pika pika meme

taken from bob_fish

Comment with "PIKA PIKA!"
▸ I'll respond by asking you five questions so I can get to know you better.
▸ Update your journal with the answers to the questions.
▸ Include this explanation in the post and offer to ask other people questions.


keep in mind I may be slow in getting those questions to you.

( my answers to Bobfish )

Writerly Ways

well since I hadn't had one in two weeks and with the surgery tomorrow, I'm not sure if I'll be able to do any in the near future I thought I'd better tuck one in here.

You've already heard this week's big news about Ghost of Jupiter selling.

As for the writers' group stuff I talked about a couple weeks ago, needless to say I still want to do it but I also will need a few weeks probably to get myself ready for it. Maybe in July. Sorry about that guys.

I have several original fiction projects in mind.

I started Scott Westerfield's Leviathian. Several people recced it as good steampunk but I had been shying away for one reason, I am so tired of the girl dressing as a boy trope. While I know that there have been real world cases of girls dressing as boys (pirates, stagecoach drivers, even Calamity Jane was thought to be male foryears), I just have to wonder how the hell they pull it off. I'm not talking about the boobs. In thirty years, it's a rare occasion when there isn't an accident during my period. Either I'm extremely unlucky (hush it) or these dress as boy girls are lucky (or even a bit odd physiologically, which has been the case that some of them have been intersexed). I'm thinking even with pads that glue to the panties and/or tampons, versus something like rags wadded up/tied down that would have been the available protection in these stories days, this is dicey.

ELD reminded me that periods don't seem to exist in the written world unless it's a plot point.

Anyhow what is the point of period babbling? I was just thinking (since I'm not mentally up for serious writing talk). I'm curious just what tropes you're tired of seeing.

1. girls dressing as boys. I guess I just rather read stories where girls don't have to hide

2. the snarky assed heroine. Okay i like a little bit of snark and it was fun with Buffy and most of my heroines are snarky too but I'm talking about the ones who every word out of her mouth, every thought, is some snarky bullshit. A little snark is good. 300 pages is wearying.

3. zombies. I know I know someone who writes vampires doesn't get to talk about the overuse of zombies. I guess i just don't get why they're the hot new thing.

4. dystopias. I should just avoid them or learn to write them. I like angst right? I should love dystopias. I guess deep down I want happiness in my reading

I'm sure the list could be longer but I have to go get mom so i'll leave you with my yearly word count

36292 / 125000 words. 29% done!

surgery is a little more than 12 hours away

thanks for the well wishes. mom is here (and complaining naturally. I'm going to ban her from cleaning anything if she doesn't stop).

Am I worried? Only a little. I trust the surgeon. I am worried more about pain management afterward since I'm not allowed NSAIDS (as if I could take them). Narcotics make me vomit and I'm afraid of undoing everything because of that.

I'm worried that they will have to do the tendondesis of the biceps because that is major (and open work, not arthroscope). I'm worried about dealing with things by myself with one arm.

I'm worried about diabetes and infection and the very long physical therapy requirements. It's overwhelming to realize that I'll still be in therapy most likely when we're wrapping Christmas gifts.

I don't know if i'll be back online any time soon. If I think not, I'll be back one handed to type up that notice.

I'll be in the hospital overnight supposedly

All I can do is make sure I don't wimp out of my PT so that in 6 months i WILL be better because I need to believe that this surgery will work.

maybe in a few days sitting around recuperating (or killing my mother cause she's touching my stuff) I'll have time to read some fanfic for a change. link me up to stuff I've missed.

( day 221, Craigdarroch's formal dining room )