The Penumbral Child

For Charloft RPG Christmas

2011-12-28T04:42:50Z

I pulled a Christmas Cracker from Char Loft, and I got:

A free hat: A green wig.

A free prize: A two-ounce bottle of Megahol - '600 proof - Use In Moderation.'

A free joke: What do termites eat for breakfast?
Oakmeal.

Author's Note: The Penumbral Child

2011-06-17T18:03:41Z

I'm repurposing this journal. Entries previous to this are for an abandoned project that I have no hope of ever salvaging or even touching again with a 10ft pole. You have been warned.

That said. Have different writing! Yay!

None of the posts will likely be in order. I'll try and tag as appropriate to age of the character so you can get some semblance of chronologicalness but my brain/muse (poor thing is a bogwoppit for heavens sake, it gets easily distracted by chocolate and kibble) hops around, and thus too, will the writing. Huzzah!

Amusing excerpts

2008-11-11T20:33:18Z

The title has revealed itself to be "Half as Bad as You", which is a phrase I found while perusing the Nano forums for titles.

But here you are, proof that I've written things:

"Rene glared at the books on the shelf before her. Well, alternated between glaring hatefully, sniffing in distaste and outright hissing. She was desperately trying to avoid the hissing since it seemed to be attracting the attention of other people in hte bookstore. But it was really really hard. So difficult, in fact, that she hissed again for good measure, causing one mother to grab her young son by the arm and drag him away from he young adult section."

"Tomorrow she would start cleaning. In the back of her mind she reminded herself that this was the same promise she had made to herself yesterday and the day before that and so on ad infinitum and yet the very next day, it was a promise she broke. She expected she would never keep the promise tomorrow either."

"I need a Quest, Todd' Rene nodded in confidence, "It is a typical characteristic of the protagonist in a story that will eventually allow them to live happily ever after."

""Okay Rene, convince me." Todd had a look on his face that did not convince Rene that he really wanted to be convinced."

Updates

2008-11-11T20:05:34Z

Well, I think my plan to handwrite this thing has been my downfall. To my credit, I've actually worked on it more consistently than in years past but I don't think it's easy for me to churn out the same word count than if I were on a computer.

That being said, computers offer significant distractions that I am vulnerable to such as internet and WoW.

To my credit, I did write a bit while I was at the gym today. I'm going to really try to at least write consistently every day. Even if I don't make the word count, I'm at least doing something other than WoW and internet surfing, and that's a good thing.

Day 2

2008-11-03T09:04:17Z

Word Count: 1139

Even further behind, however, I will be internetless (sort of) tomorrow while I take care of a goober pony.

Plans are to write and catch up then since I will have minimal distractions.

Cramps are the suckage. Vicodin is wonderful, but I don't want to oversleep.

Adieu

References for my own reference

2008-11-02T20:49:28Z

Many thanks to shanra for posting these the other day/today. I'm posting them here so I can get back to them when I need to stick random ridiculous facts about Twilight into my story. Which is progressing slowly but progressing. I blame cramps but my mind is in a happy haze thanks to vicodin.Without further ado...
Commentary

Beating Edward Cullen with a stick

That is all

NaNoWriMo DAY 1

2008-11-02T09:25:13Z

Seeing as I'm handwriting this sucker, I'll post excerpts weekly. I'm doing a by hand count so this is semi accurate.

Status:
Behind on the word count for day 1. Hopes are still high. World of Warcraft is a big distraction. I blame this recruit a friend program. My husband and I are trying to level as many characters to 60 that we can and time runs out soon.
Role Playing in WoW is also a big distraction. I need to set aside writing time where I focus solely on the writing. Only time will tell.

Word Count: 533

And it begins.

2008-11-01T04:59:12Z

I'm going to be crazy this year and write it by hand so that I can stay away from teh distraction that is WoW and the internet.

I've started writing. I'll keep writing tomorrow. For now, I'm exhausted and I want to sleep next to my honey.

It begins shortly

2008-10-30T00:25:52Z

Excerpts will be posted here, word count announcements and the like.

Procrastination belongs on my other livejournal. I hope.