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Lizardfic stats
Lizardfic the novel is currently 15,635 words. According to my spreadsheet metrics, I'm 19.54% of the way towards an 80,000 word goal, and will reach 80,000 words on May 5, but the novel itself is guesstimated to end up being 89,646 words, which would make me 17.44%...
Merry Consumermas!
With a couple of caveats, this is a great cellphone. Basically, it's cute and full of Dick Tracy fun, but it's also a cellphone only a geek could love sometimes. Pros: Fun.Cute.Your phone is always handy on your wrist. No more beeperlepsy!It comes with bluetooth, so...
Bad subconscious, no biscuit.
I've been procrastinating about writing. I thought it was because I was stressed about car repairs and the like, but no. I think I just didn't want to write Chapter Four. Well, I went ahead and started it, and it wasn't so bad while I was writing it, but now I'm all...
Note to self.
Dear Self, Whenever you feel uncertain of what happens next in your novel, why not readest thou of the holy outline? In fact, maybe you should randomly reread the outline for kicks, from time to time. I'm just saying. Love, Me P.S. 10,113 words, go me!
Year in Review
I really did get stuff done, writing-wise, but not so you can see it. Sales: 0 Finished stories: Only 1, but it's really good (IMHO). Rejections: 23 (Go, me!) Time spent on revisions: Insane. I did NaNoEdMo on my NaNovel and also had a broken short that I beat with a...
There are times when I love working for a college.
This is one of them. I was last at work on December 21. I'm not expected back until after New Year's. You may now hate me. 😉 Sadly, this is not ending up being insane amounts of writing and working out. But I had a very busy year, and probably need the rest. I'm...
Immortal Gifts invites readers to re-evaluate the meanings of things such as life, death, freedom, hate and love from the first page. Katherine Villyard manages to capture some of the most poignant questions we ask ourselves as we go through our individual lives. Is it worth being able to live forever if, in the end, we’ll lose the ones we love to mortality? Is Death really the ultimate enemy to life, or is death just life’s misunderstood old friend? To stop hate, do we need to restrict our freedoms? This book makes readers ask and answer tough questions not only about the characters and plotline, but about their own beliefs, understandings, and dreams.