Not Halloween — NaNoWriMo starts tomorrow!
Thanks to everyone who has stopped by with ideas for my story or encouragement. I hope all of you participating this year have fun with it.
It’s only 50,000 words, right?
Archive for October, 2007
Scary!
Posted in Writing, tagged NaNoWriMo on October 31, 2007 | No Comments »
Out on a Limb
Posted in Writing, tagged NaNoWriMo, stephen King, Writing on October 28, 2007 | 1 Comment »
NaNoWriMo starts in just a few days.
I’ve tried writing on and off over the years; correction, I’ve tried writing down story ideas. I spend time brainstorming, creating character backgrounds, etc. I’ve always had this idea in my head that you have to know exactly where you’re going and how the story is going [...]
Announcement
Posted in Work on October 25, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I hate my job. I hate my job. I hate my job.
Thanks. I feel better now.
Oh, no they didn’t.
Posted in Reading on October 23, 2007 | No Comments »
Someone has written another sequel to Gone With the Wind.
I have to say that one of the worst reading mistakes I ever made was reading the sequel to Rebecca. Mrs. DeWinter was released while I was working in a bookstore. I don’t think it had been that long since I’d read Rebecca. [...]
Addictive
Posted in Fun on October 22, 2007 | 5 Comments »
All you vocabulary buffs out there — take note of an interesting new site called Free Rice. Free Rice is a partnership with Poverty.com. By correctly guessing the definition of a word, ten grains of rice will be donated to help feed the hungry.
The beauty of this is you don’t have [...]
All About the Gothic
Posted in Writing, tagged gothic, NaNoWriMo, Writing on October 15, 2007 | 5 Comments »
So I’m still considering ideas for NaNoWriMo. As I mentioned in a previous post, I definitely want to do something gothic. It’s set in modern day, probably either in a museum, historic house or on a college campus.
I am shamelessly trolling for ideas. Anyone have a particular gothic element or idea that [...]
TV Roundup
Posted in TV on October 12, 2007 | 2 Comments »
What I’ve been watching this week:
America’s Next Top Model — I am LOVING that introverted Heather is doing so well. It must be pure hell for her living in a house with (now) 10 other extroverts. But she’s doing well. Hah! I scoff at all extroverts! (Well, not really. Some [...]
Ye Olde English Money
Posted in Reading on October 11, 2007 | 1 Comment »
If you read a lot of Victorian novels, this site can help you figure out all the references to pounds, guineas, pence, etc.
I had some idea of what things were valued from my readings in Victorian literature. The Misses Dashwoods live rather comfortably on 300 pounds a year — that was enough [...]
Indiana Jones 4
Posted in Movies on October 10, 2007 | No Comments »
Here’s a cool link about a brief interview with director Steven Spielberg about the fourth Indiana Jones movie. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (love that title!) debuts in May of 2008.
Check out the photo of Harrison Ford. The man has aged very well.
Beyond My Reach
Posted in Knitting, Writing, tagged Knitting, NaKniSweMo, NaNoWriMo, Writing on October 9, 2007 | No Comments »
Now, I know I can’t do this. But I’m sure there are plenty of other knitters who can. November, in addition to being National Novel Writing Month, is also National Knit a Sweater Month. The goal for NaKniSweMo is to knit a 50,000-stitch sweater in 30 days.
In a strange way, [...]
