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  • May. 13th, 2009 at 3:24 PM
writing edda of burdens fenris wolf
Project: A Reckoning of Men
New words: 1672. Got to the smut. (It's on page 37 of the manuscript. After the butchery.)
Total Words: 8,560
Deadline: Next June, I think, but will you catch me checking the contract?
Reason for stopping: End of chapter 2. Off it goes to [info]truepenny!.

44 / 400

Tenth of a book! Tenth of a book! Tenth of a book!

I'm very, very happy. There was flow in that. It felt like old days. Can it possibly be that after two... four... whatever years of thrashing, I've gotten my groove back? Please, mother. I'll be good.

Stimulants:  coffee, whole wheat pasta with pesto. (Home made pesto is not like the other kind, You can taste all the individual things in it, like the basil and the walnuts and the garlic and the parmesan and the oil. Nom.)
Exercise: Threw the ball for the dog a bunch. About to go out to Pinnacle and climb some stuff in an hour or so.
Mammalian assistance: Dog in lap. Also, dog making his anteater fart.

Mail: A royalty check from Hammered. Thank you! (Now I just have to get some of these other books to sell through...)
Today's words Word don't know: woad
Words I'm surprised Word do know: --

Tyop du jour: --
Darling du jour: --
Mean Things: Angst. Winter. Sex. Bear grease. Quasistarvation. The usual.
Jury-rigging: Transitions. Hate 'em, Jake.

There's always one more quirk in the character: Vethulf has post-battle ennui. Who knew?
Other writing-related work: --
The Internets provide: Look! Shadow Unit fan art. Funny SU fan art, at that.

Books in progress: Kari Sperring, Living With Ghosts
The glamour!: Fairly glamour-free day, thank god.
  • Mood: happy
  • Music:The Crickets - That'll Be The Day

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[info]txanne wrote:
May. 13th, 2009 07:27 pm (UTC)
Today's words TexAnne don't know: wode. Is it something besides a variant spelling of "wood"?
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[info]matociquala wrote:
May. 13th, 2009 07:30 pm (UTC)
er. woad. So I guess that's now the tyop. *g*
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[info]fidelioscabinet wrote:
May. 13th, 2009 07:31 pm (UTC)
Perhaps the GRD does better mammalian assistance, now that he knows it's part of his job. Please don't tell the PC I said that.
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[info]pixel39 wrote:
May. 13th, 2009 08:08 pm (UTC)
He certainly does *larger* mammalian assistance. Maybe it's less of an effort because of his size, whereas the PC has to be more intense about it to provide the same amount?
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[info]jongibbs wrote:
May. 13th, 2009 07:35 pm (UTC)
Keep at it, only 356 to go ;)
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[info]lferion wrote:
May. 13th, 2009 07:36 pm (UTC)
Ooo! Does this mean we get Vethulf-Skjaldwulf? *Hopes* *Does not expect an answer*

I am very glad the words are flowing for you.
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[info]maryread wrote:
May. 14th, 2009 04:22 am (UTC)
Word! I was just off contemplating that possibility. *How can we wait?* *we must wait*

BTW, I just read Hammered and that is one fine book as well, from this readerly end.
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[info]madam_silvertip wrote:
May. 13th, 2009 07:49 pm (UTC)
"Dog making his anteater fart"
is today's smile-inducing sentence.

Is that a toy and is it what it is supposed to do? I get tempted to buy dog toys for myself these days (my dog doesn't like toys!).
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[info]batwrangler wrote:
May. 13th, 2009 08:02 pm (UTC)
Re: "Dog making his anteater fart"
And I was wondering how anteaters became the standard of measure of canine intestinal disruption. (Your parse makes more sense.)
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[info]madam_silvertip wrote:
May. 14th, 2009 02:56 am (UTC)
Re: "Dog making his anteater fart"
Actually squeaky dog toys do make farty sounds when squeezed the right way: Mwop! Mwop! [is six years old]
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[info]colomon wrote:
May. 13th, 2009 07:59 pm (UTC)
I think you meant to write, "Reason for stopping: Got to the smut, so it's off to Truepenny!" ;)

Couldn't agree more about homemade versus store bought pesto. They don't even seem to be the same product, just two vaguely similar basil-based sauces.

That is why we have 18 basil plants sitting on the back porch...
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[info]pixel39 wrote:
May. 13th, 2009 08:06 pm (UTC)
Store-bought pesto is made from some green substance that was introduced to a basil leaf once in its youth.

I need to plant basil, but I've been waiting for the blasted weather to warm up. *sighs mightily*
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[info]casacorona wrote:
May. 13th, 2009 08:17 pm (UTC)
:pets six big basil plants in the bathroom:
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[info]pixel39 wrote:
May. 13th, 2009 08:21 pm (UTC)
Tease. ;-) How big is your bathroom that you have space for plants in it?
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[info]casacorona wrote:
May. 13th, 2009 08:34 pm (UTC)
Fairly large. And has a big garden tub that we use for a plant stand, since we both prefer showering. Also, big south and west facing windows.

It makes a nice plant room.
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[info]pixel39 wrote:
May. 13th, 2009 08:57 pm (UTC)
*envies*
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[info]kassrachel wrote:
May. 13th, 2009 07:59 pm (UTC)
Reckoning of Men, whoooo!

*\o/*
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[info]coffeeem wrote:
May. 13th, 2009 09:09 pm (UTC)
Also, dog making his anteater fart.

That's got to be a relief for the anteater, at least. *g*
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[info]tsubaki_ny wrote:
May. 13th, 2009 10:14 pm (UTC)
Smut and butchery: Now there's a hook if I ever saw one.
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[info]joecrow wrote:
May. 13th, 2009 10:47 pm (UTC)
Books in progress: Kari Sperring, Living With Ghosts

Hey, I just started that one. Kinda digging it, actually.
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[info]calanthe_b wrote:
May. 13th, 2009 11:02 pm (UTC)
~dies laughing at Sol and the body parts~ And don't tell me none of you had that mental image spring to life when that line got written, because I won't believe you...
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