Date
Well, I’ll definitely be seeing *him* again….
Pacing
I’m always curious to see how other people write books. Mainly because mine are always such a damn mess. When I hit the 3/4 mark, I have to go back and hack apart all the pacing. It’s all about timing action scenes and shuffling POV scenes into the right order. Putting in additional POV scenes
Sex Change
The fact that the two primary folks who put Nyx back together again are men really bothers me. So one of them will be getting a sex change. I mean, not within the book (though that certainly would be something interesting to explore in this weird body-swapping world… hm…), but an authorial one. Sometimes I
My Own Ineptitude Sometimes Baffles Me
I’m applying for an apartment. I need my old landlord’s phone number. Do I have her phone number? A copy of the lease? Why, no, why on earth would I have that information! Jenn handled all that! Yeah. This is why relying on other people to handle stuff explodes in my face. I tend to
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Officially Through the Middle
I’ve officially passed through the Dreaded Middle of the book. This isn’t so much a word count thing (I thought, until I did the word count) as a scene thing. The worst is over, and now we’re going out to kick some ass. This fact does, however, neatly dovetail with this afternoon’s wordcount (still 2500
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Strange Days
Why is it that the happiest scenes are always the hardest for me to write? Maybe because, in my books, happy scenes always mean the worst is about to happen.
Back to School
I’m officially signed up for my first Economics class and my first Marketing class, paid for part and parcel by the company. How could I not take advantage of that? I’m so thrilled to be in school again, I can’t even tell you. The plan right now is to just go ahead and get the
Things I Find More Than a Little Embarrassing
Standing in line at Chipotle tonight, the one right around the U of Dayton, minding my own business…. … and then! Some jocky 20-something college kid gets in line behind me. I did not notice him at all when he walked up. Oh no, I did not notice him until I smelled him. I recognized
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Perspective
One of my coworkers announced today that he and he wife officially paid off their house yesterday. They’ve been scrimping and saving ever since they bought it to get rid of the payment. He’s 26 years old. He’s now doing research into investments. DIE PUNY HUMAN!!!! Um… next month, I’ll pay off a credit card?