tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32219922460753553242024-02-20T21:53:16.732+00:00Welcome to My EternityEmily E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03750529140814178549noreply@blogger.comBlogger102125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221992246075355324.post-60858299329055132002010-09-18T09:28:00.001+01:002010-09-18T09:28:18.413+01:00Untitled<div class='posterous_autopost'> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">1.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">Hurricane Forever is going back to the pits of hell where it came from. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">2.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">Nadia sent back The Molting. It’s not as revolting as I thought it was. She says I should continue because I can’t leave people hanging like that. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">3.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">The truth is that I am so tired of this writing shit that I want to quit. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">It’s not a screaming, crying ‘I want to quit’ fit. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">It’s a ‘burn all the work and move on’ fit. </span></p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://emilyeternity.posterous.com/28375712">The Eternity Project</a> </p> </div>Emily E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03750529140814178549noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221992246075355324.post-42942728512436078692010-08-30T16:49:00.001+01:002010-08-30T16:49:20.496+01:00Untitled<div class='posterous_autopost'> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">1.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">I revised The Molting. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">It is now in the hands of the Great and Terrible <a href="http://www.twitter.com/NadiaLee">@NadiaLee</a>. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">2.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">Contemplating starting something new. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">Maybe the companion novel to Hurricane Forever. </span></p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://emilyeternity.posterous.com/26924717">The Eternity Project</a> </p> </div>Emily E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03750529140814178549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221992246075355324.post-82075479282140690962010-08-27T16:33:00.001+01:002010-08-27T16:33:06.456+01:00Untitled<div class='posterous_autopost'> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">1.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">I have discovered that I do actually have a short story and not a novella in The Molting. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">Will revise. </span></p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://emilyeternity.posterous.com/26732467">The Eternity Project</a> </p> </div>Emily E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03750529140814178549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221992246075355324.post-49325037395962613952010-08-26T14:49:00.001+01:002010-08-26T14:49:30.903+01:00Enjoy Celtic Leaves<div class='posterous_autopost'><a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/emilyeternity/bOBn4FjoIY5M7HQCNmtVwqnvKuyHlVksWgIb35bntGfQiZqLtcza4jjwYW2q/IMAG0010.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/emilyeternity/iZDV7iltLWQrSqlusFiceHrnziJ4GHSsGXlQgdaPRqRlktpgjUmtQ4Rqema3/IMAG0010.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="299"/></a> <p></p><p>I really should pick this up again. </p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://emilyeternity.posterous.com/enjoy-celtic-leaves">The Eternity Project</a> </p> </div>Emily E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03750529140814178549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221992246075355324.post-27074253845320289092010-08-24T16:11:00.001+01:002010-08-24T16:11:56.593+01:00Meet Stephanie<div class='posterous_autopost'><a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/emilyeternity/Rull2akFl1vyAsg0ozcmfHPPirONN4j5qh2yZscyFn9DHUwe5Za9wsB3aqBS/IMAG0008.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/emilyeternity/vMLTtHS5de33teBIdoAZDvKXavgIvRPpPZglrGrUUZyhAkTXqtl2cXQMcHU7/IMAG0008.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="299"/></a> <p></p><p>This was taken on day five. </p> <p>Testing out my new HTC Desire. </p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://emilyeternity.posterous.com/meet-stephanie">The Eternity Project</a> </p> </div>Emily E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03750529140814178549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221992246075355324.post-43018384729404191102010-07-28T17:13:00.001+01:002010-07-28T17:13:53.394+01:00Untitled<div class='posterous_autopost'> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">1.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">I have done the unthinkable. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">I have asked <a href="http://www.twitter.com/LizUK">@LizUK</a> and <a href="http://www.twitter.com/McVane">@McVane</a> for my manuscript back. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">Before September. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">2.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">I am going to hell, and I know it. </span></p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://emilyeternity.posterous.com/24395031">The Eternity Project</a> </p> </div>Emily E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03750529140814178549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221992246075355324.post-41686002909476137082010-07-27T15:59:00.001+01:002010-07-27T15:59:02.298+01:00Untitled<div class='posterous_autopost'> <p><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">1.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"><a href="http://kaz-mahoney.livejournal.com/236548.html">Kaz’s Summer Camp #8</a>:</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">I have officially killed my short story. <p /> I'm working on rousing political speeches for the characters. <p /> I'm supposed to be working on a synopsis for something or other next month but I haven't a clue what. Maybe I should have put more thought into goals...</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">2.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">I have slain my second oni, and started working on a third. Miss Metta is going down! </span></p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://emilyeternity.posterous.com/24275679">The Eternity Project</a> </p> </div>Emily E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03750529140814178549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221992246075355324.post-54478220348395333042010-07-26T17:04:00.001+01:002010-07-26T17:04:06.133+01:00Untitled<div class='posterous_autopost'> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">1.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">I have really really killed The Molting. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">Until I make like a necromancer (which I, sadly, have eliminated from The Eternity Project YET AGAIN) and bring it back to life.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">2. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">I desperately want to revise Hurricane Forever, but luckily (unluckily?) for me, I don’t actually have access to a copy. This should depress me more, BUT I think I have found my blogging mojo over on my other blog. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">This is a good thing as I’ve been trying to get going on that for about forever now. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">3. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">I ought to take pictures of the fabulous Miss Metta. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">I’m thinking Saturday is a good day. Then my goal for August can be to stitch all the way down to the bottom so I can make sure that I have enough fabric. Amongst other things. </span></p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://emilyeternity.posterous.com/24172265">The Eternity Project</a> </p> </div>Emily E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03750529140814178549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221992246075355324.post-51672814817034678592010-07-24T15:59:00.001+01:002010-07-24T15:59:44.702+01:00Untitled<div class='posterous_autopost'> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">1.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">I have had an epiphany. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">Why the hell am I messing about with The Molting? It’s a ‘practice’ short story, I get that, but it’s not really what I want to write. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">2.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">Doesn’t mean that I should start revising Hurricane Forever right away, but it does mean I’ll probably spend all of August contemplating the worldbuilding I need to do for HF and my magnum opus. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">3. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">I have slain the first of the Oni. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">Miss Metta’s progress is astonishing indeed. </span></p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://emilyeternity.posterous.com/24002476">The Eternity Project</a> </p> </div>Emily E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03750529140814178549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221992246075355324.post-78435107177501329222010-07-23T15:58:00.001+01:002010-07-23T15:58:12.097+01:00Untitled<div class='posterous_autopost'> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">1.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">I am recovering from a monstrous bout of flu. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">The kind that you think you’re on the mend from, and then you go up two flights of stairs and feel like you are DYING. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">I couldn’t even move a light wooden stool up from the ground floor to my bedroom – which is on the first floor. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">2. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">The Molting is revolting. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">And if it’s not crying revolution, I am. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">3. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">I didn’t even manage to stitch on Wednesday. I slept for 24 hours straight, waking only to eat and take my pills – I’d probably have skipped eating except that I was supposed to eat something before I took the meds. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">4.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">Today, I am doing stash inventory. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">What scares me is that what’s in my inventory? Doesn’t even include stuff that’s ‘kitted up’ (by that, I mean I have everything I need to start and finish the project) or what’s still on the slow boat from the UK. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">And I’m pretty sure I’ve already achieved SABLE here. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">Perhaps if it’s not raining tomorrow, and I have discovered in my possession an object called a Camera, I shall have provide evidence. </span></p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://emilyeternity.posterous.com/23924313">The Eternity Project</a> </p> </div>Emily E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03750529140814178549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221992246075355324.post-24613748365506513652010-07-20T16:53:00.001+01:002010-07-20T16:53:33.418+01:00Untitled<div class='posterous_autopost'> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">1.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">Kaz’s Summer Camp Week #7:</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">Still NOT done. </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">Gah. This is going to be the short story that will haunt me for the rest of my writerly life. </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">And if I’m not done on July 31<sup>st</sup>, I think I’m going to junk this. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">2. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">I’m pretty sure I’m coming down with something. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">Apparently, a stitch a day doesn’t keep the doctor away. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">But Miss Metta is lovely, thank you very much. </span></p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://emilyeternity.posterous.com/23558851">The Eternity Project</a> </p> </div>Emily E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03750529140814178549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221992246075355324.post-75085521957883045842010-07-17T18:33:00.001+01:002010-07-17T18:33:01.145+01:00Untitled<div class='posterous_autopost'> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">1.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">OMG. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">I totally forgot about my Thursday deadline. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">But clearly, I didn’t make it. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">I think this version is better, however. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">Having said that, if I don’t finish this by August 15<sup>th</sup>, I may send it to Nadia anyway. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">God help the poor woman if that’s what I do. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">2. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">But my needlework proceeds apace.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">There has been much progress on Miss Metta. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">3. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">I’ve also made 2 batches of English Muffins from Peter Reinhart’s The Bread Baker’s Apprentice, neither of which were successful.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">They were good buns. But they weren’t English Muffins. </span></p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://emilyeternity.posterous.com/23281803">The Eternity Project</a> </p> </div>Emily E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03750529140814178549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221992246075355324.post-45489582928100342912010-07-14T10:43:00.001+01:002010-07-14T10:43:32.759+01:00Untitled<div class='posterous_autopost'> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">1.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"><a href="http://kaz-mahoney.livejournal.com/235980.html?view=6691788#t6691788">Kaz’s Summer Camp Week #6</a>: </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">I have no idea how I’m going to make my deadline for Thursday. <a href="http://brian-ohio.livejournal.com/">Brian_Ohio</a> is probably going to come and kick my ass. </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">I am revising from the beginning again. It is both better and not better.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">I did also make plans for <a href="http://nadialee.net/">Nadia</a> to snatch my manuscript out of my hands come August 16<sup>th</sup> post-revisions, however, so I better get cracking. She is the Queen of Evil and she is awesomely fearsome. </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">On the other hand, I now have necromancers in the other world I am building. That’s maybe the only bright spot in Week #6 for me. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">2. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">Re: necromancers </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">I guess I am getting my other goal for July done too. Except that now I have to fix Hurricane Forever too. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">3. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">Celtic Leaves is stitching up beautifully! </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Wingdings;">J</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"> </span></p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://emilyeternity.posterous.com/22887784">The Eternity Project</a> </p> </div>Emily E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03750529140814178549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221992246075355324.post-857108785985175342010-07-11T15:16:00.001+01:002010-07-11T15:16:31.613+01:00Untitled<div class='posterous_autopost'> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">1.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">I have fixed a key hole in my magnum opus. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">I also now have Necromancers of my very own. I think. I hope. Things could still change. Not sure how I can integrate the necromancers in.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">2. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">The Molting…is revolting. </span></p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://emilyeternity.posterous.com/22661875">The Eternity Project</a> </p> </div>Emily E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03750529140814178549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221992246075355324.post-24209574133327201192010-07-06T16:28:00.001+01:002010-07-06T16:28:16.746+01:00Untitled<div class='posterous_autopost'> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">1.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">Kaz’s Summer’s Camp Week #5: </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">I’m still stuck. </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">It’s like I’ve suddenly lost all inspiration to work on my short story – I think it may well have returned to being a short story because I fixed the middle. </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">The truth is, I don’t need to write this short story any more, and that’s maybe a big part of the problem. I’m writing it to test-run a few things for my magnum opus. It’s tested, and found wanting because it is a highly imperfect proxy for my magnum opus. I need another test story but I don’t have one at the moment. </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">The other thing is that it is also a rather open-ended tale. I don’t know how to deal with that yet. I thought I did, but I don’t. And since I still have more than a week… </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">2.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">In other news, Emily has a job. Or rather, Emily still has a job. </span></p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://emilyeternity.posterous.com/22183487">The Eternity Project</a> </p> </div>Emily E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03750529140814178549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221992246075355324.post-27247731751895444382010-07-02T11:13:00.001+01:002010-07-02T11:13:10.156+01:00Untitled<div class='posterous_autopost'> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">1.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">I have seven thousands words and a bit more. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">But more importantly, I have progression of story. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">2.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">Also, I think I’m beginning to really nail the voice and style of the fairytale bits, thanks to <a href="http://www.nadialee.net/blog">Nadia</a> who gave me some very good advice. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">3. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">Tomorrow, I have a wedding to attend and a new section on The Molting to begin.</span></p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://emilyeternity.posterous.com/21813816">The Eternity Project</a> </p> </div>Emily E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03750529140814178549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221992246075355324.post-87277876534461408512010-07-01T16:57:00.001+01:002010-07-01T16:57:45.272+01:00Untitled<div class='posterous_autopost'> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">1.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">I have the wrong beginning. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">It is the right beginning if this was meant to be a romance novella. Not so much if this is a fantasy novella. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">Of course, it may be that this is a romance and not a fantasy. In which case I’m going to take my muse* out and shoot her. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">2. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">I have a commitment finish The Molting on July 15<sup>th</sup>. I suspect <a href="http://brian-ohio.livejournal.com/">Brian_ohio</a> is going to kick my ass on that day because I can’t see how I’m going to complete this on deadline. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">I’m not sure I’ll get any writing done until Monday, for one thing. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">I’m away next week Thursday-Sunday, and I’m not taking my laptop – the idea that I’ll get anything done if I do is frankly, ridiculous.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">*If I had a muse, that is. </span></p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://emilyeternity.posterous.com/21746596">The Eternity Project</a> </p> </div>Emily E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03750529140814178549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221992246075355324.post-87392089558218421032010-06-30T13:05:00.001+01:002010-06-30T13:05:33.479+01:00Untitled<div class='posterous_autopost'> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">1.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">I have cut some more. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">I must stop letting my ideas get in the way of my narrative.* I let this happen too often and it wastes too much time that I could otherwise spend actually writing. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">2. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">Yesterday, I ambitiously told </span><a href="http://brian-ohio.livejournal.com/profile"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif; color: blue; text-decoration: none;"><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/emilyeternity/cbkcGBb8N4PstziRlYRBZZMYQZnSN3Gqd9R8i60vA71nmhci27YwIKD1F1ND/image001.gif" width="17" height="17"/> </span></a><span class="ljuser"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"><a href="http://brian-ohio.livejournal.com/"><b>brian_ohio</b></a> that I was planning to finish my novella on July 15<sup>th</sup>, and start revisions for it on August 1<sup>st</sup>. </span></span></p> <p><span class="ljuser"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></span></p> <p><span class="ljuser"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">Now I actually have to do it. </span></span></p> <p><span class="ljuser"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></span></p> <p><span class="ljuser"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">Incidentally, he wrote a hilarious account of how Kaz’s Summer Camp is going, and <a href="http://brian-ohio.livejournal.com/228618.html">you can read it here</a>. It comes with Pictures! </span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">* Courtesy of a <a href="http://www.thousandautumns.com/">David Mitchell</a> interview I read today. </span></p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://emilyeternity.posterous.com/21613881">The Eternity Project</a> </p> </div>Emily E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03750529140814178549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221992246075355324.post-50077995123862112262010-06-29T14:20:00.001+01:002010-06-29T14:20:33.414+01:00Untitled<div class='posterous_autopost'> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">1.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">Kaz’s Summer Camp Week #4:</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">My short story has rapidly expanded to novella length. This will be the first of my many goal revisions. Sigh. </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">I wrote 3791 words. It would have been 4k, but I junked the last scene because it was not taking me anywhere. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">2.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">Haven’t written today. Junked that scene. Must do better tomorrow.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">3.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">Finished cousin’s wedding sampler. One down, and one more to go.</span></p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://emilyeternity.posterous.com/21486421">The Eternity Project</a> </p> </div>Emily E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03750529140814178549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221992246075355324.post-49313964566775009602010-06-28T14:05:00.001+01:002010-06-28T14:05:46.341+01:00#agentpay: Why I'd rather pay a reading fee than pay my agent by the hour<div class='posterous_autopost'> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nadialee.net/blog/2010/06/reading-fees-and-agentpay/">Nadia Lee</a>: </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">If people want to spend their money on sending out query letters that they spent an hour on, it's their prerogative. But it's a thankless job that agents must do, and the probability of them finding something worthy of a partial / full request is pretty slim. <b>So why should agents' clients bear the cost of agents reading unsolicited mails (among other things) by paying higher commissions? </b>It doesn't make any sense.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">If reading fees are low (like a buck or so in my example), standard and industry-regulated, then there will be much less potential for abuse. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">She’s absolutely right. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">And here’s an argument I don’t think I’ve seen anywhere else: I like knowing up-front what my commitments will be. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">If I have to pay Agent So-and-So $x to query her/him, I can decide beforehand whether I think the chance of getting Agent So-and-So as my agent is worth $x. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">But I cannot tell whether the deal My-Agent might get for me is worth the y hours multiplied by her/his hourly rate until the final contract is signed. I also think that an hourly rate is far more subject to abuse than a reading fee. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">As I said earlier, a reading fee is up-front. You can do your research, and then decide whether Agent So-and-So rates $x to query. It’s just like paying to enter a lottery. With your research, you have some idea of the likelihood that the agent will/will not take you. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">Hours, on the other hand, can be padded easily enough. You’d have to work really hard to figure out whether your agent is padding them or not. It’s not like you can keep an eye on them over their shoulder. </span></p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://emilyeternity.posterous.com/agentpay-why-id-rather-pay-a-reading-fee-than">The Eternity Project</a> </p> </div>Emily E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03750529140814178549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221992246075355324.post-70750879842618180232010-06-25T16:03:00.001+01:002010-06-25T16:03:14.338+01:00Untitled<div class='posterous_autopost'> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">1.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">I suspect plotting is not as good for my writing as I’d like it to be. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">I’m working on The Molting – I may change this to The Revolting Story just because – and I’ve realised that the one thing that’s utterly absent from my Hurricane Forever draft is what people are thinking. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">I have what they say, what they do. I don’t have the whys, and I don’t have the ‘how they get theres.’ </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">2. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">It worries me. Oh I’ve always had scenes that were just dialogue and nothing else. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">But I’m pretty sure that the Hurricane Forever draft is nearly 50k of dialogue and nothing else. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">3.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">Nadia was telling me about book journals the other day. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">The idea is that you write a few lines about what you’re working on each day. Ideas you have for the next few scenes. Key things that you are currently working on in the novel. Stuff like that .</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">I wasn’t going to do one for The Molting. I planned to trial this with my next novel – not being keen to try this again so soon after the recent failure of January-in-February with journaling. But I felt the urge, and so, why not? If I don’t keep up, that’s okay too. It’s more important that I keep up with my story, after all. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">If the only time I journal is today, well, at least I discovered that The Molting is sooperman’s story more than it is sooperwoman’s. </span></p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://emilyeternity.posterous.com/21097247">The Eternity Project</a> </p> </div>Emily E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03750529140814178549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221992246075355324.post-18576409566543539792010-06-24T14:41:00.001+01:002010-06-24T14:41:27.546+01:00Untitled<div class='posterous_autopost'> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">1.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">I used to feel guilty about the fact that I simply didn’t have the same interest in history other fantasists had. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">I stole bits and pieces for worldbuilding as I came across them, but I never felt the need to go hunt them out. I read historical romances, but they invariably have Regency settings, a fondness I have courtesy of teenage years spent inhaling the likes of Johanna Lindsey and others. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">But the reason is simple: my passion is the future, not the past. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">And I shouldn’t feel guilty about it at all. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">2. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">Farhan Manjoo at Fast Company: </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 36.0pt;">These frosted-glass doors, and similar ones all around the world protecting other caves of Apple thinkers, are emblematic of Apple's fanaticism for secrecy. But those doors are more than mere paranoia. Apple sets its own agenda and tunes out the tech wags -- competitors, industry observers, analysts, bloggers, and journalists like myself -- who constantly spew torrents of advice, huzzahs, and brickbats in its direction. Behind its doors, Apple can ignore us all.</p> <p></p> <p>The article offers ten lessons other tech companies can learn from Apple. </p> <p></p> <p>I think that the one lesson a writer could learn from Apple is that you need to <a href="http://www.jennycrusie.com/for-writers/essays/taking-out-the-garbage-how-to-protect-your-work-and-get-your-life/">protect the work</a>. </p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://emilyeternity.posterous.com/20959127">The Eternity Project</a> </p> </div>Emily E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03750529140814178549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221992246075355324.post-17785070729496648962010-06-23T15:11:00.001+01:002010-06-23T15:11:54.423+01:00Untitled<div class='posterous_autopost'> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">1.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">I have had enough local anesthesia and painkillers today to fell an elephant. Well, at least a baby elephant – I am a smaller than average human being. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">I also now have to have gum surgery sometime in the near future, after which I will be able to say that I’ve had every kind of non-immediately-life-threatening (maybe non-life-threatening too) problem requiring some kind of dental treatment. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">Bah. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">2. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">My mama soothed my pains with 2 new pairs of shoes.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">Life is better. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">3. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">I have decided to rename The Molting to Molting the Revolting* in honor of a certain animal in it. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">I am blaming my lack of progress today to the painkillers and anesthesia – see above – but the truth is I am suffering second-day jitters. This is after the initial euphoria of ‘OMG, something new!!!!’and just before ‘OMG, I’m in over my head!!!!’</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">*I’m kidding, but it does have a certain ring, don’t you think? </span></p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://emilyeternity.posterous.com/20867443">The Eternity Project</a> </p> </div>Emily E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03750529140814178549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221992246075355324.post-16344576784270164972010-06-23T13:58:00.001+01:002010-06-23T13:58:54.757+01:00The Mathematics of #agentpay : It's not a 5% increase, it's a 33 1/3 % increase! (tags: writing, publishing, agents, salary)<div class='posterous_autopost'> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">Writers are often accused of being unable to do math. Writers propagate this belief with claims of ‘I’m a writer and therefore I can’t do math.’ </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">It usually irritates me, but there are days when I think it’s true.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">Today is one of them. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">A friend sent me a link to Writer Beware: </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 36.0pt;"><span class="entry-content"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">So what's the answer, for agents and others who think the current system should change? A commission hike is the most obvious solution. During the 1980s and 1990s, US agents raised their commissions from 10% to 15%; it seems to me that an increase to 20% could be undertaken with relatively minimal pain on all sides. This would acknowledge the ways in which agenting has changed and expanded, but wouldn't unfairly burden writers.</span></span></p> <p><span class="entry-content"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></span></p> <p><span class="entry-content"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">Should the agent commission increase to 20%, the author pays the agent 5% more. </span></span></p> <p><span class="entry-content"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></span></p> <p><span class="entry-content"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">But an agent who’s getting 20% commission from all her/his clients is getting 33 1/3 % more overall compared to an agent who gets 15%. </span></span></p> <p><span class="entry-content"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></span></p> <p><span class="entry-content"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">This is the math: </span></span></p> <p><span class="entry-content"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 36.0pt;"><span class="entry-content"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">20/15 = 1 1/3 </span></span></p> <p><span class="entry-content"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></span></p> <p><span class="entry-content"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">It’s true that agents probably have to do more these days. But that holds for authors as well, and I don’t think we are getting paid any more. </span></span></p> <p><span class="entry-content"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></span></p> <p><span class="entry-content"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">As for the billable-hours suggestion, I do think I’d rather hire an entertainment lawyer to deal with contracts and such. With the deal in hand, it means that I will definitely be getting some money at some point. </span></span></p> <p><span class="entry-content"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></span></p> <p><span class="entry-content"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">Paying your agent by the hour simply does not incentivise your agent to sell your book quickly, or even at all. I suspect, though I cannot say for the sure, that the number of fraudsters will up and quickly should there be such a switch as well. </span></span></p> <p><span class="entry-content"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></span></p> <p><span class="entry-content"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">PS This is cross-posted to all four of my blogs. Feel free to comment anywhere you come across this post.</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://emilyeternity.posterous.com/the-mathematics-of-agentpay-its-not-a-5-incre">The Eternity Project</a> </p> </div>Emily E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03750529140814178549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221992246075355324.post-66986038305509458962010-06-22T14:45:00.001+01:002010-06-22T14:45:50.179+01:00Untitled<div class='posterous_autopost'> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">1.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">Kaz’s Summer Camp Week #3: </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">I finished my draft zero of Hurricane Forever – not the real title FYI – yesterday.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">It is an awful draft. I’m so desperate to fix it that I sent it to two kind souls – Maili and Liz – who can store a copy so I can temporarily delete it off my hard drive. If they decide to peek, it’ll probably make their eyes bleed. </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">Hmm… Not sure if it’s a good idea to let people have blackmail material. But it is done. </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">Today, I started the short story, The Molting, that I was planning to write next month. I’m now hoping to finish it by 2<sup>nd</sup> of July, as there’ll be wedding madness (thankfully not mine) from 3<sup>rd</sup>-11<sup>th</sup> of June, entailing flights and gowns and stuff. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">2.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">Extract: </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p style="text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">“You are very difficult, you know.” </span></p> <p style="text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">“Coming from you? Who hired me to manage you so other people would find you easier to deal with?” </span></p> <p style="text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">His mouth dropped open. “What did you just say?” </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">3. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">I already had a draft of the first section – so I’m now just revising what I had as I go along. That’s about 1300 words of revisions, and I’m about ready to take the leap into new material.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">I only have new material because I had an epiphany this morning. But I’m pretty sure it can carry me through to the end in one draft, so that’s okay. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">4.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">I talked to <a href="http://elisem.livejournal.com/">Elise Matthesen</a>, who has kindly given me permission to use some of her beautiful work in The Molting.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">I had an epiphany about it. It entails tossing out all the worldbuilding I did for it, but that’s okay. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Corbel,sans-serif;">I suspect it’s not quite fantasy any more though. Or SF, which might be an issue as I was going to use to ‘audition’ <a href="http://sff.onlinewritingworkshop.com/">OWW</a>. </span></p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://emilyeternity.posterous.com/20778388">The Eternity Project</a> </p> </div>Emily E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03750529140814178549noreply@blogger.com0