This has been an exciting week at Rantings and Ravings. Two new acquaintances from How to Think Sideways dropped in to say hello, and an old friend from Air Force technical training 28 years ago showed up to touch base. Cathy, Texanne, and Kim — thanks for stopping in and … Continue reading →
On my end? Probably not a lot. I’m still reading. I’m beginning Holly Lisle’s How to Think Sideways: Career Survival School for Writers at a beta student. I’ll be working that (requires a new project — oh darn) along with planning the Twilight rewrite. I do plan to incorporate what … Continue reading →
While listening to my husband’s band rehearse this afternoon, I pulled out my Twilight spreadsheet and my critique notes and began looking for how I can revise it. I’m slowly getting more comfortable with some ideas, and I’m looking for ways I can maintain the book’s uniqueness as well as … Continue reading →
Alas, we finally got the wireless router working at the San Antonio house. Hubby’s desktop and both our laptops can now access the Internet via our DSL connection.
Continue reading →Today, we got the kitchen sink I mentioned we were looking for last September. It’s an old porcelain double drainboard, large, shallow bowl sink from the 40s with an 8″ backboard. When we redo the kitchen in the “new†house and move our 1959 Kenmore stove up there, we’ll be … Continue reading →
I’m in San Antonio, and we’re trimming bushes and doing general yard work. There’s a lot more to do, but we’re knocking it out a little at a time. Thankfully, we’re finally getting some rain, and it’s coming just the way we need it. Brief showers that stop long enough … Continue reading →
I picked the first crop off the fig tree today. Usually, we don’t get to them before the birds, but this year, I’ve managed to get about 20-25 ripe ones.
Continue reading →Stephen B. Bagley’s (our very own Tech) EndlesS: A Collection of Poems arrived in the mail today, and I’m already enjoying it. Lulu does a fine job of packaging. EndlesS is a slim volume of poetry with a very attractive cover. I’ve noticed poetry packaged this way is just nicer. … Continue reading →
Thanks to PBW, I now have access to the WordPress Theme Generator. I’m still enamored with the theme I’m using now, but I played with the generator, and it will allow you to do some nice, basic themes. The only thing I’d like to see added is the ability to … Continue reading →
I finished putting the Twilight outline into the spreadsheet today. Now I can begin analyzing it with rewrite in mind. Just for fun, here are some of the stats from the spreadsheet: Word Count: 84455 Chapters: 26 Total Scenes: 74 Average word count per chapter: 991 (definitely not evenly spread) … Continue reading →