tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30074355.post8724459078597794022..comments2023-03-22T01:58:45.911-07:00Comments on let's talk about writing: just say naNOwrimoSuzy Vitellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12836144962952322322noreply@blogger.comBlogger80125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30074355.post-84780472129565983222014-12-15T06:34:36.507-08:002014-12-15T06:34:36.507-08:00I've always considered NaNoWriMo to be more of...I've always considered NaNoWriMo to be more of a writing stunt than a true creative effort.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30074355.post-17961693537550941862014-11-22T04:36:13.457-08:002014-11-22T04:36:13.457-08:00This blogkeeper thingie hates us all, doesn't ...This blogkeeper thingie hates us all, doesn't it?<br /><br />Or it's a message from the universe.<br /><br />Or both.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30074355.post-64844382171565880882014-11-22T04:34:30.754-08:002014-11-22T04:34:30.754-08:00Still, imagine the thrill — lonely and empty, we t...Still, imagine the thrill — lonely and empty, we take what we can — to turn in his oh so general direction, stare right not quite at him, my eyes out of focus, trained exactly, precisely, not right quite on him, not have to see through him , but know that I'm never alone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30074355.post-34634663995452355222014-11-21T17:43:27.839-08:002014-11-21T17:43:27.839-08:00Okie doke. I'm at the end of another draft of ...Okie doke. I'm at the end of another draft of my WIP. Shipped to betas. Whew. I suppose I will devote the weekend to client work, and come Monday get back in the saddle with Empress. Workaholic and proud of it. A few words at a time.<br /><br />last sentence that I tweaked today:<br /><br />We’re just, you know, a couple of crazy kids who’re fucking our way through the forest, Megs.Suzy Vitellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12836144962952322322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30074355.post-46037901852490919912014-11-21T09:29:50.748-08:002014-11-21T09:29:50.748-08:00Alrighty. Here's last night's last sentenc...Alrighty. Here's last night's last sentence. Much writing and rewriting. About 2K worth. I hope some of it is salvageable!<br /><br />She lets them flutter to the floor, and then, before she can dissolve to tears, she strides out of her mother’s bedroom, into a guest room where no guest has ever stayed, and continues her search. Suzy Vitellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12836144962952322322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30074355.post-10611974712963353112014-11-19T21:23:13.883-08:002014-11-19T21:23:13.883-08:00Today was somewhat productive on most fronts, if y...Today was somewhat productive on most fronts, if you don't count the emergency trip to the vet to repair my dog's paw. (She drugged and coned now, so it's all good!)<br /><br />Okay. Sentence:<br /><br />But now, here comes artsy Piper again, in one of her legging-and-torn-t-shirt outfits, her belly almost snapped back to regular size, and this time she’s holding up an enormous umbrella. Suzy Vitellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12836144962952322322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30074355.post-49936186740744584312014-11-19T21:21:43.275-08:002014-11-19T21:21:43.275-08:00Does that work? I'll have to try it...Does that work? I'll have to try it...Suzy Vitellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12836144962952322322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30074355.post-21932635244540777952014-11-19T21:21:15.542-08:002014-11-19T21:21:15.542-08:00I need to fire the fucking blogkeeper is what... H...I need to fire the fucking blogkeeper is what... How can it suddenly decide to put you in the "waiting moderation" category! But I got your back, A. And, what a surprise! The air is indeed cold and flecked with rain.<br />Suzy Vitellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12836144962952322322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30074355.post-83074242150206062352014-11-18T20:27:06.462-08:002014-11-18T20:27:06.462-08:00I feel like this blogkeeper has it in for me. But ...I feel like this blogkeeper has it in for me. But I'm bound and determined to leave a last sentence anyway: <br /><br />The air was cold and flecked with rain. <br /><br />Take that, blogkeeper. Averilhttp://www.averildean.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30074355.post-70200984884824515412014-11-18T20:26:01.372-08:002014-11-18T20:26:01.372-08:00I feel like this blogkeeper has it in for me. But ...I feel like this blogkeeper has it in for me. But I'm bound and determined to leave a last sentence anyway. <br /><br />The air was cold and flecked with rain. <br /><br />Take that, blogkeeper. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30074355.post-65541797200306231982014-11-17T20:13:53.015-08:002014-11-17T20:13:53.015-08:00Ha! Excellent. (I have a feeling Mr iPants will ap...Ha! Excellent. (I have a feeling Mr iPants will approve.)<br /><br />Mine: <br /><br />I closed my eyes until the craving retreated to the back of my tongue. Averilhttp://www.averildean.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30074355.post-34141284399898943032014-11-17T17:36:22.087-08:002014-11-17T17:36:22.087-08:00I wrote in a bunch of different places today. Feel...I wrote in a bunch of different places today. Feeling slightly chopped up. Here's an insert I thought of while driving just now, and patched in:<br /><br />A waft of paper mill finds its way into the Shagwagen, the fart-smell of home. Suzy Vitellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12836144962952322322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30074355.post-18127073394503737582014-11-17T09:09:54.355-08:002014-11-17T09:09:54.355-08:00I can't wait to read your book, A!I can't wait to read your book, A!Suzy Vitellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12836144962952322322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30074355.post-42446504396696492222014-11-17T09:09:12.014-08:002014-11-17T09:09:12.014-08:00Work it, Harry!Work it, Harry!Suzy Vitellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12836144962952322322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30074355.post-52491501731524691242014-11-17T05:40:16.029-08:002014-11-17T05:40:16.029-08:00Breaking up an already published novel into episod...Breaking up an already published novel into episodes, and was writing things for each bit to entice (beg) readers to buy the next episode. Trouble is, I'm so fat I can't even get the gorilla suit on.<br /><br />Hey, go get the next book right now. If you don’t your cock will most likely fall off.<br />You don’t have one? See? It happened to some people already.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30074355.post-22281277530446906002014-11-16T17:23:25.294-08:002014-11-16T17:23:25.294-08:00That baby bump thing used to annoy me, too. Here&#...That baby bump thing used to annoy me, too. Here's my last:<br /><br />Allison stretched out her hand for the lighter. “Takes after her mama.”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30074355.post-84271122104233371192014-11-16T15:23:39.680-08:002014-11-16T15:23:39.680-08:00Today:
As if in agreement, the baby punches her k...Today:<br /><br />As if in agreement, the baby punches her kidney.Suzy Vitellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12836144962952322322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30074355.post-13203835373338275532014-11-15T19:55:55.295-08:002014-11-15T19:55:55.295-08:00Okay, hardly any writing got done today. Working o...Okay, hardly any writing got done today. Working on client work as well as watching the high school soccer playoff final in 25 degree weather. But, I do have this:<br /><br />It annoys the fuck out of Piper Sterling, this referring to a pregnant belly as a bump, thing. Suzy Vitellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12836144962952322322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30074355.post-166752785059796982014-11-15T19:54:33.259-08:002014-11-15T19:54:33.259-08:00THIS!
"She said she liked to see one part of...THIS!<br /><br />"She said she liked to see one part of herself at a time: the corner of her mouth, half her nose, the silvery gleam of an eye. She seemed to realize that none of her features was so awful on its own. The tragedy was in their arrangement, as if some weary goblin had nudged each one just far enough out of alignment as to render its individual beauty moot, then splattered her with freckles so muddy and thick that you longed to take a wire brush to her skin and scrub it clean."<br />Suzy Vitellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12836144962952322322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30074355.post-60223121206963971392014-11-15T19:52:51.075-08:002014-11-15T19:52:51.075-08:00xo for that entry. And let's hear it for fake ...xo for that entry. And let's hear it for fake identities!Suzy Vitellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12836144962952322322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30074355.post-63616693792939818562014-11-15T14:44:43.064-08:002014-11-15T14:44:43.064-08:00Averil: I loved "This also is me." Does ...Averil: I loved "This also is me." Does that mean I am weirdness that must not be left sitting around uncorrected?<br /><br />And all: As it's still on this subject of who, what, also is me (me, me, me!) I just realised I can't play the 7 lines game, or much else either, because I am ALL pseudonym, nothing RealName!<br /><br />I've been travelling, so I'll post my last words of the night, which were in an email, and here in the wrong spot, because we're all brool-rakers.<br /><br />I always eat too much. Nightelnights.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30074355.post-51706352443766591292014-11-15T13:28:56.603-08:002014-11-15T13:28:56.603-08:00Okay, so my sevens fall at the beginning of a desc...Okay, so my sevens fall at the beginning of a description. It comes in at ten lines, but since we're all cheaters here...<br /><br />I think she understood her particular brand of ugly very well. True, she would have missed the full impact of those wobbly wrists and elbows, the rawboned joints uncertain as if held together by twine strung too loosely through her torso. She wouldn’t have noticed the clutch of muscles working in her jaw, the puzzle pieces of her spine as she bent to tie a child’s shoe or wipe a puddle of milk off the floor. But I remember the way she kept the mirror covered in her bathroom, using cardboard and bits of tape, until all that was visible was the barest sliver of reflective surface. She said she liked to see one part of herself at a time: the corner of her mouth, half her nose, the silvery gleam of an eye. She seemed to realize that none of her features was so awful on its own. The tragedy was in their arrangement, as if some weary goblin had nudged each one just far enough out of alignment as to render its individual beauty moot, then splattered her with freckles so muddy and thick that you longed to take a wire brush to her skin and scrub it clean. <br /><br />This paragraph isn't quite there yet, but you get the idea. <br />Averilhttp://www.averildean.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30074355.post-85369441354156780852014-11-15T11:28:01.598-08:002014-11-15T11:28:01.598-08:00Seven in a row. (But feel free to fudge. We don...Seven in a row. (But feel free to fudge. We don't like rules on this blog!)suzy vitellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14024767835598534053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30074355.post-34112441394802390572014-11-15T10:36:38.537-08:002014-11-15T10:36:38.537-08:00LOVE this! Mine, from late last night:
The lens s...LOVE this! Mine, from late last night:<br /><br />The lens stared indifferently back at me, a silent witness to yet another fall from grace.Averilhttp://www.averildean.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30074355.post-49745989345861460902014-11-15T10:34:19.829-08:002014-11-15T10:34:19.829-08:00Fun! And so are the seven lines all in a row, star...Fun! And so are the seven lines all in a row, starting with line seven of page seven? Or are they supposed to skip forward?Averilhttp://www.averildean.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com