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What a Weekend!

It has been a great weekend.I met a new friend, I rejoined old friends, and reconnected with family.Lion Dance training has begun again. It was a very hot and muggy day when we practiced. There was nothing more than an open door and some ceiling fans to help us cope with the heat... but it was still awesome.Sunday, I went out to Dim Sum with my Dad for a very belated Father's Day gift. It was

Unlocked Today!

Ladles and Jellyspoons!Today is a day of days. A momentous occasion in literary history....And other purpled praise....That rather spectacularly exaggerated introduction was simply to perk your interest, you understand. Today is an exciting day, however. Today, Unlocked, the anthology to which I contributed, is released into the world. There are ten stories by nine very talented up-and-coming

Dear Online Community

Dear Online Communities,Firstly, I would like to thank-you for all you have given me. I have met some marvellous people through you. You have provided insights on all things writerly, good or bad. However, I find that I simply cannot keep up with you.I write a large amount each day - most of the time. In order for me to be able to write so, I must be able to concentrate. I cannot concentrate

Question of the Week

Alright, so this 'Question of the Week' business is really very new. In fact, today is it's first day, and could possibly be it's last, as people don't often ask me questions. This morning I read a question from another aspirant who is working on their first novel. They asked:I would like to ask you, as someone who as written not one, not two but 6 books, what advice you would have for someone

Productivity Report

Turns out I did haul butt yesterday. I waged war on 150 pages, and did some major rearranging so the timeline was correct. In the rearranging, I lost one chapter, so now I have 38 chapters... or was it 37? I can't remember. It was one less than I had before at any rate. If I work at the same pace today, I'll be done before the day is out. Considering I started late yesterday, that's quite

Weird Weekend

This weekend was really, really weird. Oh, sorry. I should have started with:Good morning all! How are you?Now, back to the point, the weekend was odd. For the first time sine I last ate KFC (it was still called Kentucky Fried Chicken, that's how long ago), I got food poisoning. This occurred Saturday shortly after lunch, when I ate some bad rice. It didn't look bad. It didn't smell bad.

Queen Procrastinator

I dub myself"Queen Procrastinator" for my editing efforts yesterday. I barely got through ten pages.Today, I fear, will be no different. There is a certain anime that is calling my name....I'll be back on my game on Monday - possibly even finishing it Monday. I just can't look at another page of typing this week! I can't!Have a lovely weekend everyone. I intend to spend much of it sleeping!

Still Editing

Sorry this post is late. I completely forgot about writing it this morning.Not that I have anything to write about, particularly. I'm still editing. Some of the story is pretty good. Some is utter crap. You know it's bad when you're left scratching your head, wondering what the hell you were trying to say when you wrote down that jumble of words.Oivey!Right, I must get back to it. Have a

Editing

Well, there's absolutely nothing new happening in my world at the moment. I am awaiting news about rights to a song that I may use, and I am editing.Ugh. I dislike editing. A lot.It's just so tedious, and dull, and makes me sleepy....I'm spending all day going through one chapter. I reviewed the Prologue yesterday and found everything was pretty much clean. It makes me suspicious. I'll go

Back to War

Dramatic title, no? Did you like it? I was going for "grab your attention" rather than "relates to post." Did it work?This post might relate to the title if one considers writing "war." Really, all I'm saying is that I took the weekend of writing and now I'm rested, I'm going to write again. Instead of writing, I took a trip to my flatmate's cottage for one night and one day. I was