| Day 20: In the Sloughs |
[21 Nov 2008|08:51am] |
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Today's word count: 1,629
Current Total Word Count: 38,454
What's bad: My achingly slow progress. Fumbling my way for "what comes next" in a concrete way. Figuring out what the non-POV character is doing/feeling when they're not the POV character; I don't know these boys well enough to feel it as keenly as I would if I was writing, for example, AKB. (God, I miss AKB).
What's good: I really liked bringing Cade back into play. I'd made such a big deal of him at first and it felt disproportional if I wasn't going to use him. I also realized that I can get more leverage out of Cade than I thought, both when it comes to sowing doubt and when the inevitable reconcilliation needs to happen. I really kind of love how the whole scene with Cade and Gabriel turned out. It's hard to keep an ex on the line between sympathetic/empathetic and just bitter.
What pleases me: "I was never going to be able to give you what you wanted," Gabe says quietly, answering the thrust of the conversation if not the specific question. "And we were never going to be what you wanted. It would've been a lot shittier for me to keep stringing you along just because you have one of the finest asses in town."
Cade laughs. "I have the finest ass in town, thank you. And—" Cade sighs, raking a hand through the brassy gold-brown of his hair before he looks at Gabe sidelong. "I don't think you ever had a clue what I wanted. But…fair enough. It clearly wasn't what you wanted."
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| S2 Layout Issues |
[20 Nov 2008|04:46pm] |
Hi, Guys. I know a good many of the S2 themes are kinda hosed right now. Something changed with the LJ migration to their new data center. The Bloggish and Style Contest themes have their CSS hosted at LJ. That's by LJ's design, with how the code is distributed. The code is set to use LJ's CSS proxy to handle the access and display of the CSS settings. Since LJ's move, though, the CSS proxy has been kaput. But the CSS itself at LJ is still working. Until we can find a way around all this, a couple users have a way that you can use the Custom CSS in your customization area to get your layouts pretty damn close to the original for that layout and theme.
You'll enter two sets of code in that area. The first one would be the code from this URL:
http://stat.livejournal.com/sixhtml/themes/common/base-weblog.css
Just go there, copy it, and paste into the custom CSS box.
And the second set you enter will be from the direct CSS URL for your specific theme. You can locate this URL by viewing the source of your journal in your browser (View Source code). If you scroll down to the <link rel="stylesheet" section of the source code, you'll see the direct url to your theme's CSS at livejournal. Go there, copy that code, and paste it after the base-weblog.css code above. Make sure you have "No" selected to use the included base code (it's a dropdown), and that the URL field above the custom CSS box is empty. Click to save changes, and your theme will display much as it is supposed to. There is occasionally an element like a border that doesn't come through, but it's pretty close.
As an example of the CSS URLs, this is the one for the Baby theme for the Bloggish layout:
http://stat.livejournal.com/sixhtml/themes/lilia/theme-baby.css
The CSS URLS will be start with
http://stat.livejournal.com/sixhtml with the rest varying by theme and layout.
I'll still be looking for an alternative to having to futz with custom CSS, but in the meantime, that method of applying the CSS will get your Bloggish and Style Contest journal themes put back together pretty well.
Thanks,
Robin
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| Days 18 & 19: One Step Back |
[20 Nov 2008|11:57am] |
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Today's word count: 2,039
Current Total Word Count: 36,763
What's bad: The fact that my forward momentum has slowed again. This is such a hot and cold novel. I can't believe I have this much love for something THIS HARD to write. *sighs* And I'm in a place where I basically know what I want to do, but filling in the details--and deciding which details can be filled in--is difficult. I don't know when I went to specializing in characters with verbal and emotional constipation, but I don't like it. Nossir, not one bit.
What's good: There is still forward progress. I do have an inkling of the things I want to do. I'm about to put the gun on the table for something that will be pivotal to the denouement and I'm pleased at having gotten to a place where I can finally put that in. Gabe has actually opened up a little bit to Matt; more than he's opened up to anyone, including Jazz or Blue. I really like the unconscious solidarity that has opened up between Gabe and Matt; the "it's a gay wolf thing, you wouldn't understand". *laughs*
What pleases me: Six months ago, in another life, Matt might have argued that pack-bonds are family bonds. But after having both pack and blood-kin repudiate him, he's not as sure of his grounds or his beliefs as he used to be.
Somehow that aches, too, the hole where all his all-too-rare certainty used to be.
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[20 Nov 2008|09:46am] |
I'm starting to feel like ![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/community.gif) fandom_lounge is spamming me, and it just won't stop.
If I wasn't such a lazy mod, I'd do... something.
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| Fic: A Kept Boy 33/? |
[18 Nov 2008|03:15pm] |
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So. Um. Hey. *scuffs toe* Remember this?
Fandom: CWRPS
Pairing: Jeff/Jensen, Jared/Jensen
Rating: Adult
Warnings: Slavefic AU. Language. Dark themes.
Disclaimer: This is in no way a true story.
Word Count: 2,337
AN: Previous parts found here. Cast of characters can be found here. Banner by the lovely and generous ![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/userinfo.gif) bloodquartz. And don't forget the other really awesome stories to be found at whatwekeep.
( Never let it be said I don't know how to share. )
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| Day 16 & 17: The Ants Go Marching |
[18 Nov 2008|01:00am] |
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Today's word count: 3,266
Current Total Word Count: 34,600
What's bad: That I can't see that there's any way I'm going to be able to wrap this story up in 16,000 words. Of course, that's not an unusual feeling and I could be totally wrong. But I'm having a hard time seeing that happen.
What's good: My wordcount is up after Sunday's debacle. The talk between Jazz and Gabe was a lot less acrimonious than I thought it would be and Gabe was a lot more good-natured about it, but I think that the seeds of doubt are planted anyway. I think that's probably the entire "theme" of this story; it's never going to turn out how I think it's going to, but I'm going to generally love it anyway. I really especially loved Gabe calming Matt through his panic attack and Matt's reaction afterward.
What pleases me: "What was that about?" Gabe asks. His tone's mild and his hand is gentle across Matt's cheek.
Matt shakes his head. "I don't…" It's stupid. He knows it's stupid. Gabe clearly had no problem with his friends knowing about him, knowing what he does with Matt. And the only one who seems to give a damn at all is Matt himself, but he can't help like feeling all his skin's been scrubbed away, leaving him naked and bleeding. "I'm gay," Matt says, agonized.
Gabe stares at Matt for one burning moment before he bursts out laughing.
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| Day 15: You Torture Yourself Every Day, John |
[17 Nov 2008|01:02am] |
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Today's word count: 1,793
Current Total Word Count: 31,334
What's bad: At this point, I'm pretty much at the end of day 16, so my impressions are likely to be a mix of both days. I didn't manage as many words as I'd like on either day. Of course, weekends tend to be like this, with more interruptions and more social obligations. I went to a write-in that was a near-total wash; I'd have been better off and more satisfied going to the housewarming party that was also scheduled for today. Here I thought I was being virtuous and I just ended up discontent and unproductive. Within the story, I'm really dissatisfied with the way the scene that ends Part 1 went. I'm not sure exactly WHY I'm so dissatisfied with it, but it feels awkward and stilted and I feel like I don't really understand why either of these characters are making these choices except "because God told them to do it". Or, rather, I don't know if the choices I'm having them make in the interest of the plot make sense for their personality. I don't want to join the Ron Moore school of writing. OTOH, that's a problem for rewrites, I guess. I also worry that the transition between the end of the first act and the start of the second act is too abrupt and there are more things I SHOULD have covered before moving on. But I suppose that, too, is a problem for the editing stage.
What's good: I feel this part is becoming repetitive, because the things that are good remain good. My word count, while sometimes grudging, is in a really good position. I'm ahead of the game and I think/hope I can remain so. I feel like I have a better grasp of the characters all the time. The plot is slow to reveal itself, but I have my footholds on the next couple things to happen and that's usually all I need. Matt and Gabe are at that really delicious state where they're totally besotted with each other and completely in denial about it. And Matt's about to have some gay panic that I'm looking forward to writing.
What pleases me: "Hey." Gabriel bumps his knee against Matt's. "Hasn't anyone ever been nice to you?"
Matt shrugs. "Well, sure," he says, struggling not to spray chewed cheese all over Gabriel's bedspread. "My pack…"
"Oh." Gabriel nods his head wisely. "And I'm not pack so I obviously can't give a shit about you? Is that how it works?"
"That's not what I mean—"
"Let me tell you something, kid. I've been through two of your so-called packs and neither one of them gave a good goddamn about me." Gabriel's not yelling, but his voice definitely drives up a notch, acquiring an edge and bitterness it didn't have before. "The people who have helped me, taken care of me, had my back…not a single one of them is somebody who was related to me by blood or even a fucking werewolf. I'm nice to you because I want to be. Because I like you. Because there's little enough kindness in the world already and I'd like to be your friend, if you'd let me."
But why would you want to? Matt's not stupid; he understands everything that Matt just said. At the same time, it goes completely counter to everything his pack ever taught him, everything Martin and the others have led him to believe about the world outside.
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| I love a good bandwagon. |
[16 Nov 2008|08:17pm] |
And since other people got sucked into the dragon eggs . . .
   
Have my latest batch. :D
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| Yeah, I Don't Know Either... |
[15 Nov 2008|05:06pm] |
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Okay. So strangely enough, I have found that watching old Ugly Betty episodes is really good for writing my NaNo novel--yeah, don't ask me, I don't know either. Post apocalyptic gay werewolves = American telenovela. Go fig.
HOWEVER.
Watching Season 1 of UB has only fanned the flames of my little, baby proto-desire to see a really good writer write me the story of Daniel and Betty about ten or so years in the future. Betty has just gotten promoted to EIC of her own magazine, one not at Meade and now Daniel (who has been running Meade) is free to look at her as a peer instead of a protege or employee and realizes that Betty has become this really confident, self-aware, beautiful (and I don't mean she had a Pygmalion-esque makeover, I mean as a PERSON) person and he gets kind of smitten, but Betty's watched him through so many romantic disasters and knows all his embarassing secrets and she TOTALLY wouldn't look at him that way...and he talks himself out of saying anything, but they start spending all this time together...
And Betty really hasn't been thinking of Daniel in those terms. I don't want a Betty that's been pining after Daniel. I want a Betty who's been living and loving her life and now she's really out on her own in this new way and feeling a bit shaky about it and Daniel's being really awesome and supportive and reminding her how she got where she is all on her own. And she starts reflecting about their relationship and how much they've both changed...and maybe there's a late night panicky call that turns into dinner that turns into a couple bottles of wine and clumsy sex.
And they're both totally weirded out and there's some avoidance and then Betty's like, "This is stupid! We're totally friends, it's fine, it happened, whatever." and Daniel's all "...heh. Yeah. Friends."
And then I want the slow burn and awkwardness and Betty seeing how Daniel's changed and he's not the himbo she started out with and there's growing attraction and more awkwardness, and admissions of attraction, and dating and then I want my HEA.
Yes, it is totally sugar spun schmoop and nothing like what I normally want or like AND I DON'T CARE.
Now. Who's going to write that for me? *beams*
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| Day 14: I Love It When a Plan Comes Together |
[15 Nov 2008|11:17am] |
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Today's word count: 3,091
Current Total Word Count: 29,541
What's bad: It probably sounds ridiculous, but I'm worrying that there's too much sex. There's definitely been character movement and arc, but each of the last three scenes has also been a sex scene and I'm wondering if it's overload. OTOH, since the boys are NOT resisting each other like I thought they would, I want to adequately convey how quickly and deeply they've become addicted to each other and, with men, that's much more easily 'justified' and rationalized (by them, as well as me) with sex. They're not going to have a long chat-up about their feelings, for Pete's sake. And they both keep using sex to derail conversations they don't want to have. I also worry that, after his stated disinterest in anything complicated, Gabe's sudden overweening interest in Matt won't read true. I mean, I think Gabe is an entirely unreliable narrator about his own wants and likes, but I don't know if Gabe's unreliability is clear enough to the AUDIENCE for it to not read falsely. I'm also starting to worry a bit if Matt's submissiveness isn't going to lead to a non-con feeling to their relationship; a feeling that he's going along with Gabe BECAUSE he's submissive and not because it's what he wants. I want to find a way to show up that Matt is seeking something from Gabe, too, even if he doesn't really know/believe that. So there's a lot of character juggling going on. I'm also concerned about the setting. I initially made it post-apocalyptic largely because I LIKE post-apocalyptic and I wanted to construct the kind of feudal society like in Jeremiah. But for the most part, the background hasn't come into play in any significant way and that troubles me. I'm very much of the mindset that if I don't need it, I shouldn't do it and it wouldn't change THAT MUCH of the story to make it mainstream society. OTOH, I realized that one of the "real" reasons I'd made it post-apocalyptic was to give the wolves the ability to be "out" in mainstream society, which is pretty important to Gabe's character, at least. So then I don't know. I suppose these are worries for later.
What's good: I figured out a big linchpin piece of Gabe's backstory that's been eluding me. On the one hand, I knew Gabe's STATED REASONS for walking away from his pack, but it's such an unusual thing that I kept feeling there had to be more to it. OTOH, I didn't want to copy Matt's situation. But the boys from the brain farm gave me a 'something more' that explains a lot of Gabe's sudden and unexpected empathy toward Matt while giving him the uniqueness of his own experience. Now if I could just get them to TALK about SOME of this stuff! And get them to stop having sex long enough for me to move on with the rest of the story. I know what the second act of the story needs to be, which feels good, though I am a wee bit concerned that I'm almost 30K in and I still haven't ended the first arc. It's such a truism about me: either I write short or I write novels. I am not much good at the in-between, with a few notable exceptions. Still, I'm almost there and then I can fudge some time and move them out into the Real World, where things get complicated all over again. It feels nice to have some direction and something to look forward too. Gabe's friends were so much present in the first part of the story and now the story has collapsed down to just Gabe and Matt. I'm looking forward to playing in that larger world again and screwing up the boys in entirely new ways. *eg*
What pleases me: "You can have whoever you want."
Gabriel does laugh, then, husky and filled with genuine amusement. His thumb sweeps along Matt's pulse, encouraging it to speed up. "I'm glad you think so much of my prowess." He tugs on Matt's arm and Matt comes out of the chair. He starts to go to his knees, but Gabriel stops him, making Matt straddle his thighs instead. "What if I say what I want is you, little wolf?"
Matt's chin lifts, hearing the naked desire in Gabriel's rasping tones, in the soft caress of Gabriel's fingers at his waist. "I'd say the same thing. You can have whoever you want."
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| Day 13: All Shall Love Me and Despair |
[14 Nov 2008|09:14am] |
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Today's word count: 4,247 (YES, YOU READ THAT RIGHT!)
Current Total Word Count: 26,450
What's bad: I don't know if a big chunk of what I wrote yesterday will be used. I had a flash on Matt's backstory and had to write it out, which is great, don't get me wrong. But I don't know if it's usable. But hey, I'll take any day where that's the worst thing to happen.
What's good: Yesterday was (obviously, look at that word count) a good flow day. I actually wrote 2500+ words after 11p. It's been a long time since I've done that, and it felt good. I had a huge flash on how Martin and Matt's relationship began and it's nearly as awful (in a good way) as I thought it would be. Martin was a real piece of work, f'real. I don't think Gabriel's going to like him much, either.
What pleases me: When Matt's breath stops sobbing through his lungs and he can think again, Martin forces Matt's head up so he can look Matt in the eyes. "I hope you understand that this…" Martin waves a hand at Matt, at the blooming wet stickiness of his pants, "is not appropriate behavior for the pack. I allow you to do this because I'm your alpha and I care for you, but this is not pack behavior. Do you understand?"
Matt nods, sitting back on his knees. "Yes, sir." Martin isn't telling him anything he didn't already know, the reason he's avoided even thinking about it for so long. The pack breeds. That's their mandate from God. Perversion like this is entirely counter to God's will.
"I will help you manage this," Martin tells him, his face serious despite the dark flush of his skin and the faint glitter of sweat at his hairline. "When you have these…desires, I want you to come to me and we'll talk about them. I won't leave you to struggle with this alone, Matt."
Matt's fingers clench in the denim of his jeans and he has to look down, heat and water prickling his eyes. He's been so ashamed. So scared to tell anyone, to even admit it to himself and instead of repudiating him the way Matt thought he would, here's Martin offering to help him. Matt's been so stupid. "Th-thank you, sir."
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| Day 12: Retrenching |
[13 Nov 2008|01:27pm] |
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Today's word count: 2,510
Current Total Word Count: 22,203
What's bad: My inability to focus. It's taking me so long to crank out my word count and it's driving me crazy, especially since the problem so clearly rests with me. I need to buckle down and focus more. Especially if I want to find time to write more AKB. The characters are also doing things I don't expect again and I'm not yet sure whether I should give them their head or rein them back in.
What's good: The things that have been good continue to be good. I'm really enjoying Matt's conflict; how he sees himself is so disconnected from how he really is and he's so unaware of his damage. I feel like I need to reconnect with Gabriel a little more again; I'm swinging hard toward Matt, but they're good. And they're good together.
What pleases me: Matt's putting on his second shoe when the parlor door opens with a quiet sigh of wood. Matt freezes without looking for several long moments before he turns his head to look at Gabriel. "Good morning."
There. Not so hard, his voice neutral and quiet. He's getting better at this already.
Sadly, Gabriel's no longer naked, a pair of loose, drawstring pants barely hanging on the points of his hipbones and the soft cloth doing nothing to disguise the loose swing of his cock. Matt's pretty torn between that and the ripple of Gabriel's abs. "You going?"
Matt glances at Gabriel's eyes, trying to divine the emotion behind Gabriel's tone before he looks back down at his scuffed and dirty boots. The laces on the left are nearly worn through where they go through the top eyelets. He doesn't know what he's going to do when that happens. Go without, probably. Matt shrugs. "It's getting kind of late."
Gabriel scratches his chest idly. It could be a seductive gesture, drawing attention to the defined lines of his pecs, but Matt doesn't think Gabriel means it that way. Doesn't stop Matt's cock from giving a shivery twist in his pants, though.
Gabriel opens his mouth like he's going to say something, pauses, then closes it again. Then, quieter, he asks, "You have somewhere to be?"
If he was thinking, Matt would've lied, but innate honesty has him saying, "No, not really," before he can bite his tongue.
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| "Obviously, it was not the outcome we had hoped for or wanted" |
[13 Nov 2008|05:07pm] |
So did you hear the news? cleolinda's head exploded Er, I mean RDR Books is appealing.
That's right, you heard me: RDR Books has issued a notice of appeal. Wankas can scarcely believe it. I mean, even Trelawney wouldn't have seen this one coming, yuk yuk yuk.
Naturally, it's reported on various blogs, like Slashdot as well as Leaky Cauldron, and the same arguments from before are rehashed.
You can still refer to RDR Books' website for, uh, information as well.
ETA: Recording Industry vs. The People, which had just recently shared an opinion about the Lexicaon fair use decision, revisits the topic. For those of you who wants to know what {The Common Man} has to say about this.
Also, did you know that the www.hp-lexicon.org was recently named one of the nation's top 15 "Great Web Sites" for children last week by the American Library Association? How embattled.
ETA 2: I just did an ETA and forgot to tack this on. "It ain't over til it's over!"
Info/Law says Slashdot commenters are oversimplifying things, and Techdirt says JKR made her case based on emotion rather than law and says the case is damaging her rep.
ETA 3: sheep gives us another judicial document that I really wish were really real.
Also, a post on rattlesnakeroot's journal commemorates the anniversary of the judicial proceedings, casting Lexicongate characters as Harry Potter ones.
ETA 4: From mariem_1:“It was all very hurtful,” says Vander Ark , who is still such a fan himself that he doesn’t blame the multi-millionaire author at all for her actions... Vander Ark says that he now longs to meet Rowling - purely to say how much he regrets upsetting her.
mariem_1 continues to make my life easier by pointing out where an anonymouse took issue with rattlesnakeroot's comments on the case. A summary:
Anonymous:
Is the lack of reading comprehension (whether willful or not, I have no idea) contagious around here?
rattlesnakeroot:
Thanks for the psychoanalysis. It's so kind of you to study us this way.
And in case anyone missed it, I'm not actually Cleo; she retired from Lexicongate and I'm merely Sugitchi's ghostwriter her subpar replacement. cleolinda was last seen dancing with glee.
And, in celebration of cleolinda's contributions to keeping us all on top of the tsunami of this wank, here's a refresher course of the past year in Lexicongate: ( In chronological order... )
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| It can't be called insanely creepy if it was done in a joking manner, can it? |
[13 Nov 2008|04:42pm] |
Have you heard about the pandemonium that Robert Pattinson--the flesh and blood incarnation of Sparkly Marblepeen God Edward Cullen--has been causing as he makes his way across America in a series of Hot Topic mall tours?
Well, a group of twats, members of the Twilight humor community 'Twatlight, were there to experience the chaos first hand, and they had a plan to bring a smile to Robert's face.
Tom Sturridge is the somewhat lesser known in real life BFF of RPattz. There's several running in jokes amongst the twats involving Tom, and lots of joking around about RPattz/TomStu slashing because the two guys apparently share clothing, and Tom tends to be photographed hovering around Robert protectively as he speaks to the media during red-carpet events (see video for examples. He is the bearded guy standing watch 39 seconds in and at 1.22 minutes. Tom also happens to be wearing the infamous green plaid shirt that he and Robert share.)
The Bring A Smile to Rob's face plan was for the twatlight member kristaynuh to wear this homemade shirt during the autograph signing session. The shirt is of two hearts with Tom Sturridge's face stuck right over the boob area with the words 'TomStu ♥s You' directly
beneath the pictures.
Wanna see how Rob reacted to seeing the face of his best friend over a random girl's bosom? Well, she posted a reaction vid of Rob to youtube, yo here yah go.
The general consensus within the Twatlight community was that she was awesome, and that what she'd done was totally in keeping with the community's lulzy attitude towards Twilight. But others do not agree! Some think that it was a majorly creepy move. Others claim that the twats have a double standard when it comes to mocking TwiHards, that to them it's okay for twats to pull stunts like these, but would find it creepy if it were the TwiMoms doing it. And still more claim that Twatlight has gone too srs bsness and has forgotten about its lulzy origins.
It's small wank right now, but haven't you missed Twilight wank lately?
Bonus Unrelated Thing: RPattz has been doing a lot of promo interviews lately, so he's been doing a lot of Stephenie Meyer slagging off. Like in this video, where he says: "I was convinced... that Stephenie was convinced... that she was Bella... and it was like a book that wasn't supposed to be published. And you're reading like, her sort of sexual fantasy. [...] I was like, This woman is mad. She's completely mad, and she's in love with her own fictional creation. And sometimes you'd like feel uncomfortable reading this thing. [...] It's kind of... like a sick pleasure."
And he says this kind of thing not once, but TWICE.
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| Day 11: I Feel You |
[12 Nov 2008|01:41pm] |
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Today's word count: 2,294
Current Total Word Count: 19,693
What's bad: Mostly that I'm still behind and that it's more of a struggle than I'd like it to be. But... (see next point)
What's good: I can really feel the characters literally gelling under my fingertips. This is much more a character driven story than a plot-driven story, so that's the more important part. I'm really loving Matt's disconnect; how he sees himself is through such a warped mirror and I'm looking forward to how it's going to blow his mind when Gabe doesn't see him the same way and, in fact, starts making him question all these deep-set assumptions. I'm also getting vague inklings of the forward; scenes that haven't quite gone full blown yet, but are starting to rumble. Also, I'm writing smut! Smut hot enough that I'm turning myself on. That may not seem like anything special, but I have been in a long drought of smut and this is like rain from heaven.
What pleases me: ( Cut for smut. )
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| Specious Missive from the Blogbag |
[12 Nov 2008|07:53pm] |
Here's a small but tasty writers' wank that has nothing to do with NaNoWriMo!
Editorial Anonymous is a blog written by an anonymous editor at a mystery publisher, who answers questions about published, how to query, etc. All in all, it's generally a good source for aspiring authors.
Of course, every now and then, the blogger receives something completely out of left field. Like this, an email from someone seeking a publicist. The blogger removes the sender's name before posting the email, but leaves the long list of self-published works untouched. Naturally, it's Google fodder, and the sender's identity is easily discovered.
Is it hilarious? Or is it unkind? Depends which commenter you ask, and they're all more than willing to share their thoughts on yaoi the email. Most especially one Will Entrekin, himself a writer published via Lulu, who seems to think he's kind of a big deal. His collection was the very first e-book on Apple's iPhone, you guys, he said so himself!
All in all, this wank report is a quick, fun read. I give myself a five star review! All I need now is a publicist. Know any random bloggers I could email about that?
ETA: The anonymous blogger states that she decided to post the Googleable list of works "not because it was funny but because coming at the end of a letter complaining about her lack of success, titles like "How to Be Wealthy Selling Informational Products on the Internet"; "How to Become Wealthy Selling Ebooks"; and "How To Become Wealthy Selling Products on The Internet" smack strongly of fraud."
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