I Take It All Back

I think it still applies in a general sense, but as my smuggler moved forward, she seems to be getting PLENTY of opportunities to flirt. Woot!

Also, I'm putting in an app for a guild on my very first PVP (RP-PVP, but still) server.

She actually started out as a character in my smuggler's fanfic, which has just gushed out of me like some kind of spurting artery. I've written almost ten thousand words in about 48 hours. I've never written that much that fast.

I do need to do a little more planning before I go any further; Arri threw a wrench in the works. She started out as a bit part - someone to flirt with Corso for humor and maybe a bit of jealousy from Vacy. But then it turned out she was Vacy's buddy and they were working together to make sure Vacy could seem drunk without BEING drunk, and THEN somehow it turned out she was an undercover Jedi knight investigating a slave ring at the club, which is what leads to the fight where poor Vacy tries her hand at healing, WHICH is the point of the story.

WHEW.

I've also never had interconnected story threads that gelled as well as these are seeming to. The pacing is shyte, but for a zero draft, I'm just ridiculously pleased. Additionally, this is one of a few fics where I don't have a frame story already there to follow, unlike with "Anniversary" or "Broken." Nor is it a character drabble like "Stormy Blue" or "World's Finest," which I need to find and post.

Live Chat with Mary Roach

Eeee! Mary Roach answered one of my questions during the live chat at Goodreads - She said that she did NOT vomit on the "Vomit Comet."

I like that she talks about persistence - that if you can find the reason behind the "no," sometimes you can work around it. And sometimes if you ask multiple times (presumably nicely) people will go from "no" to "yes."

Yay! She also answered (or, well, at least addressed) my question about rapid decompression. Apparently if your suit rips in space you actually have a little bit of time to get back in the ship before you die horribly! There was a movie... gosh, I can't remember the title... where the guy gets too far away from the ship and to prevent another astronaut (his wife) from sacrificing herself to save him, he pops his helmet open.

She likes Bill Bryson because he mixes information and humor.

Just so neat. Her enthusiasm for discovering new things and exploring is just ... encouraging? I'm not sure that's the word I'm looking for, but it's close. Not quite inspiring or endearing. Something along those lines.

Oo, she got to go on The Daily Show, "face spackled with the makeup (thank God)" hahaha... she got to talk to JS in makeup and as he was leaving he said "with this audience... we're gonna be talking about poop." and it made her a bit less nervous. *grin*

Good Habits - August 16

Today I'm going to go with the 15-minute writing rule as a cap, JUST IN CASE. It's the first day back with students and of course I don't want to be LATE. So at six-fifty I'm posting, whatever happens.

I realized just this morning that while I completely revamped my curriculum for Journalism I, I didn't do a darn thing to the syllabus! Oo, I need to throw my muffin wrapper away. Oops. And I should really be packing my bag up. At least I already let the puppy out to pee and put food and water in his dishes.

See, this is why I don't write. There are just too many other things to do. I don't know if I want breakfast or not. I'm just a little hungry, but I know I'm also nervous and excited, and goodness knows that if it ratchets up much farther I'm going to be glad of an empty stomach. I wonder if I have any of those white macadamia Luna bars left. Then I could take that with me and nosh on it if I calmed down.

Um.

Our dept chair texted me and said she was making something special. I bet it's Oreo truffles. Ommmm, those are SO SO GOOD! But then again, if I don't have something in me and I nosh on THOSE they'll probably send me bouncing off the walls with all that sugar!

They're made by crushing up Oreos and mixing the crumbs with cream cheese. Then you roll that mixture into little balls and dip the little balls into melted dark or white chocolate, and then finally drizzle the tops with the other color so it contrasts. MAN, they're good. I mean, I prefer cream cheese as a savory rather than a sweet, and I love 'em.

I bet I made my word count early! Let's see.

308, heck yeah!