Monthly Archives: November 2009

Nov
13

And Just Who *Are* My Characters, Anyway?

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Sort of a continuation of yesterday’s post, but without the smut. (Boo…) Anyway, so as I continue to NaNo along, I’ve definitely found ShadowWeaver to be picking up nicely. Although a few of the chapters start out a bit aimlessly, I now have a good idea of where I’m going. It’s different than I initially imagined it, but I’ve got the setup in place now and we’re starting to get into the action. MoonSong still continues to give me off and on fits. In some ways, I’m actually grateful for NaNo for this – it’s allowing me to try writing the same chapter from different PoVs without the added pressure of feeling like I need to produce it NOW. (Unlike ShadowWeaver, which is more established in my head, so I know what I’m putting down needs to count a bit more). However, some interesting things coming into play here with… Read more
Nov
12

Smut and the 1st PoV

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I had a slightly different topic of discussion yesterday that was lost by way of a few careless keystrokes, but I think this might be a little more interesting. It’s funny to me, because as I’ve mentioned before, I adore first person stories. Or maybe a better qualified statement is that I adore *good* first person stories. And as I’ve stated before, most of my favorite books are written in first, although certainly not all of them. We’ve had quite the discussion on the FF&P loops the last few days about it – what people like and don’t like, and I’ve seen a few impromptu polls go up on Facebook about it too. People seem to fall into three categories: 1) Either they loathe first person and refuse to read anything in it, regardless of author, storyline, etc or 2) People who don’t mind it at all. or 3) People… Read more
Nov
11

Contests and Updates

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Well. I had this really cool ass post written up about PoV, but then Blogger shit the bed and I lost it all. My loss, your gain? I’ll try to come up with something else tomorrow, but in the meantime, a few small updates. 1) Didn’t get any further with my drive-by-final, but that’s okay. It was a surprise to have gotten that far anyway and I didn’t have any major expectations. 2) I didn’t win the Best-in-Show for the Toronto Golden Opportunity, but I did get 3rd. And a request for the full from Kristin Nelson! 🙂 And isn’t that what it’s all about? 3) I won the chance to pitch to Jenny Rappaport. Was supposed to have happened last night, but poor woman and her husband have both contracted the swine flu, so hopefully it will happen next week. 4) Paul Durham from Black Lab is following me… Read more
Nov
10

New Digs. AKA – Welcome to the Hellmouth.

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Eh. Maybe Hellmouth is too strong? It’s definitely a fishbowl. A loud ass fishbowl. When I first started at my latest job, I had a real office. With a door. No windows at all, but that was ok. I could close the door and work in the dark and be just happy with that. (I dislike most office lighting systems – I tend to get major headaches from them.) People used to call it the bat cave. Then we changed buildings and I was put into a cube. Not a particularly nice one, but the walls were pretty high, and I ended up getting a table so I could face forwards. I’m not very fond of having my back to the opening of a cube. Not because I give a crap if people see what I’m doing, but just because it makes me feel terribly exposed. So now we’ve just… Read more
Nov
9

Whee Censorship

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You know, I don’t object to them having their opinion. It’s quite probable that most graphic novels aren’t really meant for kids. By all means bring it up to the library, or the parents, or whoever, but did she *really* have to resort to just constantly checking it out?  Hello, passive-aggressive? And way out of line? Point is – it’s not their place to determine a book’s readability. If you want to set age limits on certain books (and given that some graphic novels really do fall into a Mature level), then I guess that might be okay – but where does it stop? I was reading adult books in 4th grade. Should the library limit my borrowing practices simply because I wasn’t into Sweet Valley High? *shudders* This is where parents should be stepping in to monitor what their kids read/watch or whatever**. Maybe limits could be put on… Read more