I have been a young parent and am now an old parent--at 49.5 my youngest is 8.75. My oldest and youngest are 20 years apart. The thing that burns my jests the...
National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo, is an annual torture ritual which many writers choose to undertake in what is possibly the most inconvenient time...
... and so ... too ... I'm also not prone to seeing demons under doilies (as Beck once put it, and I've adored the phrase so much, I snarfed it up for personal...
... wrote: Funny you should mention that; I was just thinking earlier today that John would probably like _Flashpoint_, and that I ought to mention it to him....
... I'm assuming you mean the Cthulhu rpg; otherwise, the mental picture I'm forming here is quite funny. Not to mention very, very odd. And wrong in more...
... *Jester starts chasing Evie again* -- "That final day will fall And those who curse the sky will face the earth The many turn to one The God of Gods' own...
the beginning is a Monte Python allusion and probably wouuldn't make sense otherwise. The end of a modification of the NaNoWriMo option done in July instead of...
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I BLAME DEATH-BUNNIES-AQOS...
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And as to the cheating by taking 31 days, by my estimate, my July is shortened to about 25 days suitable for writing. I will get no writing done while working...
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I'm glad you've gotten the victory over it Evie. PTL! Anita ... From: evian_delacourt <mail2evie@...> Subject: ChristSF: Re: ADHD and Delores Umbridge ...
... *After Using Evie as a Chew Toy, Jester sets his sights on the Queen and starts running after her* -- "That final day will fall And those who curse the sky...
... The thing I love about John is that there IS a genuinely warm, caring heart under the gruff exterior! I'm sorry life has been so hard on you lately, John -...
... Great Scott, yes, whose genius idea was that? Or is it the old "we all write better under almost intolerable presure" idea? Good luck, Anne - may it go...
... Yeah, I like this one better than the one in the "Word Menu" I have - that one just lists all the words (and it's a longer list than the one here) but...
I'd love it if those of us who are liturgical who'd like to take up such projects like NaNoWriMo deep in Ordinary Time started our own version. Personally I...
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A little while ago, somebody on this list referenced a study or some such that said science fiction readers were better at picking up on foreshadowing and tiny...
Cathe, ... SHHHH! Don't tell anyone that!!! They'll start expecting me to be NIIIIIICE! Oh, and don't tell Cheryl especially. She'll expect me to start being...
Kat, ... My, that's a mental image I won't forget for a while. ;-) All right, fine... picture a guy wearing a black trenchcoat with a sword and a shortgun on...
Speaking of Rooth's new book, check her out on the Marcher Lord Press website: http://www.marcherlordpress.com/R.E.%20Bartlett.htm I just read the prologue &...
... Hey, you can be both nice and romantic in your own way - and I believe Cheryl to be a perceptive and intelligent enough person to recognize and appreciate...
... <small furry person with long white fangs grips the trigger mechanism more tightly, dilating her pupils to scan the surroundings for the enemy...the gun...
Don't know if this is what you're referring to, but science fiction readers and writers are much more facile at understanding and predicting the implications...
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Hi 4,500+ words today. Now, if I can just keep that pace and move the story along as well... I'm going to bed. Anne...
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... <grin> There are so many fun bounce-offs to that last line, that I have trouble picking one. ... <nenew nenew neow!> be excellent to each other, Beck...
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