Stop snowing!

[pjthompson]

Quote of the day:

"The power of the word includes the power to name, misname, rename, manipulate, twist into desired shape not only matter but mind."

—Thomas Fitzsimmons

Christmas torment of the day, part deux: I was critting Miq Faure's chapter 11 which featured snow falling, so of course my Xmas earworm of yesterday started up again. Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow...

Writing blah-blah of the day: I have accepted that every chapter until I finish Night Warrior is probably going to suck turkey toes because I'm pushing through regardless and will fix it in the rewrites. I accept that, I accept that, I accept that. Ommmmm.

Having said that, today's writing session felt somewhat less sucky than the day before. Picking up where I left off, tomorrow will either be verrry interesting or an absolute torment. We'll see, won't we?

Suckiness of the day: Much nodding and scowling and snapping and sighing; lots of talking and hashing out and discussing and chipping in; inappropriate character riffs.

Things I thought of blogging about today: A tirade on the terrible traffic I've acquired in my nightly drive home since moving.

Why I didn't blog it: It's bad enough driving through it, fer cryin' out loud!

Picture of the day:





Strange girls. Sort of the creed I live by.



Where I used to work. The buildings in the background have come down now, too.

Comments

[jandersoncoats.livejournal.com]

Much nodding and scowling and snapping and sighing; lots of talking and hashing out and discussing and chipping in

Yeah, there seems to be a lot of that going around. I got rid of lots of that today myself.

[merebrillante.livejournal.com]

Wait a minute -- you mean that there's supposed to be something other than that in a novel?

Shit.

[pjthompson]

No, she's clearly delusional because otherwise why would I have so much of this crap in my masterpiece. It's that demon hillbilly tree affecting her mind.

[jandersoncoats.livejournal.com]

Look at it this way: cuts down one's word count. And I need that way whole bunches.

[pjthompson]

I needed it way whole bunches on my last novel and I'll probably need on this one. :-(

[pjthompson]

Is that an icon of someone eating the hillbilly tree?

[merebrillante.livejournal.com]

Maybe it's someone vomiting a hillbilly tree. Think positive.

[pjthompson]

There isn't enough pork fat in the world...

[merebrillante.livejournal.com]

Blasphemer! Blasphemer!

[pjthompson]

I come from good Ozark stock. I was thirty before I learned you could eat green beans without bacon.

[jandersoncoats.livejournal.com]

It's actually Fire Head Guy trying to destroy you as you go through the maze.

I should ask the kiddo to make "eating the hillbilly tree" with his medium of choice, Microsoft Paint. It would illustrate the ongoing saga quite nicely.

[pjthompson]

That would be extremely cool, because Fire Head Guy is way cool.

[raecarson.livejournal.com]

Tell Miq to get an lj account. (Just cuz, yanno, we haven't brought it up in a while...) *plots Miq's downfall with Pam*

[frigg.livejournal.com]

erhmmm...I brought it up just last week. Twice! *lol*

[raecarson.livejournal.com]

Er... *plots Miq's demise with Pam and May*

[pjthompson]

She's strong--but we'll wear her down yet.

Thx for the crit, btw. (I'm behind on everything these days.)

[pjthompson]

Been telling her and telling her. I even tried to seduce her to the dark side by explaining that she could use her LJ account to link OWW to the complete synopsis for her novel she's been wanting to post. But, alas, that girl's got Willpower.

[frigg.livejournal.com]

Look! Look! She posted in my lj: http://www.livejournal.com/users/frigg/160723.html

[pjthompson]

A Miq sighting! A Miq sighting!