The Write Stuff

[seldear]

It's all I do anymore: write and work and sleep and eat. No wonder I'm getting flabby.

Well, I repotted the gardenias I bought two weeks ago, and fixed the worm farm a little, swapping the various levels around. But I think the worms are eating the mat that I was using to keep the ambient light from killing them. It would be like eating the roof over your head in the middle of a snowstorm. If you ate roofs, of course. Silly worms. I might have to stick to cardboard in future instead of those mat thingies - would be cheaper.

NaNo Count: 14,607 words and on target. Maybe a day and a half ahead.

I have to get out of the habit of writing short 'chapters' from differing points of view. My first section is all one character and it spans three years. I need to develop that gradually. 'Gradually' is hard after writing fanfic, which tends to be very immediate and current and fast-moving in plot.

I'm sort of in two minds about this story. On one hand, it's an original fiction, (wow, I've written 14K words of an original fiction in a week...) On the other, I don't know how much of it is in my head and how much of it is on paper. It's a failing of thinking too much about something: I can't remember if I've done it or if it was just what I imagined myself doing.

And yes, I have aspirations to get this published when it's done - if it's ever done.

10:39pm. Bedtime!

"G'night, Australia." (is there anyone around who remembers YTT - or is it just me?)

Comments

[coltsbane.livejournal.com]

I remember YTT, so some of the older Aussie had better remember!

[chiroho.livejournal.com]

The secretary witholds all knowledge of whether or not I have any memory of YTT. I will say that I never watched it. HHIS was more my style.

And I have to say Sel, I find it hard to imagine you flabby, but I guess anything is possible. A bit of exercise is good for the soul though, so it probably wouldn't be a bad thing just to go for a walk once in a while. You can use it to rest your fingers and do your plot planning. :)

[cheekygal.livejournal.com]

It's turning cold here in Kentucky, and yesterday I wore the scarf you knit for me. :)

Silly worms. *snort* You've got to train them when they're young!

[seldearslj.livejournal.com]

It's kind of funny, I don't think any of the YTT crowd really 'made it' out in the entertainment industry with the exception of Tina Arena.

[seldearslj.livejournal.com]

HHIS came later or something, didn't it? Although that was good, too.

"pluck a duck, pluck a duck!
it's not a chicken or a cow!
pluck a duck and pluck it now!"

[seldearslj.livejournal.com]

Kentucky's too far south for snow, right?

[cheekygal.livejournal.com]

No, we get snow here. Usually it's just a small amount, but on average we have perhaps half a dozen precipitating snows each winter.

[chiroho.livejournal.com]

HHIS ran from the 9th of October 1971, through the 21st of November 1999, which is a heck of a long time.

YTT ran from 1971 through 1988. So I guess they were around at the same time.