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Zero-sum games and reality TV
Followers of this blog will already be aware that I have a couple guilty pleasure reality shows categories that I watch: cooking for one, and this season I’ve been following the Glee Project. For those unfamiliar with it, they auditioned young singers with a 7-episode role on Glee next season for the winner. It was…
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Sentence conditioner
A busy weekend in the non-writing quarters of my life, and a busy week before that in revisions. I still have some spots that will need changes later in the novel, but the beginning I’m pretty happy with, so I started in on the sentence-detangling step. I have, you see, an affliction I call Convoluted…
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10,000 hours
Short update today. Head-down in the latest book 2 revisions. I encountered an interesting bit of synchronicity the other day, in that I encountered a mention of the idea of 10,000 hours of practice leading to success in two very different places. I decided to sit down and calculate out how close I was to…
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Awesome advice
Writing advice of the night, courtesy of my (non-writer) sister: Me: Dammit, I need my characters to walk into a trap, but it can’t be too obvious to the reader that’s what it is. Sister: Cover it with leaves and sticks.
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Dance!
Out visiting a friend in Colville, Washington this weekend, and got to see some Irish step dancing and listen to a really great band. I did Scottish and English Country dancing back in the day, rather than Irish, but they share some steps and have a very similar feel. It made me really long to…
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Wolf Haven
Field trip, today! I maintain it was research related. (And it was! Sorta.) I headed on down to Wolf Haven, near Olympia. I went once in middle school as part of a camp field trip, and had very pleasant memories. I was extremely impressed on how well it held up. The volunteer who led our…
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Face-eating
I’ve always wondered why faces are so tasty. As a little explanation, I saw Cowboys and Aliens yesterday. I had fun, but it wasn’t all that great as a movie, for a number of different reasons. The protagonist appeared to have had his personality surgically removed along with his memories at first, though perhaps I’m…
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Doesn’t mattermattermatter
I had a musing sort of post lined up for this week, about my Germany experience, but events of the week have offered other material. But fear not! You shall not escape it. I have it noted down for next week. I went to a see a production of Ruddigore today, which is my favorite…
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RFSS
Back for a proper post! Hopefully a concise one, because thoughts on this subject have been bubbling around in my head since I got back from Germany and read the article, but I’m within spitting distance of the end of the revision of book 2 I’m currently on, so I also want to polish that…
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Germany!
I am returned! Not over my jetlag yet, which has a lot to do with the cold my parents’ choir imported to Germany, spread amongst themselves, and then gave me as a gift to take home. In lieu of a real post, have a photo album!
Got any book recommendations?