S.M. Carrière's Blog, page 210

And Such Like, and Other Random Things

Boy, this morning was a mad rush. I woke up at 7:15 and happily though, 'I have fifteen minutes more!'At 7:30 I opened my eyes only to find that it was, in fact, 8:40 and any hope of even catching a bus to be on time was decidedly non-existent.I will just say now that my flatmate must surely be some sort of Goddess of Travel, or Speed, or Cars, or the Road, or Being on Time Despite the Worst

Just One of Those Days

It's only early on a Thursday morning, but I'm already in a foul mood. I blame Galahad, who insisted on walking around the house, meowing like mad, and scratching at my suitcase and my closet door alternatively. At 4:00 in the morning.He usually does this if his food or water bowl is empty, or if the litter needs to be cleaned. I emptied the litter last night, so it wasn't that. I went and

Well, That Was...

... interesting.Training last night was incredible. I had so much energy and I worked so hard for all three hours. Then I threw up.For the first time in my lazy life (no, seriously. I pretty lazy when it comes to the physical stuff), I worked so hard at a physical activity, I made myself ill. I've heard of this happening. I've seen people run out of class because of this. I've never, ever

Pretty Good, All in All

I'm really rather chuffed with myself. I managed to write 3 000 words yesterday (finishing just as it was time to go home), despite my very, very late - as in after lunch late - start to writing.Of course, I'm still roughly 30 000 words behind target.It feels so good to be writing again. I was smiling all the way through yesterday, even though I'm building up to a beloved character's death.He

Time to Get Cracking

I've spent all last week figuring my way through The Dying God & Other Stories updates, and revisions and preparation for self-publication.Enough of that noise!I should be almost finished Puppet Master by now, but The Dying God has stolen all of the lime-light. Time to get going on Puppet Master again. All that remains of The Dying God business is the Lebrary.com update (which still hasn't gone

Halloch

A term used to express that strange gabbling noise people make who are talking in a language we do no understand. - John Mactaggart's Scottish Gallovidian Encyclopedia, 1824

HAPPY CANADA DAY!

Every Canada Day, I feel compelled to post this song not only because it's catchy, but because it's hilarious as well:Since it is Canada Day, I'm actually not here. No, really. I'm not. I'm writing this in the past. I'm going to the cottage for a family gathering of epic proportions. Approximately 57 family members will be gathering. It's going to be fun!Well, there's nothing left now but

Mild Panic Attack

Don't stress out. I'm alright. It was just a mild panic attack.It happened yesterday, when the enormity of everything sort of just hit all at once... and then I stubbed my toe rather badly. It was the sharp pain of the door edge on my big toe that triggered the attack. Yes, my toe hurt. But it was all the other stuff flying around my head that caused a mild case of hyperventilation and then

Treading Water

Ever get that feeling like you're working like hell and getting absolutely nowhere?I'm there right now.I'm working like a maniac, but I seem to be going nowhere. Of course, in actual fact it isn't quite true. The Kindle Edition of The Dying God & Other Stories was updated yesterday, and is in the process of "publishing." I'll let you know when it's "live." As of this writing, it isn't.The

Marvellous Music

1. Press play. 2. Press repeat. Follow instruction # 2.I haven't done a post about music for a while. Most of you know I adore epic music scores. I always have. Yesterday I came across this piece (a shout out to KACSKA16 - the Youtube.com uploader who continually uploads amazing pieces). I haven't pressed the repeat button so many times in my life, I think.I might have annoyed my neighbours