Finale

362 people tonight and nearly 1,400 overall. Wow. We had some people drive from Maryland specifically to see this. That is impressive. Maryland isn't close. The director's sister, P, was in the room with me tonight. I wish she had always been in the room. We get along well and play off each other very well.

There was apparently a lot of pants wetting. Heard over the night, 'I just done peed my pants,' 'I'm dribbling all over the place,' 'did you just pee?' and the winner was a guy who unwittingly gave us a good slogan for next year's shirt, 'I just paid 5$ to pee my pants.'

To the parents who tried to make your little girl look at me and realized that when she was too afraid to, exited the haunted house, good for you. To the parents who dragged very small kids to this at 11pm, why aren't those kids in bed?

To the pre-teen boy who asked if he had seen me naked on Youtube, you just wish. I'm far too much woman for you, little boy.

I lost track of how many people got scared by P and slammed into my cubbyhole but i had to keep pulling the wall back and my kidney is probably bruised. I also got slammed in the face by them running into the wall, again!, and for a few moments i wasn't sure if it was blood or it just made my nose run but my nose is swollen. One brave soul tore straight through a wall. When we finally get ALL the walls to be wood, these people are going to kill themselves.

and for all of you who thought I'd hurt myself in the dark strobed maze, i didn't so nyaah. granted they maimed me a few times but i didn't do it to myself.

one of the board members handed out waters during the production for us and also went thru. She was very impressed (she also loved my moonstone triple goddess necklace which was under my shirt until afterwards). At the end of the evening round up (after midnight since people wouldn't stop coming) the director and the technical director got the kids good. Director dressed a dummy in his clothing and was upstairs in the mezzaine turning out the lights while Tech Director was talking to him. That dummy came sailing over the balcony and the lights ALL went out when it hit. Those kids jumped a mile. Hysterical. Also me and my friend, L, got special recognition for all our help in building things and keeping it running. That was nice.


Best news? There was some digital camera video recording. Once i get it from L I'll share with you guys...hmm HOW do i put video online to share? Besides a youtube account which i suppose i could get and still wouldn't know how to use

having a beer and relaxing since i ate a ton of espresso caffinated coffe candy and i can't sleep.

Writerly Ways

okay we all know I didn't write anything this week with the production and we all know it's Nov. first so it's NANO time.

My novel, as mentioned previous is a steampunk mystery. You've met the characters as well. To sum up: Placid Longstaff, he of the embarrassing moniker. Placid and his younger brother, Julian, grew up with an abusive drunk for a father. Placid escaped early into the military and was on the big airships where he lost his leg in the war and has a prosthesis (these guys are medically advanced but lagging a little in other areas to give it that turn of the century feel (the 1800-1900 hundreds turn obviously).

He's now a detective new to the force in Mount Oliver where his brother and their childhood friend, Melantha Honeycutt live but he hasn't gotten in touch with them. Placid is dealing with PTSD (will be going with shellshock and battle fatigue as the terms for it) as well as body dysmorphism due to his metal leg. He is completely withdrawn and would have remained so until his now-sober father tries to get back into his life and is murdered.

Julian Longstaff never really provoked his father's rages, stayed at home longer and ended up in university to become a chemist. His specialty is making perfumes and perfumed soaps. He's become well known in the fashion world and is making a mint. He's the sensitive type.

And the third main character, Melantha. She's something of a feminist but not militantly so (the sufferagette movement was in her granny's time) She is a neurografter, someone who makes the movable prosthetics and attaches them. The war has also made her rich. She and Julian are neighbors by design.

The murder of Declan Longstaff brings them all back together in a maelstrom of emotion especially hefty doses of angst and rediscovered love as the killer starts eliminating people who are close to Placid.

So with that in mind (and let me know what you think of it) I need a working title. I suck at them. Here's my tenative working title list. Have a vote. I need something to call it this month besides that damn steampunk


[Poll #1479379]


and if you're at nano and want to friend me there, I'm DocDana. I don't know that I CAN get onto nano from home (i couldn't earlier in the week) and I don't chat at you much but feel free.

miscelleanous babbling and my book round up for the month

spent the entire day tearing down theatre sets. Bye bye cuddy hole of doom. They're already plotting for things for me to do next year.

There are two old cemeteries not far from the theatre. I FINALLY after all these years visited both. I'll add in the pics to the massive picspam of doom.

I've gotten very little done but i DID pre-write chapter one of my nano knowing I would have to work all day today. IF you'd like to be on the original fiction filter to see the nano novel, let me know. Note: I don't add fic only journals. I like to know who I'm added to this filter.



October's Slim reading offerings

Manga: Kaze no hana #3 Kieli #2 *Kieli was excellent

Manga: Bride of the Water God #3, Ghost Talker's Daydream #1, Books: The Naming: The First Book of Pellinor

Manga: B.Ichi#4, Fairy Tail #6


Manga: Nightmare Inspector #8 Books: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie * Sweetness is also a ton of fun

Books: House of Many Ways for the Wizard Howl fans



ETA - today's word count

2240 / 50000 words. 4% done!