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February 27, 2008
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the sky is falling?
Yesterday I was assaulted by an idea for a SF story while I was processing samples. I couldn't just leave the samples there to write the idea down, so I had to keep repeating the opening line to myself while I finished the set. It kept growing, too, so soon I had a paragraph to remember.
This is why I write things down, so I don't have to remember them.
Anyway, SF is not my chosen genre. Yes, SF and fantasy get lumped together in one section (usually a small section; the library near work has less than one aisle of the two combined) but to me, they're very different. I like science, yes, I like mechanical workings and how things are put together, but vast starscapes bore me sometimes. Not to look at, of course, but I wouldn't want to see them for years on end. And yes, I'm aware that I sound like a contradiction.
So when I announced the idea assault (after a guy in the group mentioned something he had written that was out of character for him), the ceiling was examined for signs of collapse.
I know whose fault it was: I had to read a short story and crit it for the writing group, and it was futuristic SF with a human side. And I know what was at fault too: after snowing all morning, the sun burst out with a vengeance, shining off the mirror glass of the windows of the building across the construction site outside the lab. Ruminating on SF story+sunlight=story idea, I guess.
Counting this one, that's four separate stories that I've got rattling around in my head since January (well, November, if you count the big still-needs-to-be-finished NaNo 2007 novel). Seems a lot to me. Probably isn't to famous authors, but it makes me want to write. I want to know where these stories go. I want to know why the ideas made themselves known so forcefully, and I want to share them. When they're finished, of course.
Oh yes. Happy half-birthday to me.
Let Your Love Be Strong, Switchfoot
Something from the Nightside, Simon Green
February 14, 2008
happy <3 day
Enjoy your hearts and flowers, if it applies...and if it doesn't, know there is someone out there for you too.
*kiss*
February 7, 2008
Renewal
Gung hai fat choi! Welcome to the year of the Rat.
A Rat Year is a time of hard work, activity, and renewal. This is a good year to begin a new job, get married, launch a product or make a fresh start. Ventures begun now may not yield fast returns, but opportunities will come for people who are well prepared and resourceful. The best way for you to succeed is to be patient, let things develop slowly, and make the most of every opening you can find.
(from here.)
Here's hoping it goes well for you.
February 5, 2008
Super Fat Tuesday
Joyeux Mardi Gras. Laissez les bons temps roulez!
Don't forget to vote, for all of you in states with primaries today. I'm still a little unsure of who I'll vote for, but I know I'll be declaring as a Democrat.
