Trying to write... again

so, the week-end was a bust writing-wise, and i now have 10 days to finish the first draft by the deadline i set for myself... it's looking like i'll have a few nights of late writing ahead, since usually i can't write anything good until 11 at night which is very, very odd... sleeping in late and getting headaches from drinking coffee at noon sucks

now, i know i said i wanted to do mermaids for this year's NaNoWriMo novel, but i started thinking about writing something about an investigative photographer getting a stalker, but more like a vampire stalker... it came to me when i was reading something about some vampire tales when they have no reflection, and then thinking that they wouldn't end up on film, either... now i don't know what to write about... o well

school starts in 2 weeks... barf... this time i'm busy Tuesday and Thursday afternoons... parking's going to be fun if i can't find a spot at where i usually park... the city's increasing prices there in September, maybe the cheapos will leave and i'll get a spot at 12:15pm or at 11:15am

and i got a manicure today and have already ruined the polish on one nail... but i got a bottle of the colour the woman used, so i can always do it over... the downside, my nails will never look this pretty unless i get another one... o well... at least my nails aren't too long that they mess up my typing

happy writing, peoples

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book: the Key series by Nora Roberts
song: "Famous Last Words" by My Chemical Romance

Has something changed??

6 months ago, i was sporadic at best with posting to this darn thing, and was bored out of my skull... now, i'm posting from every other day to every day, and writing like a crazy person... have my priorities changed??

well, to a point... i'm writing more, which is good, but i'm not working, which is bad... i know you're thinking, but aren't you a student?? shouldn't you be working to pay for tuition??... yes, but i have money put aside for school, so shush

i'm also at a bigger word count, maybe 40,000 more, maybe just 35,000... i've written 10,000 in the past two months, but that gap had papers and finals in it, and 3,000 of it has come in the past few days... it's totally wiped me out, but you never know what happens when you're on a roll

for all you writers out there, check out Mark Putnam's Plotastic blog, and Paula B's Writing Show podcasts featuring Mark Leslie... 5 bucks says these guys will have published novels in the next 12 months

oh, and i know what i'm going to write about for this year's NaNoWriMo... mermaids

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book(ish): "The Iliad" by Homer
song: "Through Glass" by Stone Sour

Marked for life

so, i got my tattoo done on Saturday... i was surprised at the pain, but after a little while it was bearable... like bee stings over and over and over again... once it heals over and peels off, a picture will appear

i've got barely any writing done, because i've got papers to write... i'm hoping to get some done on the week-end, when i have the time... after this other paper is due in a couple of days, the next thing that happens is exams in 3 weeks

how fun

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song: "Save Me" by Remy Zero

Sunny week-end alert

well, for all you people experienceing summer and it's going to be sunny, enjoy yourself... if you're not any of those people, well, watch a beach movie and pretend it's sunny out

it's looking like a slow week-end here, haircut tomorrow, nothing on Sunday... hopefully i'll get a chunk of writing done before the essay rush happens mid-next week... i hate it when i have 2 papers due the same week

so, i started on my writing contest submission for the SiWC... i just want to finish the darn thing and submit it... i don't exactly care if i win or get an honorable mention... i just want to send in the little story and have actual authors read it

now, i'm going to try and keep on writing... if i don't, then i'll lose my train of thought, and i'll end up forgetting about it completely

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song: "The Grace" by Neverending White Lights
book: "Bet Me" by Jennifer Crusie

So many words

ok, peoples, i've been doing a lot of writing recently, and i'm up to 92,672 words, which is about 360 pages double spaced... in November i never thought i'd get this far... well, when i reached 50,000 i hoped i'd end up at 100,000, but it's so within reach right now

party!!!! :D

i'm no quite sure what'd brought on this sudden writing splurge... is splurge the word i want to use here??... but i like it, i just want to write more and more and more... it's just going to suck when i have papers to write and exams to study for

on an even more fun note, i get my tattoo done on the 14th... i'm so excited... sure, it might be painful, but as long as i get it i'll be happy

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song: "Low" by Marianas Trench
book: "Jane's Warlord" by Angela Knight

Return from the abyss

ok, i was really down in Seattle... i'm just glad i'm back home... that hotel bed really sucked

i got a bunch of writing done, which was nice... i hope to hit 92,000 words sometime today... i'm starting to like this novel more, which is a good sign... i don't want to write something that sounds like crap

Wendy got to 20,000 words for her script... and i want to read the darn thing so i know what she's been doing for the past month... o well, at least she finished *hugs*

oh, and happy late Canada Day, peoples

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Evil Tuesday

today was strange... and for the most of it i was laid up with a strange combo of a normal headache and a sinus headache... and it's started to come back, so i'm in a fair amount of pain right now

because of the weird headache, i barely got any writing done... but i got some done yesterday, and early yesterday morning... and right now i'm so not in the mood to go to class tomorrow, but we're starting to read something new so i should go... i'm just not going to enjoy it a whole lot

now... i think i'm going to take something and hope it goes away... i wish i could write some more without it hurting

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Proof I'm a night owl

ok, this is just insane... it's right after midnight here and i've found my writing groove again... take that, Wendy... ok, kidding, but still, this is just strange... it's midnight, i have to be up at around 7:30am to get ready for class, and i'm away from my laptop until 3:30 in the afternoon

this really sucks... why can't i get the writing groove back when i get back from class?? it would be so much more convenient if i felt like writing when i knew i didn't have to be anywhere the next day... o well... long weekend's coming up, which means i have class Wednesday morning, then no class until the next Wednesday... wooooooooooooo

of course, i'm out of town on the week-end, but i'll be taking my laptop with me since i've made a deadline to finish my book, which is obviously a first draft of a manuscript... i'm aiming to finish by the end of August... but if i average 3 pages a day, it'll take me 22 or so days for me to reach my tentative page goal of 404, which is about 101,000 words... and that's about the middle of July... once i go back and add enough to get me to at least 22 pages a chapter, which'll give me 404 pages, then i'll start at the beginning and edit and review to my heart's content

unfortunately, this mid-July date is surrounded by 2 papers i'll have due... thank God one was moved to the 18th instead of me having both due on the 16th... ewwwww

i guess that's it for me for now... i'm off to write another 3 and a half pages (which i told myself i'd write before i went to bed)

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song: "Not Good Enough For the Truth in Cliche" by Escape the Fate
book: "Hunting the Hunter" by Shiloh Walker

Different forms of art

so, i did something rebellious and crazy today... well, i can't really say that, since my mom went with me... the both of us made an appointment to get a tattoo in about 3 weeks... no, they're not matching or anything, that's just nuts, we're not that close... well, we're probably right before the line crossing into 'that close'

this is a picture of what i'm getting... isn't it cute??... it's a picture from the 'Julie' books by Jean Craighead George, in case you're all wondering... now, it's time to get back to trying to finish my book... darn you Wendy for stealing my writing drive

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books: The Donovan series (Captivated, Entranced, Charmed, and Enchanted) by Nora Roberts

Life update

well, peoples, it's that time again... well, it's always that time, but who really wants to be technical??

the first week of school is pretty much over, and it wasn't that bad... well, it's the beginning, it's never bad at the beginning... i've got a 2 page mini-essay due in a week and a half, then little write-up's for the books i have to read due the next week... then another few essays due in June and July, and exams in August... but i was expecting that

the weather's been nice, warm and sunny... the backyard looks amazing, all new and shiny... maybe not shiny... the new grass is growing like it's on growth hormones, the new plants are starting to get flowers, the little fountain and pond is bubbling away... once i get some pictures i'll put them up here

i've done a little more writing, but it's been slow goings... every once in a while i get a block and i can't think of how to continue, so i just watch a movie or read or whatever then get back to it... i'll update the little chart soon

did you all see my new label cloud thingy?... it's so pretty... i think i might change the colours around a little, and the font, but it's looking pretty good... if you think it's too cluttered, let me know

have a good week-end, peoples

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song: "Say Anything" by Marianas Trench
book: "Born in Ice" by Nora Roberts