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Thu, Dec. 24th, 2009 01:52 am
And with that, I've completed my pre-Christmas goals :D Finished screencapping Cantha today, finished chapter six of Tarnish yesterday, and finished all the arts for my lovelies the day before that. I feel very productive :D
THREE DAYS TO SYDNEY EEEEEE <3 I get to see my Cassie again! And for an extended period, this time! SO EXCITED~!
THREE DAYS TO SYDNEY EEEEEE <3 I get to see my Cassie again! And for an extended period, this time! SO EXCITED~!
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Wed, Jun. 10th, 2009 01:23 pm
GUYSGUYSGUYS.
LOOK.
MY BOYS. THEY ARE SO AWESOME. ASDKJGHASJKLDGHASKH EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
I love everything about that picture lkahsdgls THEY ARE SO PERFECT. LOOK AT THE FACES. OMFG THEY'RE GORGEOUS. I'm capslocking here because I don't want to deface her page with it. alksghalsd That is getting printed out on A3 glossy paper, framed, and stared at like 8DDD for an hour or several each day. I LOVE THIS THING ASDJKHEEEEEEEEEEE
LOOK.
MY BOYS. THEY ARE SO AWESOME. ASDKJGHASJKLDGHASKH EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
I love everything about that picture lkahsdgls THEY ARE SO PERFECT. LOOK AT THE FACES. OMFG THEY'RE GORGEOUS. I'm capslocking here because I don't want to deface her page with it. alksghalsd That is getting printed out on A3 glossy paper, framed, and stared at like 8DDD for an hour or several each day. I LOVE THIS THING ASDJKHEEEEEEEEEEE
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Mon, Jun. 8th, 2009 02:31 amI GIP AT YOU. Cos I've started writing Tarnish finally and posted the prologue last night, so had to make an icon for it. The Rust one stays (love~ for my ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
dragged_up <3 <3), but for all Kazinian-related matters, we get the shroom~
Who wants to make me one for Gold and Silver? :DD
dragged_up <3 <3), but for all Kazinian-related matters, we get the shroom~Who wants to make me one for Gold and Silver? :DD
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Mon, Mar. 30th, 2009 05:53 pmI'm~ not very good at updating when stuff is happening, am I? XD; HERE LOOK STUFF =DD
Mum~ has broken her fibula =( When she and Dad were in Tassie last week, she slipped on a twisty knobbly tree-root-rock-and-rain combination and has basically been hoping since then. She went to the doctor today tho annnnd yes. The rest of the family is now unofficially charged with keeping Mum from doing things. THIS IS HARD because she likes going to "just get her glasses" and ends up doing the washing up. Or "just doing her own ironing" then ends up doing all of it. I managed to steal the vacuuming from her over the weekend... then found out she was taking down the washing at the same time askjdghs
Also~ over the weekend, dinner party! Which means delicious food, of course. Not that we don't normally get delicious food, but this was three courses of it X9 And also nibblies, which I've just made up again to have with mojitos. You envy. I do love our pre-dinner drinks thing we have going. Always happens on a Friday night, uuuusually on a Saturday, then any other night during the week when someone feels like a martini or experimenting with a cocktail.
And I've been working lots, which is nice because Bruce went in for his 195,000km service on Thursday. NOT ONLY BUT ALSO, he's been having an Issue. Two weeks ago, while driving Colin to work and sitting at the traffic lights, Bruce turned off =( No ugly noises or anything, just turned off, and turning the key wouldn't even make the engine turn over. So we managed to use gravity to chuck him in neutral and roll into the servo which was handily enough right there next to us. Sat there going 'well, the actual car servicing spot doesn't open til 8, what now?' for a few minutes, then tried the key again, and voila, life. Hurrah! we think. Self-fixing car issues! And off we go to work/uni.
Thennnn when Mum and Dad were in Tassie, he did it again, only this time he wouldn't start again. This was on the freeway when only Colin had the car, so he rang me up and went DDD: a bit, I sympathetically went DDD: back, and we resolved to call the RAA. So, RAA guy rocked up, charged $165 for on-the-spot membership sign-up, lifted the bonnet, got Colin to turn the key, et voila, Bruce lives. aksdghalsk my poor brother DDD: RAA guy also pointed at something in the engine and said that's what was wrong, which made us both go DDDDD: summore cos yaknow, engine issues are EXPENSIVE.
HOWEVER. Service of around $150 included, it all came to $471, so we're not too irritated. There's always SOMETHING that comes up in addition to the basic service. There'd better not be for the next one, cos the 200k is the biiiiiiig service on its own. Growl. Hate cars. Why must everything about them be so expensive? ><
In happier news~ I got lots of editing done today, and made some headway with the plotting of book two =D I've got all the stuff I know down in relatively chronological order, so now the big gaps are more obvious and therefore easier to fill, or so we hope. Now I'm wondering whether to natter about this with Sallie and/or Shanra. On the one hand, it helps sort things out. On the other, I never like spoiling people XD; WE SHALL SEE.
And now~ I have things to read :DDD --or not because the oven buzzer's just gone off for my smoked salmon tarts. BUT. READING WILL GET DONE TONIGHT. ♥!
Mum~ has broken her fibula =( When she and Dad were in Tassie last week, she slipped on a twisty knobbly tree-root-rock-and-rain combination and has basically been hoping since then. She went to the doctor today tho annnnd yes. The rest of the family is now unofficially charged with keeping Mum from doing things. THIS IS HARD because she likes going to "just get her glasses" and ends up doing the washing up. Or "just doing her own ironing" then ends up doing all of it. I managed to steal the vacuuming from her over the weekend... then found out she was taking down the washing at the same time askjdghs
Also~ over the weekend, dinner party! Which means delicious food, of course. Not that we don't normally get delicious food, but this was three courses of it X9 And also nibblies, which I've just made up again to have with mojitos. You envy. I do love our pre-dinner drinks thing we have going. Always happens on a Friday night, uuuusually on a Saturday, then any other night during the week when someone feels like a martini or experimenting with a cocktail.
And I've been working lots, which is nice because Bruce went in for his 195,000km service on Thursday. NOT ONLY BUT ALSO, he's been having an Issue. Two weeks ago, while driving Colin to work and sitting at the traffic lights, Bruce turned off =( No ugly noises or anything, just turned off, and turning the key wouldn't even make the engine turn over. So we managed to use gravity to chuck him in neutral and roll into the servo which was handily enough right there next to us. Sat there going 'well, the actual car servicing spot doesn't open til 8, what now?' for a few minutes, then tried the key again, and voila, life. Hurrah! we think. Self-fixing car issues! And off we go to work/uni.
Thennnn when Mum and Dad were in Tassie, he did it again, only this time he wouldn't start again. This was on the freeway when only Colin had the car, so he rang me up and went DDD: a bit, I sympathetically went DDD: back, and we resolved to call the RAA. So, RAA guy rocked up, charged $165 for on-the-spot membership sign-up, lifted the bonnet, got Colin to turn the key, et voila, Bruce lives. aksdghalsk my poor brother DDD: RAA guy also pointed at something in the engine and said that's what was wrong, which made us both go DDDDD: summore cos yaknow, engine issues are EXPENSIVE.
HOWEVER. Service of around $150 included, it all came to $471, so we're not too irritated. There's always SOMETHING that comes up in addition to the basic service. There'd better not be for the next one, cos the 200k is the biiiiiiig service on its own. Growl. Hate cars. Why must everything about them be so expensive? ><
In happier news~ I got lots of editing done today, and made some headway with the plotting of book two =D I've got all the stuff I know down in relatively chronological order, so now the big gaps are more obvious and therefore easier to fill, or so we hope. Now I'm wondering whether to natter about this with Sallie and/or Shanra. On the one hand, it helps sort things out. On the other, I never like spoiling people XD; WE SHALL SEE.
And now~ I have things to read :DDD --or not because the oven buzzer's just gone off for my smoked salmon tarts. BUT. READING WILL GET DONE TONIGHT. ♥!
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Mon, Mar. 16th, 2009 07:42 pmK so, I have calmed down a little from the euphoria of finishing SH:Rust. Just a little. I still have bursts of EEEEEEEEEE at random points, but yes. I'm coherent now. Mostly.
SO! Mostly for those who've read the whole thing, but really for anyone who's read a chapter or two: What bits would you like to see expanded on in the form of a short story? There's stuff I've already got in mind, and will doubtless add to while I'm editing the thing, but I thought I'd get input from my wonderful beta readers, too. I'll probably go through all the comments at some stage and pick out bits, but until then, requests go here!
SO! Mostly for those who've read the whole thing, but really for anyone who's read a chapter or two: What bits would you like to see expanded on in the form of a short story? There's stuff I've already got in mind, and will doubtless add to while I'm editing the thing, but I thought I'd get input from my wonderful beta readers, too. I'll probably go through all the comments at some stage and pick out bits, but until then, requests go here!
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Sun, Mar. 15th, 2009 11:50 pmHOLY SHIT YOU GUYS.
I FINISHED.
SILENT HARMONY IS FINISHED.
WELL, ONLY BOOK ONE IS FINISHED, BUT I FEEL PRETTY FUCKING AWESOME RIGHT NOW.
READ IT BITCHES.
(If you can't see the chapters there, you fail and aren't a member of![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
yrae, so go and join so you can see them and read them and holy crap I finished it you guys! I FINISHED!)
*PLAYS P!NK AS LOUD AS THE HEADPHONES WILL ALLOW WITHOUT SOUNDING SHIT*
I FINISHED.
SILENT HARMONY IS FINISHED.
WELL, ONLY BOOK ONE IS FINISHED, BUT I FEEL PRETTY FUCKING AWESOME RIGHT NOW.
READ IT BITCHES.
(If you can't see the chapters there, you fail and aren't a member of
yrae, so go and join so you can see them and read them and holy crap I finished it you guys! I FINISHED!)*PLAYS P!NK AS LOUD AS THE HEADPHONES WILL ALLOW WITHOUT SOUNDING SHIT*
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Thu, Dec. 11th, 2008 11:03 pm
FUCK CONTINUITY!
*writes the last eight chapters completely out of order* :DDD
*writes the last eight chapters completely out of order* :DDD
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Mon, Nov. 17th, 2008 12:39 amSemi-dropping my NaNo for the year. It's not that the story's not happening, it's just that at the stage I left off Silent Harmony end of last month it's been nagging me all month. Not in the back of my mind, right at the forefront, waving giant pink banners and flashing lights saying 'WRITE ME!!!!!!!!!!!111' So I caved in today and wrote four pages in the time it took to write one of Vermilion.
So! SH it is. With any luck (or rather, skill, guts and determination) I'll have it finished by the end of the year, then I can pick Vermilion back up again in January while I plan SH part 2. I currently have ideas but no way of knitting them into the story, characters to somehow insert/kill off/otherwise do things with, locations that need to be developed, locations that need to be accessed in some way... various odds and ends but no story, so that'll require a whole~ lotta planning.
Also? I hit 100k =D I love my girls~ <3
So! SH it is. With any luck (or rather, skill, guts and determination) I'll have it finished by the end of the year, then I can pick Vermilion back up again in January while I plan SH part 2. I currently have ideas but no way of knitting them into the story, characters to somehow insert/kill off/otherwise do things with, locations that need to be developed, locations that need to be accessed in some way... various odds and ends but no story, so that'll require a whole~ lotta planning.
Also? I hit 100k =D I love my girls~ <3
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Fri, Oct. 31st, 2008 01:04 am
NaNo starts in less than 24 hours~ omg~ =0 Now, technically~ you're supposed to start a new story from scratch, but having just written about 8000 words of Silent Harmony in the last three days, I'm on kind of a roll with my baby, and now I kinda want to write that for said NaNo. I estimate it has about 50k left itself, yasee.
So, because I can't make my own decisions, a poll!
Silent Harmony ~ Been going for 14 months/6 years depending on how you look at it. 14 months on this draft, anyway, and about 50k from the end of book one.
Vermilion ~ Set in Llayad (specifically Belyad) since the last one was in Kazin, main character is this git, but each chapter will be told from a different townsperson's point of view.
[Poll #1287931]
So, because I can't make my own decisions, a poll!
Silent Harmony ~ Been going for 14 months/6 years depending on how you look at it. 14 months on this draft, anyway, and about 50k from the end of book one.
Vermilion ~ Set in Llayad (specifically Belyad) since the last one was in Kazin, main character is this git, but each chapter will be told from a different townsperson's point of view.
[Poll #1287931]
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Wed, Oct. 29th, 2008 08:09 pmI got a Distinction~ for my major essay, wai :D All I have left for the semester is my webpage portfolio (half-done, I just have to code it) and one and a half paintings (the half I'll finish at uni, and the one I'll do at home cos I want to paint my bananalamb and there's no way in hell that's going to uni). So yay, uni almost done for the semester =D
Which means~ NaNo starts on Saturday! I'm excited :D In preparation I'm going to finish SH chapter 22. Just you watch >O I already wrote a page and a half in my hour and a bit break between classes today at uni. Also, nobody dies in this one, which makes it SO much less of a chore to write. In fact, archers and blade archers have just been idiots. Normal service has resumed <3
Which means~ NaNo starts on Saturday! I'm excited :D In preparation I'm going to finish SH chapter 22. Just you watch >O I already wrote a page and a half in my hour and a bit break between classes today at uni. Also, nobody dies in this one, which makes it SO much less of a chore to write. In fact, archers and blade archers have just been idiots. Normal service has resumed <3
