Round 20, Hour 2

[lolmac]

We are off with a bang!  Did anyone actually get any writing done last hour?

My own current project of the moment is getting The Cat Came Back up onto AO3, after which I will have to chase thothmes with a stick and make her set up her own account there so she can get proper co-author credit.

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[http://users.livejournal.com/idlewild_/]

Got a spot of writing done. Now looking for a market/contest for an 8,223 word story. May need to trim 223 words (ouch.) because that's awkwardly edging out of short story territory. Went from reasonably good mood to fml why do I do this. That was mediated by other house occupants playing Rock Band in such a way as to induce a headache.

[lolmac]

*refills your wineglass*

Is it time to break out the penguins yet? We could start with aardvarks instead if you prefer.

If it's the story I'm thinking of, ouch indeed. No fat there to trim.

[http://users.livejournal.com/idlewild_/]

Aardvarks are a good place to start. Ask any dictionary.

Right. So I guess what I need to do is make a short-list of not too ambitious lit journals that I might like to send it to and get my hands on copies thereof to narrow down possible markets, and make sure I go for the ones that would be quite happy with up to 10k words. I'm ruling out the one that says, "To be concise is a virtue." I ain't that virtuous.

[sid]

I c&p'd Circe info from various bookmarked sites into my hitherto blank Word doc and started highlighting passages. Now I have everything I need right in front of my nose.

Let the crackifying begin!

[lolmac]

Yay crack!

[isdon-isgood9.livejournal.com]

I got heaps of writing done, almost 700 words. I'm really impressed with myself :D

And lol chasing people with sticks is fun :D

[lolmac]

In the circumstances, I really ought to be chasing her with a long piece of string, though.

[justice-turtle.livejournal.com]

Shouldn't you be getting her to chase the long piece of string? ;D

[lolmac]

In a proper Zen state, it's the same thing.

[justice-turtle.livejournal.com]

I wrote! Just a little. 50 words. I'm working on a drabble project - trying to write a drabble focusing on each of the mains in each of my fandoms, in turn. (This is meant to make me practice thinking about / like other people than just My Boy in each fandom, and eventually get me writing female characters a bit more. As well as, you know, writing more. *g* It's one of those things like NaNo that I suddenly decided it is The Right Time to do.)

Current drabble: Spock, word prompt "voluntary".

[justice-turtle.livejournal.com]

Aaand... posted! I'm rather happy with this - it took me a while, but I got to go fairly thinky about Vulcan culture and Spock's relationship with his father, and I think the last line is A Good One. (Last lines are important to me.)