There’s a new app that’s allowing people to match photos of people who are missing in Haiti to pictures taken during rescue attempts. (Warning — some of the rescue pictures are graphic.) Facial recognition isn’t all that, not at this point. If you have three minutes, go eyeball some pictures, see if you can make
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Neighbor C’s unit is going up on the market! It’s being sold “as is” — it needs paint and love, but it’s a great starter. If you know anyone who’s interested, please send them this link! http://locator.nwmls.com/scripts/mgrqispi.dll?APPNAME=Locator&PRGNAME=MLSLogin&ARGUMENT=I9xUF6hi%2BAmcF%2B8gU%2BqONvBrVjkoaE6d6D4A4IowoCA%3D&KeyRid=1&Include_Search_Criteria= ION — still sick. But going to look at the novels tonight, see if I can come up
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Yesterday I talked a little about how I’m approaching this revision process, the tweaks I’m making. I woke up this morning with a really bad sore throat–red, swollen, and hurts to swallow. It’s my only symptom, besides feeling like crap. But as I had most of this post finished anyway I thought I’d post it.
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I spent several hours today coming up with the start of my rewrite plan. However, it wasn’t until I started writing this LJ post that I realized I had only focused on the “what” of the rewrite — which in many ways is the easy part. “Rewrite better” isn’t an achievable goal. There’s no way
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I finished typing up the first draft of the third novel. Here’s the final, first draft, word count: –Harp of Stars is about 102,000 –Harp of Light is about 90,000 –Harp of Fire is currently 92,275 words I generally write short, second draft is generally 10-15% longer. So I do think the last one will
I’ve needed to get a new author photo taken for a while. Particularly since I’ve grown out my hair. I asked holyoutlaw to help. We spent a delightful two hours today, chatting and taking pictures. He’s posted his three favorites. Which do you like best?
I’ve been working hard on the novel — finished typing chapter 14, started chapter 15, will do more typing tonight. Official word count meter thingy: I’ve been cooking more as well. Made chicken stew and oatmeal cookies. Want to bake bread, and maybe some oatmeal scones (or something more vaguely healthy for breakfasts.) I adore
Am about to start in with the writing this morning, and ended up trying to decide where I wanted to write. I’ve always known that it’s important to me to write in different locations. I have several: my chair, the chaise lounge, the couch, my bed, and myriad coffee shops around here. I don’t mix
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I have a good life. I have a lot of things to look forward to in the next year. However, when people were asking me about how I felt 2010 was going to be, I was hesitant. Unwilling to be excited. Unwilling to comment on things. All this changed when I finished the novel, and
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