Anesor

I vote prelude.

I'll decide in a day or two. I'm leaning to epilogue because it would work better as a wind down than an wind up.

Well, then, there's your answer!

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Well fans of the books and movies WANT that swashbucking swordplay... But really musketeers were the grunts, the infantry, and Dumas showed the bad ends of their ambitions in the Compte book. Iron Mask was book 3 or 4 depending on the edition. Romantic and skillful officers, ever gallant, are preferred over mere infantry.

You're right! Good writer that Dumas, though.

Hooray to 30k, and if you only put up 500 words today, that’s fine. Really!

Just finished a chapter off today.  Which, according to my calculations, just over 25k to reach my goal.  (I’m striving for about ~74k or so, total, because its partially a rewrite.)

I started a side story, semi holiday one as I got a crack idea of Yoda in a Santa cap and grinning at Dooku

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.

my mistake, three within about 14 miles.

Oh, yikes!!! Glad to know you were not in the path!

ditto myself

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...

That’s terrific. I’m doing a mini-WriMo of just 500 words a day, and I have trouble keeping up with THAT.

good!  I’m losing ground now. pretty typical midmonth NaNo.  RL kicking me.

Congratulations, and kick back harder!

And pay the favor forward with some nice Holiday stories and review them

I already review almost every story I read. The only ones I don’t, are the abusive and/or creepy OOC ones. My profiles on sites and many chapter notes I include pay it forward requests for people to review all the stories they like. A fair percent of my days I spend more time doing reviews than writing my own. It ’s a good/bad habit.

I’m less of a reader, more of a writer, so that’s why I don’t review often, simply because I’m not reading that often.

Get well soon!

thanks. It's gonna be slow, as we lost my aide.

Ouch, that sucks.

::hugs:: The whole bureaucratic thing sucks. Utterly.

*passes over the Mallet of Understanding* Just be sure we have it back before the weekend, eh? We need it for the weekly beatings, you see.

ooh, shiney! (does it work through the phone line?) Don't need on weekend, they have off.

Dunno, think I’m already past my “best before” date...

I’ve decided I don’t have a “best before” date. Or if I did, the print faded and I’m ignoring it.

Ugh indeed. I’m doing my level best to avoid getting sick this winter.

Pooor you, that sucks! Drink a shitton of mint tea! My mother used to steam my head with mint oil when I got head colds. and the ol’ Vick’s slathered around your neck and wrapped in a big scratchy sock trick. 

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

Not here. Got more rain most of the week. Again.

Sorry, that's what ours has been like, cold, wet, and gray, and Monday was the first nice spring day. (we did have a couple isolated 90 degree days that were stinking miserable, but they don't count)

You should be able to add it like any other story.

Where’s it hanging up? Let’s see if we can get it sorted.

Rest!

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

Nice!

I'm building up a good cushion for a few days when I know I won't be able to write much, if at all. So far, so good!

Friday was good but laying groundwork isn't as much fun as playing in an established world.

Oh, ouch....

Doh!

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...

You can do this, I know you can.

Flu is just the past tense of fly! (What? That's not inspirational?)

There can _never_ be too much geek.

I'm with our Tribble!

*cheers* you can do it!!!

that burst of inspiration lasted over 10k words, now I have to regroup and maybe catch up on sleep a little bit...

You're doing great, and we're all gonna rock NaNo this year!

your progress is awesome too!

soooo....is a Hobbot some kind of Tolkien Transformer?

No, it's a more hairy version of the old 'Hobbot and Costello' vaudeville act 'Who's on First?' Costello usually tries to toss his partner into the audience...

@CloverReef is clamouring for some tentacle/foot-feetish action.

That brings a very odd Cthulhu and shoes comic to mind, but no fetish action.