next!

Man, I miss the Zokutou word meter. I've embarked on my fifth attempt to write "Once a Goddess" and I'm 472 words in, but I don't have a visual way to show it.

(Yes, I know there are other word meters. I don't like them as much.)

Hey, if I do well enough with this story, do you think they'll put me on the Nebula ballot like ksumnersmith?

Dude, how cool is it that a writer I know personally -- not "hey, I've had conversations with her" but "hey, she's about my age and we've been in an anthology together and shared a room at a con" -- is on the freaking Nebula ballot? And not just on it; her story got the slot reserved for the Nebula jury's hand-picked choice.

Go, Karina!!! When you're a Big Name Author, I'll be able to tell other people I once shared a migratory sun patch with you. :-)

it's back!

"Once a Goddess"

1,266 / 4,000 (30.0%)

I celebrate the return of the Zokutou meter (which was down for a while) by showing the progress I made after last night's post.

The 4000 total is just an estimate. I have the beginning of the story, now. I'm formulating the middle, and I've got a vague niggling that might turn out to be the end. This is farther than I've ever gotten with this story (remember, this is attempt #5), and I'm pretty sure it's got the legs to make it to the end.

How do I hate thee? Let me count the ways.

I've always known that I don't like grading. But this is the first time I've been able to put it in such appalling terms:

I procrastinated from grading tonight by doing my federal and state taxes.

Doing my taxes was preferable to grading.

Ye gods.