Reading and Writing, October 9–10

[scribblemyname]

This entry is part 9 of 9 in the series Daily Scribble Reports

So yesterday was October 9, 2013 and I wrote 513 words of last-second fiction and 84 words of blog post. So let it be noted.

I tend to use leading conjunctions, did you know that? But, and, so...

Onto today...

So. I signed up for Yuletide, wrote my letter, linked it on the Yuletide Livejournal, and otherwise freaked out but ended up feeling serenely as though I achieved something. Ahem. Yeah.

I also did my daily reading of writing/industry blogs I find useful, including Dean Wesley Smith, Kristine Rusch, The Passive Voice, Juliette Wade, and others. Then, I tackled the ficlets in my LJ inbox from thecatisacritic. I still need to catch up reading on Laurie's story from in_the_blue and the rest of the Fire and Water books, but alas! That requires some ability to focus. Now, that I'm headache-free again and my leg isn't screaming this might be soon possible.

And then there's writing. I tried to use the lullaby lyrics I had in the prompt bin to write about Watcher and Shift, but I hated it. I tried a few other snippets, but the words aren't coming. I need a different angle.

Hm...

I got back my last set of beta notes on "Dowse and Bleed." Hurrah! Some edits, but they are good ones and all the typos she caught! Ack. Sometimes I wonder how in the world I can have that many words go missing... But anyway.

No scribbling today. Sorry, thecatisacritic. I'm just not really feeling up to that.

Count

• Total Fiction: 0 words - Month to Date: 13,881 words
• Total Blog: 1123 words - Month to Date: 5,204 words

365 Challenge

From yesterday...

• 209/365 – Kindgoms and Thorn Ficlet: Family – 377 words

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Comments

[thecatisacritic.livejournal.com]

I hope you feel better soon.

I think typos have a way of creeping in when we're not looking. Or maybe it's easy as a writer to miss them because the writer knows what should be there and can overlook what isn't or the extra stuff that creeps in.

[scribblemyname]

Thanks. Yes. They make babies while we're not looking!

[thecatisacritic.livejournal.com]

Okay, I know I'm crazy, but all of a sudden, I could picture the typo army (not entirely dissimilar from Chocolate's kitten army in some ways) running around and multiplying and I think that might mean it's bed time because it almost seemed like a story idea...

[scribblemyname]

It could be. We could name a small tribe of kittens: Typo, Errata, Slip, Transpose, Sic, and Stet.

[thecatisacritic.livejournal.com]

Yes.

There must be an Autocorrect and maybe even a red pen, too. Of course, that red pen thing might just be me.

[scribblemyname]

Very cute. I know my favorite detail of everything in Runaway Bride was the cat being named Italics. :)

[thecatisacritic.livejournal.com]

Owing to a bad memory being attached to that movie that means I can never watch it again without a lot of hurt, I don't remember that being the cat's name, but that could be another one for this army. Maybe ellipse and semi-colon and dash...

Ooh, parenthesis. Tilde. Ampersand...

[scribblemyname]

I have issues with the movie, but there were cute, quirky things. Like Italics.

Now, we really must write about the army of kittens. Hm...

[thecatisacritic.livejournal.com]

It's been so long since I saw it I didn't even remember the cat.

Yes. I had a thought they might run like teams in some ways. Like the punctuation ones might be together, grammar ones, or maybe a bit more of a mix.

[in-the-blue.livejournal.com]

Sometimes words jump into a misspelled state just to keep us on our toes. Other times, even the best proofers/copyeditors/betas miss the typos the first time around.

[scribblemyname]

And did I not mention you're awesome? Because you are. :grins: