Relating to my Characters: Penmanship and Fountain Pens
General » Fun, ResearchFebruary 26th, 2008
I envy my own characters even though they live in my head and therefore, are technically me anyway. Why the envy? They have distinctive penmanship and can wield a fountain pen with a flourish. I silently wail against the loss of the importance of penmanship in the real world, and especially the loss of my own penmanship, due to the efficiency of computers and e-mail, and the rising cost of snail mail. Or rather, I wail against the fact that I had no real patience to excel at penmanship in the first place. I could blame this on the now-now-now of today’s culture, but I won’t. I love to get mail, so I should write more of it, which should encourage more people to send me mail in the first place.
2007 Reading Stats
Book Reviews, General » Announcements, FunJanuary 8th, 2008
Admitting you have a problem is the first step to recovery, right? Well, I think it’s time I admit that I have a problem: I don’t have enough time to read everything I want to read. I admitted this to myself two years ago in June, and I’m happy to say I have made progress. I think keeping a list of books I want to read and checking off the ones I have read really helps. It’s like a multi-step program toward recovery, only… the list never ends. Hey, I’m improving my literacy rate! But in doing so, I’ve created a new problem by re-awakening the avid reader of my childhood and forgetting that sleep is just as important as getting to the next chapter in my new favorite book. Don’t believe me? Take a look at my reading statistics from 2007…
The new year cometh
General, Writing » Announcements, Fun, Hook, Websites, Work-in-ProgressJanuary 1st, 2008
Happy new year, everyone! Here’s hoping your muse is kind. Mine favored me at the end of my break from school, the procrastinating little wretch that she is, and I’m now 76% complete with the WIP manuscript! I’ve done a lot of work-shopping on the tagline and the hook. Here’s what I came up with for my WIP, Trentwood’s Orphan…
Books on Display
General » Fun, LinksOctober 23rd, 2007
I understand that other people don’t have the luxury or know-how to create a library in their closets. So, keeping in mind that I haven’t tried some of these products, nor am I receiving any sort of kickbacks for talking about them, here are a couple of really cool book display ideas that I found while searching online.
New Blog Layout
General » WebsitesOctober 11th, 2007
So, I don’t know how many of you actually came to the blog yesterday, but if you did, I apologize. I don’t have a PHP interpreter on my computer, so when I made changes to the layout I had to upload them to the blog to see if it looked like how I wanted it to. I’m pretty pleased with the end result! The colors are a little more subtle, and I find it more visually pleasing than the last layout I made. I especially like the horizontal links along the top. I had to change the actual blog code to get that trick working…
Book Meme!
General » FunOctober 7th, 2007
So I normally don’t do memes, but Word Nerd tagged me and I like this one, so I’m doing it. Which, while I’m on the topic, how do you pronounce the word “meme”? Is it “mem” such as memory, or “me-me”? What is the history of this word? Why does it mean “fill out this fun questionaire that will take up space in your blog, thus allowing you to provide content without having to think too hard?” Perhaps that’s a bit harsh. But that’s why I fill out memes, haha. If that’s the plural of meme, that is.
Leg/Back Pain
General, Writing » Work-in-ProgressAugust 20th, 2007
There is a good side to this experience: I know the exquisite pain that comes from using your body incorrectly. I have some idea of how a person would walk, would change their habits, in order to accommodate something that will most likely never go away. And it just so happens that I have a character (or had a character since he’s dead) that, while his accident happened much differently, has many of the same symptoms.
Do you use your personal experiences to flesh out your characters? If you do, does it ever hurt to relive those memories in order to write it on your character’s behalf?
Being Worderella
General » Research, WebsitesAugust 16th, 2007
Things have been crazy around Worderella’s part of the world lately. I took the GRE yesterday, my second time, just to see if I could improve my somewhat decent score. I did, so huzzah! I have been reading a lot, which explains the lack of article-posting and the proliferation of book-review-posting. I’m also working on graduate school applications, my college’s magazine, and my appeal to graduate form which gets me priority scheduling for the next year.
I have not been writing. I wrote about ten thousand words last month, and this month, maybe two. I’m not too worried about this, however, because I came to a scene where I realized my character, who is very spirited, was doing something no girl in her right mind would do in 1887 London. Back to the research books for me!
Moving Woes
General »August 9th, 2007
So, it seems as though the RSS feed is currently a little wacky right now for this new blog. Either that, or LiveJournal is taking its revenge on me for switching systems, and it’s refusing to read the feed correctly. I’m pretty sure it’s not working on my end, though, so I’m playing around with the code to fix it…ah, the joys of Open Source.
In the meantime, I’ll post both at the old and new blogs. Add me to your link list/blog roll! Once things are up and running, I’ll let you know to add the LiveJournal feed for Worderella.
Quote: Try, Try Again
General, Writing » QuotesJuly 27th, 2007
- Thomas Alva Edison
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