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asato_muraki) wrote2010-06-07 09:43 am
asato_muraki) wrote2010-06-07 09:43 am
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GeekaChicas, and my overly ambitious weekend
First things first. Last week we had an update from Amalia the Savage on the Thor movie, in Thor Concept Art. Pretty cool. I know jack about Thor, but this is starting to look fun.
Today we have Pearce's take on Splice - Not a Fish Rabbit Human Frog Chicken Horror Movie, which is just as much fun as it sounds like it might be. *chuckle* I'm not huge into the horror genre, but Pearce always makes it sound fun.
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My overly ambitious weekend went like this. Got up Saturday and gutted the middle third of my novel, slashing and re-writing sections of it. I was in the zone, I think. A slightly altered state of consciousness, anyway. So focused that I had no concept of time passing, except that I occasionally needed to use the bathroom. I didn't eat or drink, and long about 5pm I realized that I was developing a distinct stutter in my typing, especially with verb forms ending in 'ing'. Like, "dividing" became "divididiing". Thank Microsoft for the wee little red squiggly lines to tell me I was messing up, because after the third of fourth time I realized I was very thirsty, my head hurt and my belly was making unusual noises.
Also, I saw a roach and had a full-scale freak out. Most bugs don't bother me, but roaches? *shudder* Besides that, what the heck was it doing in my bedroom? There is no food in here! My Beloved killed it, picked it up on the edge of a paper and chased me out the door with it, saying, "Gonna put it on you."
Of course he didn't, and we all had a good laugh. :) I am so seldom in hysterics that my family found my reaction very amusing, and I can't really blame them.
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Sunday we hit the zoo, and got caught out in the rain, which was warm and pleasant. Bought groceries. Then I had to prepare for my first New Orleans Writers Circle meeting. There was no reading or critiquing, so I still don't know how tough it's going to be. But the host for the meeting is in UNO's MFA writing program (and got blasted for writing a story they considered 'genre') so I have a feeling I will have a real opportunity to grow here.
There was a filmmaker, a military baker with a few sales under his belt (literary and genre), two awesome school teachers (one was the MFA student), one retired English teacher, one college student, the organizer and me. I wasn't the oldest one there, even -- most of them were in their 30s and 40s.
I'm hopeful, and a little afraid to hope. Then again, so much has come together for me since I've been here, why shouldn't this?
***
After all that with the novel, though, I'm still not caught up with the end of what I already had written. The gap is less than 100 pages, though, so that's pretty good. I have almost 76,000 words, now, but I'll be doing more slash and burn/re-writing, so heaven only knows what I'll end up with.
Today we have Pearce's take on Splice - Not a Fish Rabbit Human Frog Chicken Horror Movie, which is just as much fun as it sounds like it might be. *chuckle* I'm not huge into the horror genre, but Pearce always makes it sound fun.
***
My overly ambitious weekend went like this. Got up Saturday and gutted the middle third of my novel, slashing and re-writing sections of it. I was in the zone, I think. A slightly altered state of consciousness, anyway. So focused that I had no concept of time passing, except that I occasionally needed to use the bathroom. I didn't eat or drink, and long about 5pm I realized that I was developing a distinct stutter in my typing, especially with verb forms ending in 'ing'. Like, "dividing" became "divididiing". Thank Microsoft for the wee little red squiggly lines to tell me I was messing up, because after the third of fourth time I realized I was very thirsty, my head hurt and my belly was making unusual noises.
Also, I saw a roach and had a full-scale freak out. Most bugs don't bother me, but roaches? *shudder* Besides that, what the heck was it doing in my bedroom? There is no food in here! My Beloved killed it, picked it up on the edge of a paper and chased me out the door with it, saying, "Gonna put it on you."
Of course he didn't, and we all had a good laugh. :) I am so seldom in hysterics that my family found my reaction very amusing, and I can't really blame them.
***
Sunday we hit the zoo, and got caught out in the rain, which was warm and pleasant. Bought groceries. Then I had to prepare for my first New Orleans Writers Circle meeting. There was no reading or critiquing, so I still don't know how tough it's going to be. But the host for the meeting is in UNO's MFA writing program (and got blasted for writing a story they considered 'genre') so I have a feeling I will have a real opportunity to grow here.
There was a filmmaker, a military baker with a few sales under his belt (literary and genre), two awesome school teachers (one was the MFA student), one retired English teacher, one college student, the organizer and me. I wasn't the oldest one there, even -- most of them were in their 30s and 40s.
I'm hopeful, and a little afraid to hope. Then again, so much has come together for me since I've been here, why shouldn't this?
***
After all that with the novel, though, I'm still not caught up with the end of what I already had written. The gap is less than 100 pages, though, so that's pretty good. I have almost 76,000 words, now, but I'll be doing more slash and burn/re-writing, so heaven only knows what I'll end up with.
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So thrilled to have you post again! Thank you!
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Congrats on the story zone and also GC. I feel horrible about my lack of committment to it lately. Sigh...I just need to find more geeky things!
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Don't feel bad about GC - I think the reason I feel so good about the website is that I don't have to pressure anyone, and don't want anyone to feel pressured. It's supposed to be fun! ;)