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Author of the Lost Dogs series. Enjoys books, beer, and coffee.
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This is part of the rewritten chapter.
My editor said it was too much of an info dump and needed some tweaking.
Now, it's twice as long and mostly about paladin action movies and how much of them is true.
I'm not sure it's really an improvement, but it was fun to write.
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I'm sorry to hear that, but I think it's also a natural (if unpleasant) part of being an artist.
For what it's worth, I feel like you're feelings are telling you lies, and your art is awesome.
I hope you'll feel better soon. :)
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Well, good thing I checked again.
I'd forgotten to include something in the rewrite that's important for the entire rest of the series, and now I need to fit it back in again...
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You're not the only one.
I'm sitting here wondering if it's my book. :P
(except, not really, barely anyone reads my books)
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Garbage cans and lightning very very frightening!
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Thank you. :D
This morning was rather refreshing after the night's rain, especially considering the heat of last week.
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Here are a few:
- Bad Grains, by Susanne Schmidt
- Oksy, Come Home, by Phil Williams
- The Shadow Dancers of Brixton Hill, by Nicole Willson
- Sistah Samurai, by Tatiana Obey
- Blackburn Station, by Karen Lucia
All of the above are novellas, so they're nice bite-size snacks. :)
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I'd say I'm a six today.
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Same!
I'm only three chapters in, but so far, very promising. :)
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I just started this one the other day, and it's very promising so far. :D
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Isn't it great when things work the way they should?
I wish there were more of that in life. :D
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Yeah, for sure. Getting to know them takes a while.
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People are complex, (seemingly) irrational, and carry a ton of past experiences with them that I know nothing about. How can I ever hope to get it right if I don't get to know them first? I can't get to know them while they're still vague concepts in my head, so I need to write their story first.
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I thought a bit more about this and I realised a few things.
- I've only had rather vague ideas about the characters of my story as I started them. It's through writing their stories that I got to know who they are.
- Trying to design/create a character from scratch is daunting and overwhelming.
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It's always the one you're not starting with.
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Exactly
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I'm now on the next bus. It's full of people and barely moving. I doubt making it on the earlier one would have made much of a difference.
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Absolutely.
I did customer support for World of Warcraft for a long time, and transmogrification was a Big Deal<tm>. I'm pretty sure it still is.
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Realm is a word I've used nearly daily since 2006 due to work (online game support).
For a while, the same went for "transmogrification"
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This reminds me of when "lol" became a word used in everyday speech.
That said, there are some pretty interesting (and frightening) implications here.
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There are so many other, more interesting ways to describe what defend implies.
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I guess that makes sense.
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Stop applying logic to cat.
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I'm not surprised. :/
As a teacher, is there a way to drive home to them how doing things like that only hurts themselves in the long run, or is it a lost cause?
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I couldn't resist.