Posted by gralinnaea on Jan 25, 2012 in
Dear Diary 
Erg. I’ve been meaning to do a New Years post, etc, but I’ve been SO BUSY. *whine* *whine* *whine*
Maybe later this week.
Anyway, I wanna close a few tabs, so here’s some notes to self.
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Four writing things:
Bibliotheca Fantastica (My friend Claude is editing this. I owe him a story. Phew.)
Predictions of what 2011 would be, from a paper in 1911. (I saw this just as I was thinking about writing more stories in the world of my WotF winning story, “Life in Steam.”)
Chuck Palahniuk’s “Big Voice, Little Voice.”
400 Free Online Courses from Top Universities. (AWESOME!)
And three random life/house things:
WordPress Contractors (I’m thinking about hiring someone for my site redesign.)
Electrical Conduit Raceways (To tidy my video projector setup.)
craigslist > services offered > household services (I’m *cough* thinking about getting a little help around the house.)
More later …
Tags: busy, etc, house, life, Words Words Words
Posted by gralinnaea on Dec 24, 2011 in
Dear Diary,
DIY Having a new house and no furniture (see: traveling the world for all of 2010) has left me needing … well, to fill a house with furniture.
I’ve instituted a “no particleboard” policy and have been trying to customize (or straight-out make) as much as I can. (Watch this space for an update about my upcoming dining room table.)
Dressers made of real wood are surprisingly hard to find, but craigslist came through with this old beaten up antique. ($20, yo!)
Oops, I forgot to take a picture before I went at it with a sander.
Originally I was going to go the traditional staining and varnishing route, but the wood top was so distressed that I decided to go with a solid black and satin varnish. Elina painted the new pulls blue and I think the whole thing comes together rather dramatically.
Ignore the imperfections, they're ... character!
I didn’t realize the top three drawers were a different color than the bottom two, but I kinda like the effect.
This was definitely a project of the “quick and dirty” variety, but I love it anyway. ($35 altogether, yo!)
And now my clothes live somewhere besides the floor!
Tags: diy, dresser, home improvement
Posted by gralinnaea on Dec 2, 2011 in
Read My Stuff.,
Words Words Words So, *ahem*, I’m new at this, but hopefully this isn’t too self promotey.
I posted two of my stories in the SFWA forums for Nebula consideration:
“Heart on Green Paper” (short story, originally published in Daily Science Fiction, August 25th, 2011): http://www.sfwa.org/forum/index.php?/topic/3005-linnaea-gra-heart-on-green-paper/
“Namasté Prime” (short story, originally published in Apex Magazine, September 2011): http://www.sfwa.org/forum/index.php?/topic/3004-linnaea-gra-namaste-prime/
Note: only SFWA members can read the forums.
If you like either these stories, maybe consider suggesting them (http://www.sfwa.org/nebula-awards/readinglist/) or even nominating them for a Nebula Award.
There, *spam off.* As you were.
Tags: nebula, nominations, sfwa
Posted by gralinnaea on Nov 28, 2011 in
Dear Diary,
Words Words Words In retrospect, this challenge was a stupid thing to do.
…
I think, given a normal month, this wouldn’t have been quite as dire. As it was, I was trying to churn out 2000 words a day while buying a house, moving, unpacking my life, spending three days at a con, Thanksgiving and working working working.
The writing itself has swung wildly from inspiration to sludge to outright falling on my face. I think there’s some good stuff in here, but I’m not letting another person see this till I give it another rewrite … and I’m taking at least a month break from the damn thing.
…
Anyway, that said, I’m pretty sure I’m not buying Rob, Bill and Eden scotch this month.
I have about two scenes left before “THE END” (and some loose ends here and there.) Somewhere in the next 2000 to 6000 words I think I can reasonably call this a book. (In related news, I’m all moved and the house is starting to come together.)
I wont be able to say for sure that it’s done-done (done done done) till I get those words done (done done done done,) but I’ll let you know in the next few days.
… and more importantly, Rob, Bill, Eden, baring some sort of sabotage, I intend to deny you your scotch in the next two days.
*evil laugh … which disintegrates into coughing … and snoring*
Tags: overwhelm, scotch, stupid things to do with your money, Words Words Words
Posted by gralinnaea on Nov 15, 2011 in
Words Words Words Orycon was cool. Maybe I’ll write a separate post about that, but right now I’m stressing about how much writing I did at the con. (hint: none.)
Whew. I have somewhere around 30K done on the book (it’s hard to say perfectly, because I still have to transcribe some of the stuff I dictated.) I’m probably about halfway through.
This is all a bit dire, since I only have 15 days left, and one of them is Thanksgiving, and another is me closing on my house and moving, and then there’s all the working in between.
I think I’ve started dreaming about scotch.
In the dream, Rob Ziegler and Bill Shunn point at $1000 bottles of scotch and moths fly out of my wallet. In another one, Eden Robins tells me to just relax and not work so hard … no wait, that was in real life. Damn you, Eden Robins.
I beginning to see a very real possibility of … not being awesome.
Anyway, I’m sitting in a cafe right now, so I’m going to stop writing this and write on my novel instead.
*weakly* onward.
Tags: stupid things to do with your money, Words Words Words, writing challenge
Posted by gralinnaea on Nov 9, 2011 in
Words Words Words Whew.
Long couple of days there. The novel is … well, it’s acting slightly novel-like. I’ve put on another 7000 or so words. Mostly by bopping around from middle to end to start to middle, etc etc etc.
I got a big chunk done dictating into my phone while driving to and from Portland. That worked so well, I’m thinking about doing it some more even when I’m not driving. Maybe I should try jogging and writing?
Anyway, Orycon is in a few days, so … expect a lull in the writing … and more running around cons.
Onward.
Tags: Challenge accepted!, novel, stupid things to do with your money, Words Words Words
Erg. I’ve been meaning to do a New Years post, etc, but I’ve been SO BUSY. *whine* *whine* *whine*
