Desiderius Price
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Taxes are filed
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I’m constrained every year as the critical forms aren’t ready until mid-February. So, once they were done, I filed ASAP. I’ll be dropping the state taxes into the mail this morning (because the software wants $19.99 to e-file the state, I can hit print and use a stamp).
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I’ve pretty much switched to paperless notifications, so most of my information reaches me by Jan 31. My state requires e-filing, so that’s as free as the Feds.
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I’d e-file if it were free...yes I would!
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Humans are complicated. Others, especially the perp, may try to defend it, saying the victim did something to warrant it (ie wear provocative clothing). The victim, depending on their personality, might accept those rationales at the time, not report it, etc, only to change their tune later. And depending on the society and the perp, the rape might indeed be justified according to their customs and beliefs. It's a web that can make for rich storytelling (or cheap porn). We do need to be careful, because today we're judging yesterdays actions with todays morals, retroactively changing the rules of behavior, and that should scare us all as nobody's really perfect (and those we think are, we canonify into saints).
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Unfortunately, didn’t get #8 finished tonight… maybe this week. If not, next weekend (which might also be a 3-day weekend, crossing my fingers).
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How Do You Fend Off Stagnation in Your Works?
Desiderius Price replied to Tcr's topic in Writers' Corner
I’ve got too much in my universe to even begin to contemplate that. If I need a new plot, I start a new story. As it is, I don’t think I’ll finish my universe in my lifetime, so I have to focus on the important things. -
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Hmmm… I can move this scene from #8 back to #7….. Keeping it in #8 makes for a better cliffhanger, but moving it to #7 makes #7 a tad more complete. Oh, the debate I’m having with myself.
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@Wilde_Guess Yep, that’s why I’m debating now, before I post. I’ll need to resolve this before I post either 7 or 8. Yesterday, I had moved it to #7, however, based on tone it belongs in #8. So, this morning, I moved it back. After all, a cliffhanger is typically an incomplete scene.
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True, that. Also, the move can “require” another 4k of writing to more fully develop an idea. That’s not a bad thing, but can confuse the reader if you do it after the chapter(s) were originally posted.
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That was the #5 debacle, about 2.5k but same thing. I try to adhere to the principle that a reader shouldn’t have to re-read an episode to understand things, though, of course, that can be unavoidable at times with a work-in-progress. Thus, I basically want to be confident in the episode/chapter before I post.
Cross my fingers, I’ll get #8 drafted tonight. (If so, I’d expect #7 to go up next weekend.)
