busy day

Today was one of those days where I was too busy doing other things to write. Only it turns out that if you get up around 7:30am or so, and start being productive more or less right away, even if you’re too busy doing other things to write, you still have enough time to write. I’d accomplished all sorts of things by 12:30, and was sort of bewildered that it was only 12:30. So I got half a new chapter written today: a little less than I hoped, quite a…

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I am not procrastinating.

I am eating breakfast. There’s a big difference! As soon as I have finished eating breakfast I will turn off this computer and go to work. Really. :) Lucy has become such a tubby kitty that chasing a piece of string makes her wheezy. I’m going to go find some low-fat cat food, or possibly just some not-for-the-delicate-of-bowel-Zilli cat food, and start feeding the cats separately and on a schedule. None of us will like that at all, but it won’t hurt any of us, either. (Now if someone would…

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two week challenge warning

For thems as wants to play, I’ll be running another 2 week challenge from March 19-30 (or maybe 18th-31st, depending on how weekend warrior I’m feeling). I’m going to try to get my revisions put together by the end of this week so I can make a forward charge on the book, probably aiming for a chapter a day or something like that. I’ll be keeping tabs on , as usual, and anyone who wishes to participate is encouraged to do so. :) Meanwhile, I got about 500 words written…

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the first cut…

I’m sitting here trying to talk myself into making the first, necessary, cut on my manuscript. I’ve already taken a couple pages of notes and stricken things out on the paper copy, but attacking the electronic copy is so…final. It means that yes, in fact, I have accepted that I must move chapter five to chapter two and cut most of the original chapter 2-4 and somehow stitch it into place so it works and write a completely different scenario to bring in one of the characters and throw in…

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geek toys

just a note to self: a couple of new rogue statues i’m going to want to pick up at some point. lucky for me they’re not actually out until june. o.O miles to dunharrow: 166