Monday, September 26, 2005
Long
Page 878, and no end in sight. If things keep up at this pace, and plot, this may be the longest Anita book ever. I may finally break that thousand page mark. Not a goal I ever wanted to make. I, unlike Charles Dickens, don't get paid by the word. I'm off to bed.
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Posted by LKH on 09/26 at 08:24 PM
Friday, September 23, 2005
Blessing and Curse
Anita has had one of those painful revelation moments. It's either going to be an epiphany that changes completely how she looks at her life and the men in it, or she's going to realize that the knowledge doesn't actually change anything that has gone before. It will change how will deal with certain vampiric abilities in the future, but what's done is done, alls well that ends well, pick your saying. The milk has spilled and you can't put it back in the bottle. You just have to clean up the mess, and buy more milk. Anita's leaning… Read More
Posted by LKH on 09/23 at 01:54 PM
Thursday, September 22, 2005
Allergies and morning music
Mold count was around 122,000 parts per yesterday. No wonder all of us here thought we were sick. Most of the household and staff suffer from allergies to one degree or another. Yesterdays count set a new record for the St. Louis area, which is one of the worst areas in the country for allergies anyway. Today isn't much better. It's like trying to think through mud. Movement is like having to push through cobwebs. They don't really restrict your movement, but they distract, and set you off balance. I finally dragged my allergy befuddled mind up to work.… Read More
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Posted by LKH on 09/22 at 08:00 AM
Music •
Wednesday, September 21, 2005
Done a little early, yea!
Did four pages before lunch today. Nice change. I'm ending the day at 4:30 in the afternoon with 11 pages to my credit. Yea! Wrote most of the day to Christmas music of various Rat Pack members; Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr. But in the last half, or more, of the writing was done to Audioslave. What I think was their debut album, which is self-titled, Audioslave. So far I like the whole damn album. Very cool. I'm quitting work for the day. First time in days that I've been done this early without feeling like I… Read More
Posted by LKH on 09/21 at 02:29 PM
Tuesday, September 20, 2005
Nearly ten and all is not well
It is nearly ten o'clock at night. Jon and I just finished helping Trinity with her homework. She had scouts until 5:00, and we had to have dinner, but damn. It's a lot of homework. I managed to get two pages, which, I guess, with the disrupted day I've had isn't horrible. It just feels horrible. It feels like the book is becalmed in the middle of a very big, very empty ocean, and I have no idea which way is shore. I'm going to bed now before I grow anymore maudlin.
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Posted by LKH on 09/20 at 07:41 PM
A disrupted day
People are cutting through my living room wall. Saws, nail guns, loud shit. I am hiding up in my office, trying to escape the noise. God, I will be so glad when the addition is finally done. Soooo glad. Dogs are upset, even hiding up here with me. Their hearing is better than mine so it must be really annoying to them. One of them decided to pee on the small dog bed by the desk. Then they all sit around staring at me like, "Our bed is all messy. Aren't you gong to fix it for us?" They… Read More
Posted by LKH on 09/20 at 11:15 AM
Monday, September 19, 2005
Dreading work and what we did this weekend
Feel terrible today. Dreading getting to work. No idea why. But as often happens when the day seems to weigh a thousand pounds, I got five pages done before I had to break for exercise. No, exercise is not fun, but being healthier is. I guess exercise is a lot like writing. The process isn't always fun, but the results are great. Jon and I celebrated our fourth wedding anniversary this weekend. No, it's not the actual day of the anniversary, but it is the only non-kid weekend we will have before the actual date. And yes, for those… Read More
Posted by LKH on 09/19 at 05:25 AM