pages 126-250 –> pages 251-375 –> pages 376-500 – clean our bathroom (postponed) – swim on Saturday – get Petite to 31st level (postponed but maybe anyway) – arrange an anniversary getaway – go look at a house – get Chance together for submissions – swim on Sunday (not going to happen) That should be enough. eta: Or I could remember that I’m meeting for something like tea…
Eight Things meme
Okay, tagged me for this meme (because he knew I needed a distraction from the revisions *laugh*). had sort of done so already, and I was thinking of doing it, so okay, I’ve been tagged, I’ll play along. The rules are: – Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves. – People who are tagged need to write their own blog about their eight things and post these rules. – At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names.…
progressing!
Progress is progressing! I’ve revised most of two chapters this morning (and it’s only 10:15!)! Unfortunately, there’s an entire chapter between the two that’s totally unwritten, and I have to figure out what happens in it. There should be…a fight. And a Threat. Except it’s hard to see the threat being made in front of one of the two viewpo…well, no, nevermind, I can do it, because … yeah. Okay. Got it. Thanks for your help, LJ-land. :)
thank GOD
I have just hit the downward slope on revisions, at least mentally. I’m very slightly over halfway through the book and am starting to be able to add old stuff back in, although it’s still going to take a lot of revising to make it all fit. Still, the prospect of having *much* of the basic work in place (despite everything that needs to be added) for the second half of the book is a huge, huge relief. Now I just have to find a place to live. o.O
how to focus
From the wit and wisdom that is Neil Gaiman’s journal, this morning I bring you his commentary about deadlines and how to focus: The best suggestion I can make is to stop doing other things. Turn off the computer, or take a laptop somewhere they don’t have wireless. Don’t play solitaire or bring a mobile phone. Then write. It’s amazing how much time you can spend not writing, without even trying. Make a rule that you can either write, or not do anything at all. (No TV. No long baths.…