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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*beams*

I’ve just had a chat conversation with Breic, who is just a little over four years old: Rosie: Mr. Breic is sitting on my lap now. Catie: Hello Mr. Breic! Rosie: hi Rosie: That was Breic! Catie: Wow! A very typing Breic! Breic: yeah Catie: How is Mr. Breic today? Did you have a good time playing outside? Breic: yeah Catie: And did you have a yummy dinner? Breic: yeah Catie: I’m glad to hear that. :) Breic: how are you Catie: I’m very good, thank you! Breic: good Catie:…

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P-Con IV report!

What a fantastic weekend. :) We got up to Dublin Friday night, found some dinner somewhere (oh, at Elephant & Castle), then headed over to the hotel to see who was about. Quite a lot of people were about, in fact, though and were on their way out, so we only spoke to them for about two seconds (that seems to be a recurring theme, somehow). However, in those two seconds, Pádraig volunteered me for the 10am “Just A Minute” quiz, because was coming in later than expected. (He’s very…

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off for the weekend

Ted and I are going up to Dublin for PCon this weekend. I don’t even know if we’re bringing the laptop, much less whether we’ll have net access, so there may be radio silence til sometime Monday afternoon. I *am* bringing Gail Dayton‘s ETERNAL ROSE, 3rd book in her One Rose trilogy, which I get to read months ahead of schedule ’cause she asked me to blurb it. Ahahaha. Sometimes being a writer is very cool. :) I’ve *really* enjoyed the first two books in the series, and am rillyrilly…

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