Not yet...probably this afternoon, though.Maybe they will help. Either because I say "Yeah...I could do it like that." or "No way! Is this guy on the pipe?" Either way, it might focus my approach.
So there is something I can do, besides scream like a woman?
Wesley ,'Chosen'
The Great Write Way, Chapter Two: Twice upon a time...
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erikaj - Jun 13, 2005 10:24:22 am PDT #2699 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Connie Neil - Jun 13, 2005 10:26:13 am PDT #2700 of 10001
brillig
It's always fun to call the authors of books idiots.
Connie Neil - Jun 13, 2005 10:28:43 am PDT #2701 of 10001
brillig
Is there a mailroom or something in your complex, erika? The USPS site says the package was delivered at noon on Saturday.
deborah grabien - Jun 13, 2005 10:28:54 am PDT #2702 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Kristin, lovely. Water brushing earth brushing water.
Deep into the second half of chapter 13. The roller coaster analogy was used for it by a few WIP readers, but I feel more like the driver of a curricle, with a pair of restless, very strong thoroughbreds harnessed up: I'm trying to rein them in and they want to gallop. Not good for the pacing.
Of course, if I do just let it rip, it'll take some breath away, I think.
erikaj - Jun 13, 2005 10:39:45 am PDT #2703 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
No...will have to askif we got one of those P.O. sticky things...you know "You got a package..." Mom was pretty busy this weekend. Maybe she forgot to mention it. Crap. I do live in the mail theft capital...we're very proud. But it's early going yet. How disappointed would that identity-theft wanna-be be? Provided he does not write up his exploits.
Connie Neil - Jun 13, 2005 10:49:23 am PDT #2704 of 10001
brillig
Such problems are always why I spring for Delivery Confirmation. I learned to love tracking numbers in my stint in Postal Service hell.
erikaj - Jun 13, 2005 10:56:47 am PDT #2705 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I'll definitely let you know...most packages we end up going to the PO for, depending on size.
deborah grabien - Jun 13, 2005 12:07:58 pm PDT #2706 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
staggering in.
Chapter 13 is finished. Book is 306 pages, 64,500 words.
Jeepers jeepers jeepers.
Steph L. - Jun 13, 2005 5:27:39 pm PDT #2707 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Chapter 13 is finished. Book is 306 pages, 64,500 words.
Jeepers jeepers jeepers.
As someone who's been reading along, it doesn't feel that long. It's one of those rare few stories that make me rush home from work just so I can keep reading so I can find out what happens next.
Kavalier and Clay was one of those books. And so, by god, is R&RNF.
Pix - Jun 13, 2005 6:08:33 pm PDT #2708 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Deb, I'm looking forward to reading 13 & 14 tonight.
I revised my earlier drabble. Bear with me as I republish? I'm much happier with it now.
The Air We Breathe Drabble
The air is heavy with seaweed and salt and rugosa rosa twined like jellyfish tentacles, a gentle undulation of water brushing earth brushing water. It is thick and wet on my skin, a warm coating of ocean and sand. I breathe it in: the Atlantic, McCook’s Beach, crabs tempted from under tide pool rocks with bits of crushed snails. The way the moon skips like a rock across the waves. My first kiss. The summer I turned sixteen melting into the winter I turned thirty.
Even on another coast, the air I breathe is haunted by the scent of memory.