cornerofmadness

Sep. 11th, 2011

I'm not really in the right mind set to do much with my writerly ways this week. I did promise CIS's but I lost one of the ones I typed so later. I'll put in CDQ's 'character development sheets' that I modified from my Elfquest ones from decades ago who modified them from some acting lesson to help actors get into the heads of their characters. For those not in the know, back in the day Elfquest didn't let you use canon characters so ALL characters in fandom were OC's and we used the CIS's and CDQ's so other authors/artists could get to know our characters. I've found them very helpful in keeping my characters set in my novels especially since I write so many at once.

Before I post those up though, let's talk author's names. I'm still waffling on my non-erotica pen name. I have long considered Concetta Evans (Concetta is another great granny). I think Mom would really like me to use Guiseppina, well Josephine, her grandma. Jo Evans might not be horrible either. I DO think author names are important enough. I know I don't want anything too odd. There are a few on goodreads that I've seen as I shamelessly whore myself on the giveaways and my thought was these are SO odd that I will never remember nor be able to sell them. Also some are just too cutesy or eyerolling like one of the authors on my erotica list who uses the surname 'tushmore' oh come on now. I couldn't take that name seriously.

So has anyone else put any thought into your nom de plume?

These two meet the characters are from my steampunk mystery. They're the two main characters

( Meet Placid Longstaff )

( Meet Melantha Honeycutt )

yearly word count -

65780 / 125000 words. 53% done!

Vacation in Victoria -

2664 / 15000 words. 18% done!

Current Mood: stressed
Current Music: NCIS

These are the times that I really find words fail me and also that I am reluctant to share my inner feelings. I, of course, will never forget and will always be proud of the men and women who rushed into hell to save who they could and of those on a plane who refused to let the terrorists succeed even though they knew they wouldn't survive. I feel for the families who lost their loved ones and I feel for this country which has not, in my eyes, changed for the better in the aftermath of all of this.

I spent the day working on class stuff, failing at writing and cleaning.

Unfortunately Soul had loose stools and crapped in no less than 5 places with no attempt to get to a box. So today I took him out with Roy and myself. I figured he'd stick close to the porch. I stayed out there with him but the moment I looked away he ran off. He isn't back. He could easily come back as soon as he is hungry or come back never much like Ling and Kyo did. I'm not overly sad because this was the last option other than a high-kill shelter. Two enzymatic and one harsh carpet cleaner later I still have shit stains in two rooms in four places. I think I knew when I carried him outside that it might be the last time I would ever hold him. Kanda is lost and upset in here alone.

( day 300+, Pre-Autumn gold )

Current Mood: melancholy
Current Music: Unusual Suspects