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  1. Christmas is canceled, and I know I'm getting into hot water over this.

  2. Christmas is canceled, and I know I'm getting into hot water over this.

  3. Christmas is canceled, and I know I'm getting into hot water over this.

  4. Well, there is plenty of drama at my house tonight. We have just had to throw my aunt out after a litany of bad behaviour. Including getting dolled up and sodding off for a drink in the pub when my mother was rushed into hospital with a gallstone attack, leaving me to go in the back of the ambulance. She’s spent the last few weeks completely ignoring us, especially my mother, sneaking in and out without so much as a word. Now she’s gone.

    Tried to talk to her first, but (once we’d insisted on her putting her bloody phone down), it’s like she just can’t admit how bad she’s been. Her response to going out during the ambulance thing? “I only went for one pint.” Well, fuck me. I can ony feel the utmost pity for her children. Seriously.

    All we have done is help her.

    The absolute best came as she went out the door, when she told my mother she’d driven my dad and my brother to suicide, and her second husband too. My mother has been widowed twice.

    I think good riddance to her.

    For perspective, this is the behaviour of a forty-seven year old woman.

    In other news, I am nearly 2000 words in to the next chapter.

  5. Well, there is plenty of drama at my house tonight. We have just had to throw my aunt out after a litany of bad behaviour. Including getting dolled up and sodding off for a drink in the pub when my mother was rushed into hospital with a gallstone attack, leaving me to go in the back of the ambulance. She’s spent the last few weeks completely ignoring us, especially my mother, sneaking in and out without so much as a word. Now she’s gone.

    Tried to talk to her first, but (once we’d insisted on her putting her bloody phone down), it’s like she just can’t admit how bad she’s been. Her response to going out during the ambulance thing? “I only went for one pint.” Well, fuck me. I can ony feel the utmost pity for her children. Seriously.

    All we have done is help her.

    The absolute best came as she went out the door, when she told my mother she’d driven my dad and my brother to suicide, and her second husband too. My mother has been widowed twice.

    I think good riddance to her.

    For perspective, this is the behaviour of a forty-seven year old woman.

    In other news, I am nearly 2000 words in to the next chapter.

  6. Isn’t Christmas meant to be a happy, peaceful time of the year?  Money issues, computer issues, hoping my mum lives long enough to actually get to see an overworked cardiologist, blocked sewage pipes, more yard work than I can handle, especially given my bad back, arthritis in my knees getting worse… oh yeah, I can’t wait for this year to end.  I wasn’t going to have a whinge, but fuck it, why not.

  7. Isn’t Christmas meant to be a happy, peaceful time of the year?  Money issues, computer issues, hoping my mum lives long enough to actually get to see an overworked cardiologist, blocked sewage pipes, more yard work than I can handle, especially given my bad back, arthritis in my knees getting worse… oh yeah, I can’t wait for this year to end.  I wasn’t going to have a whinge, but fuck it, why not.

  8. Ok… next chapter is currently being written. They get one more lazy lie in before they have to pack up and move out. What will they do with it...? :)

  9. Well, I have finished the chapter, and it’s still off. I’ve read the entire work, and it’s still off. I’ve tinkered with some things about it, and it’s still off.

    There’s nothing else for it.

    I have to throw it all away and go back to the drawing board *sighs*

    So disappointed in myself right now, because there’s so many things coming up that are partly written, and things coming up that I can’t wait to write. I don’t know why this is being difficult at all.

    I just can’t figure it out. :(

  10. Well, I have finished the chapter, and it’s still off. I’ve read the entire work, and it’s still off. I’ve tinkered with some things about it, and it’s still off.

    There’s nothing else for it.

    I have to throw it all away and go back to the drawing board *sighs*

    So disappointed in myself right now, because there’s so many things coming up that are partly written, and things coming up that I can’t wait to write. I don’t know why this is being difficult at all.

    I just can’t figure it out. :(

  11. Well, I have finished the chapter, and it’s still off. I’ve read the entire work, and it’s still off. I’ve tinkered with some things about it, and it’s still off.

    There’s nothing else for it.

    I have to throw it all away and go back to the drawing board *sighs*

    So disappointed in myself right now, because there’s so many things coming up that are partly written, and things coming up that I can’t wait to write. I don’t know why this is being difficult at all.

    I just can’t figure it out. :(

  12. Well, I am really struggling with this chapter. It’s mostly written, but… I had a specific format in mind, and I’ve kept to it, but it feels off, like I’ve inadvertently ruined the pacing. That’s odd, because I wanted to write this format to have a clear break between the prior slow burn/consummation vs the lead in to the war, which would require a change in pacing.

    *scratches head*

    As I check the word count, it seems like if I finish off the chapter as I planned, I might still have some room to play with it. I wonder if there’s some little aspect I can add that will make it work better. Hmm… *thinks*

    Some of this chapter is written from the limited pov of the Lord of Light, and I’m hesitant to use that pov to do anything to regulate pacing, mood or atmostphere. It seems too transparent and heavy handed to do that. Probably because if I do that, it’d lead to a feeling of discontent in the reader. I’m not giving much away. If I use the pov like that, you’d expect to see more of the pov character’s motivations. Yet the other pov characters (the three of them) are dreaming, so I can’t use them. Beric is awake, but he’s being haunted. He’s also not a pov character.

    I suppose I’ll feed the dogs while I think. This is a quandary. If I can’t fix it, I’m going to have to chuck it and think of something else altogether. But this felt right when I started it. Grrr! :(

    1. pippychick

      pippychick

      I’ve written about 130k words on mine. I’m sure about 60k of that is probably utter filth. 30k is leading into the filth. 10k is fighting, 10k eating, 10k bathing, which leaves 10k of writing with the chance for literary merit. I am a bad writer.

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  13. Well, I am really struggling with this chapter. It’s mostly written, but… I had a specific format in mind, and I’ve kept to it, but it feels off, like I’ve inadvertently ruined the pacing. That’s odd, because I wanted to write this format to have a clear break between the prior slow burn/consummation vs the lead in to the war, which would require a change in pacing.

    *scratches head*

    As I check the word count, it seems like if I finish off the chapter as I planned, I might still have some room to play with it. I wonder if there’s some little aspect I can add that will make it work better. Hmm… *thinks*

    Some of this chapter is written from the limited pov of the Lord of Light, and I’m hesitant to use that pov to do anything to regulate pacing, mood or atmostphere. It seems too transparent and heavy handed to do that. Probably because if I do that, it’d lead to a feeling of discontent in the reader. I’m not giving much away. If I use the pov like that, you’d expect to see more of the pov character’s motivations. Yet the other pov characters (the three of them) are dreaming, so I can’t use them. Beric is awake, but he’s being haunted. He’s also not a pov character.

    I suppose I’ll feed the dogs while I think. This is a quandary. If I can’t fix it, I’m going to have to chuck it and think of something else altogether. But this felt right when I started it. Grrr! :(

    1. pippychick

      pippychick

      Word count…

      Generally, I take note of word count as a courtesy to the readers. I think anything from 3k to 5k words is a manageable length for a chapter. Anything beyond that is (imho) demanding, and anything less is not worth posting. I find I can usually get my scenes to fit in that structure. Sometimes I have evil cliffhangers… especially lately. :lol:

      Keeping that word count in mind tends to keep my structure fairly coherent. I’m happy with it. It works for me. :)

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  14. Everyone have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

  15. Well, I am really struggling with this chapter. It’s mostly written, but… I had a specific format in mind, and I’ve kept to it, but it feels off, like I’ve inadvertently ruined the pacing. That’s odd, because I wanted to write this format to have a clear break between the prior slow burn/consummation vs the lead in to the war, which would require a change in pacing.

    *scratches head*

    As I check the word count, it seems like if I finish off the chapter as I planned, I might still have some room to play with it. I wonder if there’s some little aspect I can add that will make it work better. Hmm… *thinks*

    Some of this chapter is written from the limited pov of the Lord of Light, and I’m hesitant to use that pov to do anything to regulate pacing, mood or atmostphere. It seems too transparent and heavy handed to do that. Probably because if I do that, it’d lead to a feeling of discontent in the reader. I’m not giving much away. If I use the pov like that, you’d expect to see more of the pov character’s motivations. Yet the other pov characters (the three of them) are dreaming, so I can’t use them. Beric is awake, but he’s being haunted. He’s also not a pov character.

    I suppose I’ll feed the dogs while I think. This is a quandary. If I can’t fix it, I’m going to have to chuck it and think of something else altogether. But this felt right when I started it. Grrr! :(

    1. pippychick

      pippychick

      Lol! I know the plot… I know that very well. This is just my brain trying to tell me something’s wrong. I have to figure out what it is and fix it before I continue. I’m probably going to have to read the entire fic from the beginning, and then it’ll likely click and my mistake will seem obvious. But since I’ve written near 150,000 words so far, that’s going to take some time. Maybe I’ll send it to my Kindle and take myself off to bed for a bit. :)

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  16. ::goes and hides under the couch:: I hate being sick!!

  17. ::goes and hides under the couch:: I hate being sick!!

  18. First time ever, got a holiday story written early! Annnnd now I have to wait a month. Fuck me.

  19. Final read through commencing…

  20. Sorry, got distracted by fallout today, so no chapter to post :(   *BUT* I’ve been teetering on the cusp of burnout, so the little distraction will help alleviate that danger.  Tomorrow, depends… got a hot water situation I’ll be dealing with, so I’ll know by the end of the day.  Fortunately, I’ve got this next week off, so I’ll be putting in some time.

  21. Currently wrestling with Tormund. He’s winning. Good job it’s not literally.

    For a character who seems pretty simple on the surface, even in his own thoughts, this one is ridiculously deep. In fact, out of the three, he’s probably got a whole lot more going on than the other two once you dig down a bit.

    I think it’s time for that last resort in getting right into a character: the fictional interview.

    I kind of hate writing these, but in the absence of anyone to discuss it with, it’s the next best thing. :(

    At least when this is done, I can drag them off to war. That should make for an interesting journey. All that sharing a tent business, the imperative need to stay absolutely silent no matter what… that will be fun for someone, I’m sure. Ok, that’s my reward! If I can just get over this little hurdle now…

    Come on, Tormund, you obstinate sod!

    *sighs*

  22. There's a reason I don't write oneshots...  Because I never stop at one...  They're like bloody Pringles!!! :pissed: And then they turn into new projects...  Adding to a very large array of projects...  And again I've got another started...  Lol.  However, it is proving to myself I am capable of crossing genres...  So that's something!!:D

  23. Currently wrestling with Tormund. He’s winning. Good job it’s not literally.

    For a character who seems pretty simple on the surface, even in his own thoughts, this one is ridiculously deep. In fact, out of the three, he’s probably got a whole lot more going on than the other two once you dig down a bit.

    I think it’s time for that last resort in getting right into a character: the fictional interview.

    I kind of hate writing these, but in the absence of anyone to discuss it with, it’s the next best thing. :(

    At least when this is done, I can drag them off to war. That should make for an interesting journey. All that sharing a tent business, the imperative need to stay absolutely silent no matter what… that will be fun for someone, I’m sure. Ok, that’s my reward! If I can just get over this little hurdle now…

    Come on, Tormund, you obstinate sod!

    *sighs*

  24. Happy birthday to the amazing DemonGoddess061! :birthday: :party: :beer: :bday: :licking-cat:

  25. Australian’s yesterday voted to have marriage equality.  About damn time.  Now it’s up to the useless politicians to actually put it into action.

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