Went to the doctor. It’s probably just a really bad cold, but it might be pneumonia. Had an X-ray. Waiting on results – they will call if it’s pneumonia. Got excused from work for next 2 days. Haven’t slept more than 4 hours for the last 3 nights. Super tired. In bed. Can’t breathe so
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Heads Up: Really Sick
I don’t remember the last time I was this sick. If I don’t get better, Gordon is taking me to Urgent Care tomorrow. It’s so bad, I want my mom. I spent the day in bed, watching Lifetime Movie Channel. Secrets of the Undercover Wife was not a bad movie. Moving on to Undercover Wife
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Delay on Innkeeper
So today is my father’s last day with us, but that’s not why we are delaying. Kid 2 had bacterial sinusitis. Her boyfriend has bacterial sinusitis. Kid 1 now also has bacterial sinusitis. Everyone has antibiotics. I’ve held on for about 4 days trying to take care of everybody, but woke up this morning with
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Gloomy Wednesday
First things first, the answers to some questions. Why was the snippet cut? It was a tense beginning but it doesn’t really connect to anything in the way we originally envisioned. We wanted to get to the main storyline faster. You will still see chunks of this in the narrative. There is a midnight visitor,
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Writing Questions: Research
what are your primary forms of research? To be specific, do you look at scientific journals, speak with people who specialize in the field, watch videos, etc? And if you go for that personal meeting with a person, how do you approach them (through email? Setup face to face meetings)? Are people in a university
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Writing Questions: Ideas and Reviews
Do you ever read someone else’s stuff and think “oh Kate would have done it this way” or then think “I could have done that better?” – then fight yourself not to use the idea? I never want to borrow someone else’s idea but sometimes what is in a story is similar to what I
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Mate Suitability Issues
I was cleaning out my email box, and found this.
State of Father
Thank you for asking how things are going. So far so good. Dad has arrived. He likes his room. A TV was installed and a bundle of Russian channels was ordered for him on Roku. A tablet was provided for his convenience so he could Skype my stepmom. I have made an apple and strawberry
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No ETA on Innkeeper: the Father is enroute
The innkeeper isn’t going to be up until the house is spotless. My father is landing at 1:00 am tonight and the focus is on making sure that I don’t get a 2:00 am lecture on the shortcomings of my housekeeping. 🙂 We will have it out to you this weekend. Hopefully.
Plot and Issues
1. How do you narrow down ideas and figure out which is workable? What elements while building a plot should I be on the look out for so I know if its feasible? You don’t know if the plot will work until you write it. You’ve seen me show trunked material. It was trunked because
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Characters, Part 2
So I have the basic layout of my story. … The problem is my characters won’t let me stick to my admittedly sketchy outline and keep taking me off on tangents. So my question is, do you ever let your characters run roughshod over your supposed plot and see where it leads you? Or do
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It Keeps Going…
So Jeaniene Frost responded to the vampire letter, and then I got CC’ed on this. This is getting more ominous by the minute. It’s good there are not a lot of deserts in Florida.