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So, anyway, there it is. Not quite a microfiber swaddling cloth and a solid oak crib, but it gives me some breathing room to patch the damned roof and not put every spare dime in savings. Well, not as many dimes, anyway.
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I'm sitting at about 26k on another story. One of these days I'll finish one of the damn things. I think the problem is that I learn so much about writing each time I work on a project that by the time I get to 50k or so, I start to doubt myself and want to apply those lessons to something new. I need to get over that and stay on task.
So, needless to say, I won't be doing NaNoWriMo this year. I ought to be close to 35k on this story by then, I don't want to lose momentum (with Halloween coming up, AND a conference I have to attend for work, I won't get much done between next Tuesday and Nov 1). I'm fighting the short story bug tooth and nail. I also have a story that I did about 20k on and put aside that I thought would make a great comic, I may draft a script and see if any drawers are interested this winter.
So, needless to say, I won't be doing NaNoWriMo this year. I ought to be close to 35k on this story by then, I don't want to lose momentum (with Halloween coming up, AND a conference I have to attend for work, I won't get much done between next Tuesday and Nov 1). I'm fighting the short story bug tooth and nail. I also have a story that I did about 20k on and put aside that I thought would make a great comic, I may draft a script and see if any drawers are interested this winter.
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In keeping with holiday tradition, we're renting a few scary/monster flicks this month (rare for us) to set the mood. My oldest daughter and I plowed through the 3+ hour DVD of It last week, which I'd never seen. The ending was weak, but Tim Curry was awesome as Pennywise. He is really an underrated actor, that guy...I loved him in Clue, too. He ends up in hammy roles and doing audio for cartoons too often. I'd like to see him in some killer dramatic role someday.I think Poltergeist is next in the queue. Every kid should watch Poltergeist before bed at least once, right?
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My dad showed me Poltergeist when I was a little kid. I would hate to see any child miss out on that experience : )
I know, I remember not sleeping for like 3 days after that. I think I was in 3rd grade at the time.
Good news re the job.
I can't remember when I first watched Poltergeist, and I'm resisiting finding out exactly when it was released because I might find out I was no longer a kid at the time. :D
You've just reminded me, I have a sealed DVD of Rocky Horror that I'm yet to watch.
Poltergeist is an absolute necessity in such situations, yes. I used to be able to terrorize my cousin after we watched it (we were very, very young) by just going "they're heeeeere..." Good times.
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