"I'm just going to write because I can't help it."- Charlotte Brontë
Monday, January 23, 2012
Wuxia Awaaaay
It's done. Deadline accomplished. Now we wait and see.
2 comments:
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:D
(1.40am? You DID polish that bastard, didn't you? I'm lucky if I can spell my name right at 1.40am!)
(Although last night I did send a novel manuscript away at close to 1.40am. Technically, it was Monday. If I'd waited til the morning, the Small One would have been awake, bouncing around begging for me to play pretend submarines with her, and I KNOW I can't spell my own name right with her clinging to the back of my chair and 'steering the submarine' by playing with the gaslift levers :p)
1.40 AM is the time one gets when one insists on meeting folk for a walk and coffee, going to the movies, and heading off to a collectibles fair in between bouts of writing, because, you know, I CAN do everything :) Also, I wanted to make sure I got it off. I was tempted to get up early and give it another polish this morning instead (a story can ALWAYS be better) but after all that work, I didn’t want to risk something unforeseen happening and then rushing off to work, or having train troubles tonight and not making it home in time for the deadline (which HAS happened before)
Ooooh, novel manuscript? Sounds exciting - good luck with that. And say hi to Captain Small One (gaslift levers and submarines all sounds a bit steampunky to me)
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2 comments:
:D
(1.40am? You DID polish that bastard, didn't you? I'm lucky if I can spell my name right at 1.40am!)
(Although last night I did send a novel manuscript away at close to 1.40am. Technically, it was Monday. If I'd waited til the morning, the Small One would have been awake, bouncing around begging for me to play pretend submarines with her, and I KNOW I can't spell my own name right with her clinging to the back of my chair and 'steering the submarine' by playing with the gaslift levers :p)
Thoraiya
1.40 AM is the time one gets when one insists on meeting folk for a walk and coffee, going to the movies, and heading off to a collectibles fair in between bouts of writing, because, you know, I CAN do everything :) Also, I wanted to make sure I got it off. I was tempted to get up early and give it another polish this morning instead (a story can ALWAYS be better) but after all that work, I didn’t want to risk something unforeseen happening and then rushing off to work, or having train troubles tonight and not making it home in time for the deadline (which HAS happened before)
Ooooh, novel manuscript? Sounds exciting - good luck with that. And say hi to Captain Small One (gaslift levers and submarines all sounds a bit steampunky to me)
Now, the everyday world awaits.
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