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Wednesday, 28 April 2010

  • Okay.
    So I've been gone for a while.
    Had a month's worth of computer problems, followed up by surgery, which overlapped with both EdMo and Screnzy.
    48 hrs to go and I pretty much need to write a page a day for the rest of the program. *sigh* I shall never finish.

Sunday, 14 February 2010

  • 500=miles, not hours

     Daytona 500 coming out of its second red flag.  *sigh*  This is booooorrrring.

     

    Not much else going on.  Olympics are up to figure skating, but I'd rather see curling.. Such an odd sport, which is probably why I watch it.. Wonder who the first person was that said, "hey, grab a couple of them rocks, and I'll go get some brooms... The pond's frozen!"??

     

    Amazing Race starts tonight, too... If NASCAR ever gets over in time for me to watch it.

     

    As for the writing, I'm in a meh kind of mood, so I've not written much.  My goal for DRAD is to get the manuscript to 30k by the end of the month.  It's up to 20k now, so I've got potential to get it done.  Just working on the focus.  Write In tomorrow, so here's to a couple thousand words progress. 

     

Tuesday, 09 February 2010

  • Ashley and stuff

    So I have four readers - three are female (two write one doesnt) and the fourth is a guy who writes in a totally different vein than just about everyone I know.

    This is awesome.

    Also, in the same category of the world working in my favor for once, I recieved my staples rewards check and it almost totally paid for my copies that I needed to print my manuscript for editing it myself. 

    I'm going to get their responses around the 20th, which gives me a week to go over what they had to say and organize their comments.  I'll then use those with my story and start editing on March 1. 

    Then, my timeline is first edit done by the end of the first week, and I'll have to see if somebody else can do a quick read after that.  I have a few friends in mind that I can ask, but we'll see.  They'll only have a couple days turnaround time.

    After that, a second edit (which also means a check off my list for dayzeroproject) and I'll be ready for a serious set of critiques.  I have a few people in mind - my writers group and my nephews who are 13, 15 and 17 - to check it out.. One more draft, and I'll give the novel to kids that are just about the right age to be reading it anyway. 

    We'll have to see.

Wednesday, 03 February 2010

  • Ashley-Dylan's quest for being edited.

    So I've been working on getting first draft editors for "The Quest for the Tadierian King"

    So far, only two have stepped up, but I think it will be good for me to get people to read my stuff and actually be able to tell me what they do and don't like.

    Second round of drafting will start for NaNoEdMo, so hopefully I've got a pretty good start going.

     

     

Wednesday, 27 January 2010

  • Watched Star Trek and District 9 last night with Art.
    Also, four games of Monopoly.. Mark your calendars. I actually lost one.

    Just found out they're doing an A-Team movie this year.  I seriously hope it doesn't suck like most new movies seem to.  Considering some of the people they've tapped, I'm a little worried about it.

     

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  • I am editor/owner of Ink Monkey Magazine. I am also an organizer for the Nashville Writers Meetup, NaNoWriMo and Script Frenzy. I am a member of MTGC, The Nashville Hiking Meetup and the Nashville Photography Group. I also serve on the board for the AGLBTOF. Plus, I am a docent for the Parthenon in Nashville. I have three cats (DC, Brynn & Alix), which are almost as good as kids, although much fuzzier.

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