Tephie's Personal Bombshelter MarkII

Nothing witty today. Am trying to catch up between studying for Bio Test.

Jenn

http://www.yarnharlot.ca/blog/archives/2009/11/06/underprepared_again.html

I believe that I may have made my position on the brassiere public before in a subtle manner. I'm pretty sure too that copping publicly to the fact that I only own one of the regular sort of them means...

Post is up a little bit early. I have classes tomorrow and yeah, I'm hoping that you all are having fun and driving your characters through the paces.

Jenn

I've hit 7500+, then restarted so now my count is 3100+. Am tired, hungry and sleepy. Post is up for the day fine ladies and gents.

http://www.yarnharlot.ca/blog/archives/2009/11/04/shoemaker_syndrome.html

About 2 weeks ago, I hauled out the contents of my handknit sock drawer, which had been lying fallow for the summer,  gave everything a bubble bath and lay it out to dry.  That's when I noticed.  The contents of...

Come on guys, even if we're falling face down on our beds tonight. Got to get those word counts in. It's only Day 4.

http://www.yarnharlot.ca/blog/archives/2009/11/03/random_tuesday.html

1. I think the time change thing sucks and I don't care who knows it.  Making dinner in the pitch dark makes me feel like I'm running behind and I squandered a day.  No amount of looking at the clock...

Post is up. Hope you all are having fun trucking through NaNo.

First day's work posted

Daily post for those who are posting, well daily. Ignore the ramblings, ired and feeling it.

Jenn

Or, at least, having a basic post shell one can create and choose at leisure so they don't have to write the same sort of thing out each time.

I'm using my journal for my novel this year, so I had a format I was planning on using all the time, but having to type it out is a bit of a hassle, yanno?

So I play Vampire Wars over on Facebook, and there's five special limited edition abilities available for Halloween, and all are based on Horror classics. There's Blood-Soaked Vengeance (Carrie), Hierophant Transformation (Pinhead), Bile Spew (The Exorcist), Hyde's Rage (Jeckyll and Hyde), and Clown Frenzy (IT)

In order:


yuuo and I together recognized all of these off the bat except for Bile Spew, so I went googling. Since I knew all the others were based on horror movies or novels-turned-movie, it was likely that this was a horror movie reference. I had nothing else to start with but that and the name of the ability.

So I googled.

The first result made me blink, stare, then begin laughing hysterically.

It just occurred to me that some of our Wrimos are in other countries. Oops, it was Bubblehead!Jenn there for a moment. She makes appearances around birthdays too. I'm pre-marking it for midnight. Have at fellow writers.

So here is the daily word count post.

How to survive NaNoWriMo - Ten Rules
(With minimal damage to limbs, family and sanity)

1. Find a comfortable writing spot. Preferably two or three. (I like the big chair in the den, the Borders Cafe, and of course my room.)
2. Keep something to drink constantly. Water, juice, coffee, energy drinks, you pick your poison of choice.
3. When your fingers start to hurt, get up. You can't write if you can't type. This would be an excellent time to get a voice recorder and make your S.O. type for you. Get's them involved.
4. Take out meals, one-pot meals, and any kind of soup you can put in a crock pot are a must. You wanted to try that Vegan Chilli? Go for it.
5. Get up and move. Stiff joints are no good for anyone. Every hour that you're writing, get your butt up and stretch.
6. Eye drops, lots of eye drops. I prefer Rohto V and Similasan.
7. Keep music. I suggest several playlists. One for general writing mayhem, one for passionate scenes, and one for when you want to throttle every character in your novel.
8. Keep your writing area neat. Otherwise when you go to pull up those notes, they may be in Saskatchewan.
9. Shower. Bathe. Just keep clean. A miasma of funk only gets you sprayed with Febreeze and that stings the eyes.
10. Spend time with your loved ones. They'll appreciate it more after not seeing you for a few days. Pets are included in this list.

Those are my 10 rules on how to survive NaNo. Good luck and good novelling.

Jenn

http://www.yarnharlot.ca/blog/archives/2009/10/30/good_mothers.html

Since the requests for posts from SOAR are coming in, along with requests for any posts at all, since I was quiet for an uncharacteristically long time, I'm just going to bite the bullet and tell you all.  I'm not...

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Everyone forgive me! I had... gods I never knew writers block was like that! You just can't type when it happens can you? No matter the ideas flying around like crazy.

But, I got the first chunk of my areyougame prompts done today.

Boot Polishing. Final Fantasy VII (Zack/Sephiroth)

Shades of Black, Final Fantasy Seven (Vincent/Yazoo)

Lost to a Hero, Final Fantasy VII (Sephiroth/Rufus)


A Voyage of Night, Final Fantasy VII (Genesis/Zack/Cloud+Seph/Angeal hints)

Fractured Soul, Final Fantasy VII (Aeris/Cloud)

Fetching, Final Fantasy VII (Seph/Zack/Cloud)

Guardian Spirit, Crossover: FFVII:AC/FFIX (Yazoo/Kuja)

http://www.yarnharlot.ca/blog/archives/2009/10/26/yes_its_true.html

Just to finally answer the question "Can you knit on a plane?" Yup. Once again, on Air Canada, it was no problem. Denny, Rachel H and I made our way from Toronto to Oregon for SOAR, and we knit the...

What if one day, you wake up in a world too perfect to be real, with no memory of who you had been or how you got there, and there seems to be no one else but you. Little by little, you begin to remember your life, but what if it turns out your life never existed, and neither did you, because nature put some of man's interference to right, and you died, long ago?

This is the world in which [MAIN CHARACTER] now lives. It seems that the only future for her is one of empty nothingness, ceasing to be at all, because how can there be a future without a past? But as she starts to remember the life she had once lived, she begins to seek a way out, and uncovers a surprising truth.

Now... I just need to figure out names.

Over on blue_dragon, I posted a new story idea that I'm going to be doing for this NaNo. (the urban fantasy is going to be done next year -- I need more than just October to worldbuild this, I realized.)

I have an idea for a title, and while knowing the plot outline wouldn't hurt, it's not necessary for this poll. I'm looking for what sounds the best to people, what might be more likely to catch their eye on the shelf.

I was originally thinking "Chronicles of an Imaginary Mind", but I'm not sure if that's the word I want.

The title now is thus:

________________ Of An Imaginary Mind.

EDIT: As of now, it's looking very likely that the title is now "Requiem For An Imaginary Mind". If you like the sound of this one too, vote for 'other' and put in Requiem.


Poll #4514
Open to: All, results viewable to: All

What sounds best/catchier in the blank slot to you?

If you picked Other Suggestion or Different Title, enter here.