First Chat of the Morning

Callisto: hello daddy!
Callisto: *insert demonic growly noises*
Callisto: I have mush!
Callisto: *more demonic growly noises complete with grin*
Callisto: She keeps feeding me more but!
Callisto: *insert growly noises with betrayed expression and a mouthful of mush*

Hee! J is so gorgeous!


Bonus Activity for the Day
- Take kids to a park and play
- Take kids to a park and get Vinnie to find me five leaves (one for each finger)

On Writing

stephen_dedman occasionally posts links about writing, and I will admit I read them. Every single one of them. And one of the ones I like recently talks about editing, making the most of your editors, and generally not acting like an emo wreck every time someone says something about your writing that you don't like.

Now, when I give out copies of my books, I'm pretty upfront about what I want from the reader. Right now, it's mostly "Not For Editing." This means I'm hoping you read it, have some fun, hopefully enjoy it, and don't worry too much about the bits that are wrong or broken. If you don't like it, then just tell me how amazing it is that it's an entire novel! Written by a friend! OMG! This is my way of letting you know "hey, it's not open for being fixed yet, I just need some encouragement thanks."

When I do release it for the next level of edit, I usually hand out copies where the cover page has EDITING COPY written on it in large letters. And hopefully I will be specific and say things like: This edit I am focusing on plot and structure. Tell me if something suspends your disbelief. Or...

This is all documented far far better than my ramblings over here. So I'll stop waffling. My head's a bit fuzzy as I've just managed 3K for the day. I'm aiming for 4K, but who knows.

But even as I'm completing this novel I can see flaws and problems with it. i want to get this one over with, so I can start to learn how to fix those flaws and issues, or else start a new project with different flaws and issues. I want to workshop plots before I write them, I want to learn how to turn my phrases better, and I want to learn to do better characterization and dialogue.

But first, I want to have something to work on.

I guess I just wanted to say that I enjoy the process of what I am doing right now. Going through my old uni papers and highschool papers showed me that I used to write a LOT. And I seemed to like it then too. I'm going to post some of my uni and high school stuff to my writing filter, so that those of you who joined up don't feel like nothing ever happened after you filled out the poll. (Some stuff did, just not much!)

I just enjoy it. I don't know what I want from it yet, but being me, I just want to be brilliant at it. :-)

Chicken and Onion Pie, Sweet Potato Salad and Couscous and My Secret

( Chicken and Onion Pie, Sweet Potato Salad and Couscous and My Secret )

Notes: I can not stress enough how much Chesh loves that sweet potato salad. I think it is the preserved lemon. I did not do the egg yolk wash on the philo as recommended, but it was good anyway. Dusted with icing sugar and cinnamon as per recipe. :-) It was all really really good! Again!

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Queen of A Thousand Tears

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