It sucks that I have to post stuff like this... "I'm still around! I haven't flaked out again!" But I have a history of flakage (flakeage?) and I feel like I need to just give a poke so anyone who's still reading this won't assume I've gone and gotten distracted again. I haven't.
BUT...
Heh.
For the next few days I'm going to be kind of AWOL. I'll be back, though. Swearsies. <3
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Saturday, August 24, 2013
Thursday, August 22, 2013
My Smarmy Death
I'm really enjoying my Death character now. He used to be kind of a cliche: a charming, handsome dude who cared about people. Now, he's a mean, impatient computer programmer type who loves Oreo cookies (and doesn't share), cuts his own hair, and has no idea what's happening outside the afterlife.
This is how I described him to my writing group:
"He's like a computer nerd who lives in his mom's basement. When he knows more about something than you do, he makes sure you feel stupid by the time he's done explaining it. He has about a dozen cats, and he keeps sending them out for pizza, and they keep not coming back, but he refuses to step foot outside the basement to get his own pizza, so now he's especially upset because his only friends are cats and they keep ditching him and don't bring him pizza."
This is how I described him to my writing group:
"He's like a computer nerd who lives in his mom's basement. When he knows more about something than you do, he makes sure you feel stupid by the time he's done explaining it. He has about a dozen cats, and he keeps sending them out for pizza, and they keep not coming back, but he refuses to step foot outside the basement to get his own pizza, so now he's especially upset because his only friends are cats and they keep ditching him and don't bring him pizza."
Saturday, August 10, 2013
Zombieeeeee
Holy balls!
Okay, I got pregnant, got sick, stopped writing, and basically just laid on the floor trying not to vomit for the past year. Everything got neglected, this blog included, but now I'm back! Hooray!
I started writing again and have pretty much reinvented some characters. Death, Osmond, Ettie... new and improved! Well maybe not improved. Time will determine that.
In any case, I have returned! Now I just need to dust this place off and open up the windows.
Okay, I got pregnant, got sick, stopped writing, and basically just laid on the floor trying not to vomit for the past year. Everything got neglected, this blog included, but now I'm back! Hooray!
I started writing again and have pretty much reinvented some characters. Death, Osmond, Ettie... new and improved! Well maybe not improved. Time will determine that.
In any case, I have returned! Now I just need to dust this place off and open up the windows.
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Southern Research, Part Uno
By "Southern," I do not mean the Southern United States. I mean Southern Utah.
I love the desert. I don't know what it is. The landscape. The smells. The sky. The emptiness that's not really empty. It's gorgeous. I knew I wanted to set my story there, but I've never been to the Southern Utahn deserts, so I didn't feel comfortable writing them.
Well, Jake and Camille and I took a trip down to Arches National Park and Goblin Valley, and holy crap was it awesome! I saw some of the prettiest scenery this side of the Atlantic Ocean and even had a few good ideas while I was hiking around. And I took pictures! Loads and loads of pictures.
And here they are!
That is Crystal Geyser just outside of Green River, UT. It's a rare cold water geyser, so you can put your hand in the water and not have it melt off!
Stay tuned for Part Deux!
I love the desert. I don't know what it is. The landscape. The smells. The sky. The emptiness that's not really empty. It's gorgeous. I knew I wanted to set my story there, but I've never been to the Southern Utahn deserts, so I didn't feel comfortable writing them.
Well, Jake and Camille and I took a trip down to Arches National Park and Goblin Valley, and holy crap was it awesome! I saw some of the prettiest scenery this side of the Atlantic Ocean and even had a few good ideas while I was hiking around. And I took pictures! Loads and loads of pictures.
And here they are!
That is Crystal Geyser just outside of Green River, UT. It's a rare cold water geyser, so you can put your hand in the water and not have it melt off!
Stay tuned for Part Deux!
Saturday, August 11, 2012
Research
Research is fun!
Part of 13th House is set in the Utah State Capitol, and since I'd never been there before, I went on a field trip this morning. It was funnnnn!
I'm sooo excited to totally bastardize the Capitol! :D
Part of 13th House is set in the Utah State Capitol, and since I'd never been there before, I went on a field trip this morning. It was funnnnn!
I'm sooo excited to totally bastardize the Capitol! :D
Sunday, July 15, 2012
Rewriting Makes My Soul Shrivel
I am a pantser.
Also called a "gardener," but I hate that term. Pantser is much better, because I get the mental image of someone doing this:
And that makes me smile.
Anyway, a pantser as opposed to a planner. A planner outlines.
YUCK!
Outlining is for nerds.
I like just sitting down and writing without a plan, because then I get to surprise myself. "OH MY GOD so-and-so just died. Did not see that one coming." It makes writing more exciting! I rhymed!
But rewriting is like being a planner. I already know what's happening. Yawn.
I'm redoing about 7 chapters. Condensing. Cutting confusing stuff. Ya know. And it's killing me. I got so bored, I actually started another story. I'm like a crazy cat lady, only with WsIP instead of cats. At least my stories aren't smelly and can't turn me into a zombie.
Also called a "gardener," but I hate that term. Pantser is much better, because I get the mental image of someone doing this:
And that makes me smile.
Anyway, a pantser as opposed to a planner. A planner outlines.
YUCK!
Outlining is for nerds.
I like just sitting down and writing without a plan, because then I get to surprise myself. "OH MY GOD so-and-so just died. Did not see that one coming." It makes writing more exciting! I rhymed!
But rewriting is like being a planner. I already know what's happening. Yawn.
I'm redoing about 7 chapters. Condensing. Cutting confusing stuff. Ya know. And it's killing me. I got so bored, I actually started another story. I'm like a crazy cat lady, only with WsIP instead of cats. At least my stories aren't smelly and can't turn me into a zombie.
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