I have achieved crab

[pbray]

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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[shadowhelm.livejournal.com]

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.

Scary!!!

[jpsorrow.livejournal.com]

OMG! It is a crab! And there are claw issues!

*rolling around on floor laughing*

Can I drive from Krysa to Tyrns?

[larryhammer]

I confess it looks more like a sitting camel to me, with the head partly cut off by an inept photographer.

Well it does!

---L.

[jpsorrow.livejournal.com]

All crab issues aside, it IS a great map. Very cool.

[jennifer-dunne.livejournal.com]

But note the complete non-squareness of the map! (Well, except for the islands of the Federation, which are clearly carved out of a block) It actually *looks* like a real map, of a real place.

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...