Anesor

Steam punk is now a genre? It is expanding beyond fashion in all directions, isn't it?

steampunk is victorian era set SF and have been in science fiction subfield since the late 80s. The Wild Wild West remake movie with Will Smith and Kevin Kline was in that style. The original comic book for League of Extraordinary Gentlemen was a SF/Fantasy steampunk remix of classic literary characters, though Well's Time Machine and Verne's Nautilis were source examples of the mix. (steampunk was a reaction to cyberpunk of the 80s)

(cont) the fashions came from SF conventions and books, like the excellent Parasol Protectorate

I know! I was happily surprised when I lost all of 2 words

YAY! That's even better. You going to do any more, or rest on those laurels?

Oh, I'm still writing the final chapters, so I'll plod onward!

I finally hit 3 letters! Only 3 more to go! *fingers crossed*

Wordcount doesn't have to be good, feel free to babble, sometimes my muse babbles about the next book in the series. Add chocolate, everything's better with chocolate, isn't it: chocolate dreams, chocolate hawaii, chocolate anticipation.

I probably should resist chocolate wheaties.

Dialogue. Dialogue eats up word count. Then I get to up the body count. eliminate extraneous characters, and let the survivors talk about it. While having sex. Yes... ::rubs hands together and reaches for the keyboard::

There can _never_ be too much geek.

I'm with our Tribble!

Outline prepped...

Rest!

Yikes. Get plenty of rest and take your meds for a speedy recovery, Anesor.

Heh, sounds kind of rude.

On occasion, yes...

Have you tried using a fake predator? They sell them at gardening shops as "bird and possum dissuading statues". They're basically just plastic owls, falcons and kestrels that have been painted realistically with large reflective eyes. We put them in our roof to keep starlings or bats from roosting there.

Thanks. I may have to see the animal control idea or spray. There's no one to put things on the roof. Maybe I'll make that my bday prezzie...

If you mourn for the father it sounds like the fictional dad must be a great guy.

I hope it gets my readers the same, but they are a silent lot about the drama. thanks

LOL, I know all about the silent readers. I have several of them who only comment when I have writer's block. I catch hell until I post new chapters for them to enjoy. ROFL.

Hope it gets chased away quickly for you. The Bleh complex is quite draining for many this time of year. Good luck and persevere, my friend.

Grounding a tale in reality is a fifty fifty make or break for readers. So, depending upon the type of situation that evolves, go with it, or write it out and if it ids too morbid, therefore messing with the overall feel of the storyline, toss it is my advice. If it throws everything out of whack, then it won't work no matter how real it feels.

It won't throw anything out of whack. And it really shoudl be a consequence of character choices. I just feel like i'm taking soemthgin away from a character who's had a hard life... but my muse is even telling me hOW i should do it... seductive bugger.

Well, if it will evolve the character in the correct direction, do it by all means. After all sometimes the hard knocks types are the most successful once they get a gut full of fed up energy packed down for a while.

Very cool. I loved the episodes I saw of that show. Bet you are really looking forward to it.

With Neil Degrasse Tyson, it'll be a winner!

Breathing tribbles is never easy.

All that lonnnng fur up your nose. Is there a Mexican hairless tribble?

Yeah! Good show, Anesor, and a High Five of congrats on getting so much done.

LOL! No, three chapters nearly done means either none will get done soon or all of them fall on my poor beta at the same time...

The plot bunnies you don't want or need are always the ones that are the most obnoxious my friend. I get them also. I write out a synops and try like hell to refocus on the original work. It often works, but not always.

write them down for later

i dunno which is better is the thing