Archive for August 2010
Summer is Over
Posted by: WD on: August 30, 2010
Summer vacation is over. I moved in Saturday, and today is the first day of classes. Already, I’m tired, and I don’t start my first class for over an hour. I’ve also already had to call for maintenance three times–twice because one of the lights in the bathroom shorted out, and once because the shower [...]
The End is Nigh
Posted by: WD on: August 12, 2010
First off, I shall start off by saying that I have no idea what is going on within the seething mass of Family Drama anymore, but apparently my uncle is going to be going through chemotherapy and radiation, and he may live a few more years, or he may not. And I have no idea [...]
An Update
Posted by: WD on: August 9, 2010
- In: Character Development | DOOM | Life and Death | Personal | Ranting | Writing
- 4 Comments
It appears that the cousin who was giving us news about my hospitalized uncle’s condition might have been being a dramatic Lying Liar Who Lies again. If so, I shall once again officially declare the woman absolutely appalling. Today’s lesson: Take anything a Known Horrible Person says with an oceanful of salt. I won’t go [...]
Life, Death, the Universe, and Everything
Posted by: WD on: August 8, 2010
Sorry I didn’t get around to replying to the comments about my netbook. Yesterday was a bad day that started with battling Trojan horses on my parents’ computer, and it all went downhill from there. We learned last night that my uncle is dying. Advanced lung cancer. There was some bleeding, and he was taken [...]
My Fedora Can Beat Up My Computer
Posted by: WD on: August 6, 2010
- In: Computer Squee | Personal | Writing
- 6 Comments
It seems that I am not as immune to peer pressure as I thought I was. Everyone, meet Luna, my new pet. Yes, that is a normal-sized fedora sitting on top of her. My fedora can beat up my computer.
Hi, My Name is…What?
Posted by: WD on: August 4, 2010
- In: Character Development | Names | Writing
- 2 Comments
Note: Thanks to the title of this post, I now have that one Eminem song stuck in my head. Argh. One of the biggest problems I have with writing is with naming things. It’s a good thing I don’t want to reproduce, ’cause if I did, my kids would probably end up being named “Baby [...]
Fun With First Novels…or What WD Did on Her Summer Vacation
Posted by: WD on: August 2, 2010
- In: DOOM | NaNoWriMo | Writing
- 6 Comments
The Mpreg o’DOOM has officially reached the status of “Longest WIP I’ve Ever Had.” It’s going to be novel-length, definitely. I will finish it. I’m at 66,100 words right now, and only two of the…many plot threads I’ve been playing with have been wrapped up. It comes thisclose to violating the “No Undiluted Romance” rule [...]
The Writing Magna Cartas
Posted by: WD on: August 1, 2010
- In: Adam Lambert | DOOM | NaNoWriMo | Writing
- 3 Comments
Getting me to finish reading a book these days is incredibly difficult. There is always something better to do than make it to the end of whatever it is I’m reading. Twitter, online chatting, writing, playing with Paint Shop Pro, reading fanfiction…the list of reasons why I can hardly finish a book anymore is almost [...]
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