Random stuff (mostly writing-related)

[apocalypsos]

-- I just realized I can take my GPW outline down off the wall! \o/ (It's been up there, like, six months now. I almost forgot it was up there until I saw it this morning and was like, "Heeeeey ...")

-- I'm giving myself a week away from the first draft before I take it out again to edit. The ending really is a monstrous mess but I honestly don't care right now. *beams*

-- Last night I went to my parents's house to get my goody bag that I gave my mom to hold onto until I finished the first draft. She told me she gave it to my dad to hold. I went out to his office to get it from him and he told me he put it somewhere I'd never get it ... and then laughed at me when I tried to jump up and get it off the high shelf he hid it on. *pouts*

-- And then I went to Jess's house to get my new MP3 player. It's only 8Gb, but I really don't need as much music as I've been keeping on the Zen anyway. I only listen to two or three playlists all the time anyway.

-- Also, my "to read" book pile is six books high. Before anybody asks -- heh -- there's a book on the Iroquois Theater fire, the next House of Night book (I have NO IDEA why I'm still reading these, I can almost FEEL the pop culture references and slang becoming dated as I'm reading them), Q&A (the book Slumdog Millionaire was based on), the first Vampire Academy book, some paranormal romance I picked up on a whim yesterday at Wal-Mart, and that book Amber Benson wrote, which I didn't even realize she wrote until after I read the back and liked it a lot and was like, "Oh, hey, the author looks like ... HOLY CRAP IT IS AMBER BENSON."

-- I think I may be putting aside the idea I was going to use for Bigbang because ... well, I think I want to turn it into an original novel with female characters instead of Jensen and Jared. Which means coming up with a whole new idea for Big Bang, which isn't ever my big problem. It's getting them written that's a pain. ;)

-- I bought crab legs yesterday to celebrate finishing my book and I didn't even eat them yet. In fact, I haven't eaten anything yet today. Seafood for breakfast, woohoo!

-- Somebody talk me out of buying a Nintendo DS. I want one in the WORST way but I cannot justify spending any more money on crap that's not a bill or groceries. But ... but ... they have them in pink! And they have bunches of puzzle games! Aw, man. *grumbles*

-- Now that I'm done with the first draft of GPW, I'm all flaily, like, "OH BOY WHAT TO WRITE FIRST," so I'm probably going to have to sit down and sketch out the four or five stories I want to work on. Yeah, four or five. Possibly six. I'm just going to play with them and see which ones start acting like needy attention whores who want to make out with my muse or whatever.

Comments

[offtheceiling.livejournal.com]

this is totally not helpful at all, but omg i love my ds. <3_<3

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

[lyonie17.livejournal.com]

Are those the PC Cast House of Night books? I felt much the same way, but they're pretty addicting. I liked Vampire Academy, there's an interesting mythology.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah. My friend, her mom and I have been addicted to them for a while now, although I feel a lot like I'm watching a train wreck, somewhere between the dated references and the blatant Mary-Sue-ism.

[lyonie17.livejournal.com]

Heh.

[squirrelarmy.livejournal.com]

Don't buy a DS. Not because it's not awesome, but because, um. Well. Because you told me to say that.

Also, I feel bad that I don't know you in real life, because I have a DS but I have zero time to play it, and I would totally lend you mine if I could. [patpat]

Oooh, and when you read Q&A, will you post on if it's good or not? Cos Slumdog was awesome, so it figures it would be, but I'd love to hear someone's opinion on it before buying it.

[hannahrorlove.livejournal.com]

You don't need a Nintendo DS. If all you want is a new toy, that's not a good enough reason to justify the purchase - you are out of a job and have much less income. You have plenty of toys already, from your laptop to your desktop to your AlphaSmart to your new MP3 player. You can play games on other electronic systems and do not need the Nintendo DS for that.

Spend your money on food instead.

[killerweasel.livejournal.com]

I love my DS (I got a pink one because at the time, Nintendo was matching what you paid for it and donating it for Breast Cancer research. Don't know if they're still doing that or not). I've got Animal Crossing, which I've been playing for um 3 years? now. Addictive as heck. LOL And I love the Cooking Mama games. Plus I've got an assortment of Mario Brothers ones.

But, you might want to hold off until April 5 if you decide to buy one because they've got a new thing coming out that's all shiny and stuff called the Nintendo DSi- http://www.nintendodsi.com/ Looks like it can take pictures and has wireless and all kinds of crap.

[eleniangel.livejournal.com]

Death's Daughter? I just got my copy in the mail. I can't wait to dig into it.