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talkingsoup) wrote2008-02-11 01:56 pm
talkingsoup) wrote2008-02-11 01:56 pm
We Pahk Ah Cahs
I don't know how bad it is, but they wouldn't tell me anyway, so there's no point in asking. I'll just assume that it ain't good and act accordingly.
/cryptic
My Methods class is officially back in CNS now that the ceilings are repaired (I didn't see any damage). It's kind of a shame, even though Smiddy is grungy and far away. I no longer get to walk past Steve Zissou's head on my way to class (people have been doing those spray paint stencil faces all over campus. There's a Mr. Rogers near Park).
Also, I know I haven't mentioned this before, but Julie, Amanda and I are going with Tammy et. al. to Boskone, which'll go from Friday to Monday...ish. In any case, I'll be off campus for those four days. I'm quite excited because, well, it's a con, and Amanda is pretty much flipping out that she gets to travel with Tamora Pierce. Unfortunately I think this means that we'll end up missing ASIC this Thursday, since we'll have left by then. Guess I'll just have to download, muah-ha.
Oh, Boston.
I was up till 6 AM Saturday night and then about 4 AM last night writing for Motley Crew and XOMFG I think I'm ACTUALLY GOING TO FINISH IT. And, like, soon. Dear god, what am I going to do then?
My plan for now is to shift my focus back to the Pentagram rewrite since it's the one I want to step into the world of professional writing with. But I think I'm also going to start work on North, as well as the next installment of Motley Crew, since it's the only thing right now that I have solid ideas for.
The Mot I have right now was originally supposed to be only one book--the first in a trilogy--but you've heard me bitch and moan these past months about how massive the whole thing has become. Pretty much now we're looking at an EPIC serial. This book is probably going to be divided into two, if not three. I'm going to try and show restraint for the "next two books," though I'll probably fail as epiclly as I have this time around in that regard. In reality there isn't as much planned for the next two. The trilogy (remember it's now a series) was supposed to go kind of like this--book one presents a problem, book two elaborates on it, and book three resolves it. Kind of like a really, really, really big story arc.
The elaboration and resolution shouldn't take as much time (or space) simply because it pretty much consists of "everyone goes off and gets shit done, then there's a huge fucking fight scene."
Every epic should end (or almost end) with a huge fucking fight scene, methinks.
Well, we'll see how it goes. Much as I love my boys and girls of Mot, North and her buds have been calling out to me for the past year, and after taking that year to polish the world and certain parts of the plot to sparkling, I think it's high time I started work on it. But editing of Pentagram comes first. I don't intend to even start edits for Mot until this summer. My general policy after finishing something is to give it a thorough once-over and pick at it a little, but that will be it.
In other news, Julie and I are going to look at off-campus apartments today like REAL ADULTS. Oh god. The plan is to stay in Ithaca over the summer and find a place in town to live. I've got my sights set on a job on the Commons. Living off campus is apparently cheaper than living here, and also we get to have kitties.
After twenty-one years of wanting a cat, I can finally have one. No way I'm letting this opportunity pass by.
/cryptic
My Methods class is officially back in CNS now that the ceilings are repaired (I didn't see any damage). It's kind of a shame, even though Smiddy is grungy and far away. I no longer get to walk past Steve Zissou's head on my way to class (people have been doing those spray paint stencil faces all over campus. There's a Mr. Rogers near Park).
Also, I know I haven't mentioned this before, but Julie, Amanda and I are going with Tammy et. al. to Boskone, which'll go from Friday to Monday...ish. In any case, I'll be off campus for those four days. I'm quite excited because, well, it's a con, and Amanda is pretty much flipping out that she gets to travel with Tamora Pierce. Unfortunately I think this means that we'll end up missing ASIC this Thursday, since we'll have left by then. Guess I'll just have to download, muah-ha.
Oh, Boston.
I was up till 6 AM Saturday night and then about 4 AM last night writing for Motley Crew and XOMFG I think I'm ACTUALLY GOING TO FINISH IT. And, like, soon. Dear god, what am I going to do then?
My plan for now is to shift my focus back to the Pentagram rewrite since it's the one I want to step into the world of professional writing with. But I think I'm also going to start work on North, as well as the next installment of Motley Crew, since it's the only thing right now that I have solid ideas for.
The Mot I have right now was originally supposed to be only one book--the first in a trilogy--but you've heard me bitch and moan these past months about how massive the whole thing has become. Pretty much now we're looking at an EPIC serial. This book is probably going to be divided into two, if not three. I'm going to try and show restraint for the "next two books," though I'll probably fail as epiclly as I have this time around in that regard. In reality there isn't as much planned for the next two. The trilogy (remember it's now a series) was supposed to go kind of like this--book one presents a problem, book two elaborates on it, and book three resolves it. Kind of like a really, really, really big story arc.
The elaboration and resolution shouldn't take as much time (or space) simply because it pretty much consists of "everyone goes off and gets shit done, then there's a huge fucking fight scene."
Every epic should end (or almost end) with a huge fucking fight scene, methinks.
Well, we'll see how it goes. Much as I love my boys and girls of Mot, North and her buds have been calling out to me for the past year, and after taking that year to polish the world and certain parts of the plot to sparkling, I think it's high time I started work on it. But editing of Pentagram comes first. I don't intend to even start edits for Mot until this summer. My general policy after finishing something is to give it a thorough once-over and pick at it a little, but that will be it.
In other news, Julie and I are going to look at off-campus apartments today like REAL ADULTS. Oh god. The plan is to stay in Ithaca over the summer and find a place in town to live. I've got my sights set on a job on the Commons. Living off campus is apparently cheaper than living here, and also we get to have kitties.
After twenty-one years of wanting a cat, I can finally have one. No way I'm letting this opportunity pass by.
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Wow, done with Mot? How long have you been working on that one?
Penta rewrite, eh? How convenient, I was actually thinking of giving the next chapter a look this evening...
Off-campus? Cool. Transportation would probably be tricksy, but it is indeed cheaper (usually) and there aren't as many annoying-as-fuck rules and regulations. Where you thinking of working?
You can have animals in the Circles/Gardens. I know a bunch of people who do. You just have to keep them out of trouble and hidden (i.e. Cat-Carrier) during inspections is all. That and hope you don't have a power-hungry jackass for an RD. If you could talk the others into it, you could probably get a kitty now...
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Four years.
Lol, that'd be nice. The more I think about Penta, the more I realize I have to change. There's a part in a few chapters that's so nonsensical it's not even funny.
There will probably be bus passes involved, and we have two cars right now. We're looking at one place on Grandview and one place in Fall Creek right now.
See yeah, we have mice, and that was one of the drama things this winter break when the RAs decided to invade the Gardens. So many people got violations, us included. We managed to talk our way our of it, but if we ever did get caught with a bigger animal like a cat--well, none of us want to risk the idea that we might have to give it up to the SPCA. Why do you think there's so many abandoned dogs and cats there? We were even thinking about getting a cat this year, but we decided to wait for that very reason.
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Holy shit. No wonder it ended up so long.
Lol, well it's good that you can see imperfections in your work. Means you're improving 'n all. Have I gotten to any of those chapters yet, or are they further down?
Cars would probably work better. TCAT blows the big one, especially if you're on a schedule. Although you probably know that better than me.
Really? Damn. I guess the RAs are just more apathetic in the Circles. Ah well, what's another few months? Speaking of the mice, how are they? What were they're names? Wash and Mal, right?
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God, I know.
Lol, yeah. Plus I wrote Penta I think my sophomore or perhaps junior year of high school. And no, the part I'm thinking of comes way later, at about the halfway point.
Yeah, our two cars should be fine. It does mean that we're going to end up spending a lot more time just kind of roaming around campus, I suppose.
Yeah, it was insane! I'm surprised you guys didn't hear about it. They kept walking in on people who were actually staying over for winter break. They walked in on some girl while she was still asleep. And they kept doing it, too.
The mice are fine, and yeah, they're Wash and Mal.