the power of me

I started HOUSE OF CARDS today. Honestly, I really did not think I would get anywhere near quota. I figured I might hit 3K and I’d be satisfied with that. That would finish the chapter I had a couple hundred words on, and I thought that would be a nice get-back-in-the-saddle start. Except I wrote like 3400 words and then, well, hell, it was only another 1600 to quota. So I ended up with 5100 words today and I am very very smug about it. Best of all, I had…

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notes

20s dress knickerbockers (i don’t even know what they’re FOR, but they’re kinda cute) a dressy 20s era dress a good 40s blouse Not that I have any reason to have any of those things. Still. fashionfabrics looks like it might be a good place for fabrics. actual clothes from jpeterman, that i covet: knit top, linen blouse, middy blouse or primavera blouse,or tie-front dress. I already bought a trumpet skirt pattern, and Deborah put this idea of a very flowy skirt to contrast with the corset if I ever…

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FIREBIRD giveaway!

I’d have done this on my earlier post if I’d had slightly more brain, but silly me didn’t think of it. I have selected 3 wonderful and amazing numbers between 1 and 500. I’ll send signed copies of FIREBIRD to the 3 people who get closest to the numbers; you only get to guess once. Contest ends in about 24 hours, or as close to it as I log on tomorrow. And if you don’t win and can’t stand the wait, you can buy FIREBIRD here, through eHarlequin, right now.…

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…tomorrow…

*mumbles* Tomorrow, I’m going to start HOUSE OF CARDS… Well, today I’m at least going to finish reading HoS and do a little bit of fiddly stuff on HoC, anyway. I slept like the dead for about 10 hours last night and feel much better. And it is an really beautiful day, so if I don’t get a lot done on writing but do get outside to walk the dog and exercise a little I’ll consider it a win. OH HEY LOOK I GOT BOOKS! Copies of FIREBIRD DECEPTION arrived…

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