Apparently, when I get stuck — as in, make negligible progress for most of a year stuck — on “Otters In Space,” my solution ends up being to stick the main character in a box. Maybe when I’m writing OiS3 and get stuck around the 30,000 word mark, instead of banging my head uselessly against it for a year, I can skip straight to having Kipper hide in a box and keep writing.
Transformation via Warcraft
I’m a werewolf wearing a long white dress and black top hat.
Research that Can’t Wait
I tried to go to bed but had to get up and read the wiki page on pandas instead.
Salad
Suddenly, for no apparent reason, the child started crying. I asked what was wrong, and she said, “I don’t like salad.” (There was not a salad in sight.)
So Much Writing
I’ve written 20,000 words of “Learning to Live and Love In a Dog’s World.” Yay for NaNoWriMo!
Leveling Up?
I seem to be writing two novels simultaneously. And seriously considering starting a third…
Novel Prep Looks Like…
…researching dog and cat breeds for Nanowrimo.
Context is Left as an Exercise for the Reader
It is standard practice to approximate dogs as spheres.
DS9 vs. B5
Having finally watched all of Babylon 5, I’m finally qualified to hold the opinion that Deep Space Nine is better than Babylon 5. (And it is.)
I’ll even take it a step further: Farscape’s better too! And, possibly even Stargate: SG-1. Though, that wouldn’t be worth getting into a holy war over. (Note added 14 years later, after watching all the way through Stargate a second time: yes, it would.)
Continue reading “DS9 vs. B5”
Important Quote
“My grandpa used to say cheddar cheese chunks and mathematical equations make a ladder.”
–animal wearing a blue hat in Reader Rabbit