Writerly Ways

Before i get that far though, here's my overweaning thought for the morning: I'm not sure what's worse. Waking up with a migraine and nausea, waking up with the earworm of Monthy Python's Sit on My Face or having one of my science major's bagging up my Hemp milk at the Kroger's. OOO I'm having coffee in Doc D's office!

Dear Characters (wow I haven't had one of these yet)

QUIT CHANGING YOUR NAMES

Howell Killingsworth, give it up. You insisted on Howell and you love your last name. What the hell else do you want?

Placid Longstaff - Yes your name is a joke. It's MEANT to be.

Melantha Honeycutt - You just wouldn't let me change your last name. Heck even the spellchecker kept turning Honeysett back to Honeycutt so I guess it's fate

Thomas Wakefield - You are not Irish. You can not have the first name Keegan. Live with it.

Ophelia Winter - Yes the Feel-ya Burns joke worked better but I am not having a Honeycutt-Burns joke going thru this. Besides Winter fits your personality

Violet McFarland - Yes your name is old-fashioned but you are the representation of femininity in this novel.

Julian Longstaff - Thank you for being so understanding and not complaining but that IS your nature.

Dear Placid

Why in the hell are you standing out in the yard wailing about how ugly your body is and crying that even the hookers didn't want to touch you? Don't you know Melantha's dad can hear you from there? Wasn't it bad enough you went wandering through the house in your boxers in front of your brother's girlfriend?

Dear Melantha

You're supposed to be the female main character. For god's sake stop letting Placid run away with the novel. DO SOMETHING. ANYTHING. You must become more interesting.

And here are the pep talks from nano. I have no idea who either of these people are but as someone who handwrites A LOT, I liked one of their pep talks. the other is just plain amusing (and yes the freaking middle of the book is always the damn hardest)

( Maureen Johnson )

( Lynda Barry )

both of them have websites but i was too headachy to play around coding them in for you all.


oh and Dear J &M next door. I sure as hell hope you like old jazz and swing music. I've been mainlining it to get the feel of my novel's time period. Just rock out to Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, they're fun


ETA - forgot my word count last night and just now. duh... I did make my goal of 4K in a day

25931 / 50000 words. 52% done!

Half way there all

Murder for open on sunday

( Murder )

just feeling sick today

That nausea hung out all day. I didn't get much done. I wanted to enjoy outside a little since it was in the 60's and absolutely gorgeous. Why am I wearing shorts in Nov and am not currently living in FL? Still, it could be this temp every day and I'd be so happy (seriously I should live in Eureka CA).

To add to the nausea I was struck with the feeling of gah, HOW did that get published. You see a supremely shitty story in print and you're like HOW (especially one this hateful to women)

I didn't look for a new job or put out my christms lights (Not LIGHT them just put them out), or write.

Speaking of christmas lights I forgot to mention on the way to Athens I saw one trailer with FOUR christmas blow ups (where's my knife) already up and just outside of Athens a huge lit cross (and house and i suspect this thing is ALWAYS lit since I've sen that cross before). It's like really people? second week in Nov. Should be a law, not until after Thanksgiving damn it.

Speaking of laws the Columbus Dispatch's headline article today was the fact that in OH there are more laws to protect our pets than there are to protect women. This doesn't surprise me. Women always seem to count for less than animals. It's a stunning fact really given the strides made last century still don't give us the same rights as a dog.

You hear the excuse 'well i like animals more than people' You know what, that is a really shitty attitude (not that I'm saying we shouldn't like and protect animals, no not saying that at all). Maybe if we cared a little more about each other it would be harder to sit back and be comfortable with the fact that you'll get more time for beating your dog than your wife. I'm not even getting into how many police stations they said routinuely ignore a 20 year old law that says they MUST report signs of abuse if they see it. Apparently that only goes in OH if you're taping for Cops!

The number one cause of death in pregnant women is not eclampsia or placenta prevara or ectopic pregnancies, no it's being beaten to death by the baby's father

This is why I'm so proud of my story in Nothing But Red All the money goes to women's charities, something I've worked for since undergrad.

So there's a topped for my week. My life is worth less than Roy the cat.