I have achieved crab
Mar. 11th, 2006 09:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Writing: 1,470 words today. Still chugging along.
jennifer_dunne critiqued the previous chapter and confirmed that it worked and was smoothly paced, even if it had been excruciating to get down on paper.
In other news, the map for THE FIRST BETRAYAL arrived in the mail. Other fantasy writers are capable of drawing and produce lovely maps. I, on the other hand, am a tad map-impaired.
Looking at the beautifully lettered map of the world as known to the scholar monks of the Learned Brethren, I see a large crab. With claw issues.
That will teach my readers to demand maps.
After writing I went out to the home show and talked to contractors about getting quotes for the work I need done. I have a budget, now I just need to figure out how many of projects will fit into that budget.
Unless, of course, I get bored and decide just to buy a new house. I think the terror of having to move and to pack all my stuff will keep me put for now, but you never know.
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In other news, the map for THE FIRST BETRAYAL arrived in the mail. Other fantasy writers are capable of drawing and produce lovely maps. I, on the other hand, am a tad map-impaired.
Looking at the beautifully lettered map of the world as known to the scholar monks of the Learned Brethren, I see a large crab. With claw issues.
That will teach my readers to demand maps.
After writing I went out to the home show and talked to contractors about getting quotes for the work I need done. I have a budget, now I just need to figure out how many of projects will fit into that budget.
Unless, of course, I get bored and decide just to buy a new house. I think the terror of having to move and to pack all my stuff will keep me put for now, but you never know.
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Date: 2006-03-12 04:08 am (UTC)Scary!!!
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Date: 2006-03-12 01:56 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2006-03-12 01:26 pm (UTC)*rolling around on floor laughing*
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Date: 2006-03-12 01:44 pm (UTC)(Just makes me want the book MORE!)
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Date: 2006-03-12 01:59 pm (UTC)With the followup "Remedial Map Drawing 101: Hanging out at the art show to make friends with people who know how to draw."
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Date: 2006-03-12 03:32 pm (UTC)I've only ever attempted one map. It was pointed out later that it looks vaguely like Texas on steroids. *sighs* *laughs*
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Date: 2006-03-12 01:53 pm (UTC)I live to amuse my readers with my dark humor... and my complete inability to draw.
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Date: 2006-03-12 04:58 pm (UTC)Can I drive from Krysa to Tyrns?
Date: 2006-03-12 03:43 pm (UTC)Well it does!
---L.
Re: Can I drive from Krysa to Tyrns?
Date: 2006-03-12 04:07 pm (UTC)Although if I had taken a picture of a camel I probably would have cut off the head...
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Date: 2006-03-13 04:10 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-03-13 06:22 pm (UTC)So what if the sea basin looks like a Crab? Only the alien colony ships would see that, which is why they used it as a landmark...
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Date: 2006-03-13 08:12 pm (UTC)There are no good smells. If something smells, it smells badly.
Central characters will describe how their feet hurt. Repeatedly.
At least once in each book a viewpoint character will pick drinking over thinking as a problem solving methodology.
All islands are square.
And the #1 way you know a book was written by me: Snark!