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Thursday 300: NaNo Plot Development
Okay, at Starbucks, just hanging around until it’s time to head out for dinner theater. Promised myself I’d finally get some planning done, though by “planning” I currently mean freewriting and hoping something decent comes out of it. I have a Grande Skinny Cinnamon Dolce Latte by my laptop, and a book to read in…
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This isn’t going to turn into a baking blog, I swear
It’s a bad sign when I miss my exit because I’m thinking about this recipe. I love King Arthur Flour, both their products and their recipes. I can’t recall a single failure from following their recipes, and though I think I make a pretty good baker, I seem to consistently get the most praise with…
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Thursday 300: I’m not normally this lazy…
As I feel the need to curl up into a ball to allow myself to recover from the astronomical number that will show up on my credit card bill next month (stupid car requiring stupid tires, compounded by purchasing of birthday gifts and sweaters and coat for yours truly that really have been on her…
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Why I missed my Thursday 300 post
(I trust my readers are title-readers, but if not, go back and read it. Done? Okay.) I had a cold and was traveling to Abilene, TX, for my five year college reunion. That’s why. The following came about while waiting in the airport Friday morning (I was supposed to arrive in Abilene Thursday night, but…
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Babblings about character development
As I’m currently fighting off a cold/potential bronchial infection and therefore find myself disinclined to pursue nonsedentary activities, I’ve been reading that vampire book set in WWII that I mentioned buying my last Miscellany Monday post. So far I’m wishing I’d gone for Keri Arthur or Kelley Armstrong. Or that I’d even decided to spend…
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Thursday 300: NaNoWriMo Character Development
Okay, it being October, I’m starting to get semiserious about NaNoWriMo prep. I’ve changed my idea twice now, but I think this one is going to stick. I’m going with urban fantasy, which I’d initially thought to not do since I’d figured the market has to hit the saturation point fairly soon, but my trips…
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A trip to the bookstore and blatherings about genre
Saturday afternoon I bounded from my car and to my local Borders with my $5 Borders Bucks print-out folded semi-neatly in my purse. I always have a sense of when joy purchasing a new mass market paperback for a total of $2–3 and change. A sign in the window drew my attention just as I…
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Thursday 300: Monster Prompt follow-up
Since the actual post is long enough, figured I’d put this in another entry. On the whole, I’m pleased with the monster prompt. Major issue is that there’s not enough hints from the beginning that Jeremy didn’t like his dog much, but for something that’s hardly edited (I added an “a” and changed a “for”…
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Thursday 300: Monster Prompt
Prompt from Writer’s Digest When you were little, you could swear there was a monster under your bed—but no one believed you. On the eve of your 30th birthday, you hear noises coming from under your bed once again. The monster is back and has an important message to deliver to you. I can’t really…
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A post about fall with numerous footnotes
I have a love/hate relationship with fall. Actually, “hate” is too strong. Even “dislike” is a little too far on the negative end of the shades of meaning scale. It’s more accurate to say I have a love/mild regret relationship with fall. Fall brings pumpkins. Pumpkins means pumpkin pancakes (try the ones here*), pumpkin ice…