tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32718077934314256702023-11-15T05:09:27.410-08:00On Cats and WritingMy random attempts at writing. Oh, also with some occasional kitties and other random stuff.ellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03019051053799405609noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271807793431425670.post-55201242719297538442012-01-30T17:51:00.000-08:002012-01-30T17:56:41.032-08:00MLK Would Be Proud of My CatMoonlight(the fat, non-fluffy kitty) staged a non-violent protest today. I was putting a harness on her (part of an attempt at training her to walk on a leash.) and she was surprisingly docile. Too docile in fact. After I put the harness on her she refused to move(she turned her head and ate a kitty treat out of my hand so I was sure she was awake and alive). She just lay there, not chasing the laser dot, or moving to get a kitty treat just inches away. After a quarter of an hour of this lie-in I decided that enough was enough and took the harness off. Moonlight got up, ate the kitty treat, and chased the laser dot.ellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03019051053799405609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271807793431425670.post-67985297243307538812012-01-18T15:27:00.000-08:002012-01-18T15:31:24.007-08:00Official statement on SOPA/PIPAI know I've posted stuff about this before but I feel like making an official statement just in case I haven't been clear enough already.<br />
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SOPA/PIPA are the stupidest bills ever introduced to congress. <br />
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Everyone who endorses SOPA/PIPA should go into rehab for their obvious addiction to <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-401646/Blackberry-addiction-similar-drugs.html">Blackberrys. </a><br />
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Everyone who hasn't heard of either of these bills is living under a rock.<br />
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I promise to post about something other than SOPA/PIPA ASAP<br />
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<br />ellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03019051053799405609noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271807793431425670.post-34823615063637114302012-01-13T15:22:00.001-08:002012-01-13T15:22:07.578-08:00More SOPA<a href="http://sopastrike.com/">http://sopastrike.com/</a><br />
petition every site you can and spread the word!!!!!! <br />
<br />ellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03019051053799405609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271807793431425670.post-83989553774454774452012-01-05T19:26:00.001-08:002012-01-06T15:51:04.268-08:00SOPAI've censored the following, in protest of a bill that gives any corporation and the US government the power to censor the internet--a bill that could pass THIS WEEK. To see the uncensored text, and to stop internet censorship, visit: <a href="http://americancensorship.org/posts/33193/uncensor">http://americancensorship.org/posts/33193/uncensor</a><br />
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You only need to put in the zip code and email. If you aren't allowed to do this for some reason just comment here and I will give you the uncensored version asap.<br />
<a href="http://americancensorship.org/">http://americancensorship.org/</a><br />
<a href="http://americancensorship.org/posts/33193/uncensor" style="border: none; display: block; margin: 10px;"><img alt="Uncensor This" height="53" src="http://americancensorship.org/images/ac2-uncensorthis.png" width="349" /></a>Quick explanation of why PIPA (senate version of SOPA) is bad <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/31100268?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe>
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<br />ellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03019051053799405609noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271807793431425670.post-43270368236800706242012-01-02T18:09:00.000-08:002012-01-02T19:36:40.879-08:00Taking It SlowSo, I have 27 days of the free trial left and I'm kinda stuck with writers block. Taking inspiration from <a href="http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/peptalks/audreyniffenegger">http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/peptalks/audreyniffenegger</a> (thanks Scott), I'm not going to try to force myself to write more than I want to. I am going to take a break from my little nanowrimo and just read, get inspired, read books about writing, hang out with the cats, write a little in some of my novel ideas, and write a few short stories. I'm doing this for a few main reasons:<br />
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<li>Slow and steady wins the race</li>
<li>I'm a bit of a slacker</li>
<li>I need to do homework</li>
<li>I hate doing anything under pressure</li>
<li>I don't want to be told to write everytime I try to chat with someone (you know who you are)</li>
<li>I wanna be lazy</li>
<li>My inner editor currently has my inner muse tied up</li>
<li>I don't want to judge myself by numbers (word counts)</li>
<li>If I put the time into writing a novel it has to be good therefore, I won't write a full novel until I am good at writing.</li>
<li>I will write faster once I learn to touch type (I can type just pretty slowly)</li>
<li>I need to improve my grammar</li>
<li>According to <a href="http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/04/27/10-things-teenage-writers-should-know-about-writing/">http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/04/27/10-things-teenage-writers-should-know-about-writing/</a> blogs count in writing everyday so I will just pester you in order to gain writing experience</li>
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And now for something completely(well kinda) different:<br />
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Here is a list of great things about trying to write a novel:<br />
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<li>Now I have a good excuse about slacking off on the internet "I'm doing research to help me write the next great American novel"</li>
<li>I have an excuse for reading in class "I'm investigating the styles of different writers to help me write the next great American novel"</li>
<li>Continuing on that same theme you have an excuse for just about anything for example:</li>
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Mr. Hutson "Why did you cut class?" <br />
Me "It's to add realism to my novel."<br />
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911 "Why did you jump off a cliff?"<br />
Me "It's to add realism to my novel."<br />
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Police/Parents/Press "Why did you run away from home?" <br />
Me "It's to add realism to my novel."<br />
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Judge "Why did you shoot the president?"<br />
Me "It's to add realism to my novel."<br />
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CIA "Why did you enclose all of Washington DC in a bubble?" <br />
Me "It's to add realism to my novel."<br />
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Press "Why did you build a dystopia inside the earth's crust?"<br />
Me "It's to add realism to my novel."<br />
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List of complaints:<br />
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<li>I can't make a video of my cats on the catwalkway cause I can't charge my camera battery</li>
<li> I haven't finished my homework cause I'm slaking off</li>
<li>My parents won't let me walk my cats</li>
<li>I'm straying waaaaaaay off topic </li>
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Comment Question: Do you prefer long posts like this one or shorter posts like my first few?<br />
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<br />ellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03019051053799405609noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271807793431425670.post-41477044280063963672011-12-31T23:02:00.000-08:002012-01-01T15:58:47.162-08:00Please Don't Call Me a QuitterTonight I wrote about 800 words in an hour, I only have an hour a day to devote to writing, so I am reducing my requirement to 20,000 words (still an accomplishment) in a novel or a novella. I am going to write as much as time will allow so if I'm not very busy I might still write 50,000 words.ellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03019051053799405609noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271807793431425670.post-10047763717108997862011-12-30T20:48:00.000-08:002011-12-30T20:50:14.972-08:00My Own Little NaNoWriMoSo I found <a href="http://thisblogisaploy.blogspot.com/2011/09/how-i-plot-novel-in-5-steps.html">this</a> site (thanks tooks). It happens to mention that the author uses <a href="http://www.literatureandlatte.com/index.php">Scrivener</a> to write, it seems really interesting. I don't feel like spending the money and I like <a href="http://www.nanowrimo.org/">NaNoWriMo</a>, but I happened to get interisted in novel writing right after it ended. Because Scrivener has a 30 day free trial (one day shorter than NaNoWriMo) I am going to challenge myself to write 50,000 words in Scrivener during the 30 day free trial. This will start on Jan 1st, and I will post daily word counts. <br />
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<br />ellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03019051053799405609noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271807793431425670.post-5267880666809431012011-12-30T11:13:00.000-08:002012-01-02T17:14:36.728-08:00MundaneToday I realized something, I can't write about the mundane, everything I've written so far is moving the plot forward aggressively. Thankfully I've chosen a plot where most of the fun in reading it is that little mundane stuff happens. But, I still need to provide a few chapters where more mundane stuff happens so the readers get a feel for the characters.<br />
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Comment Question: What apps/tools do you use for writing (Drafting, plotting, editing, formatting)?<br />
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Drafting http://mywritingspot.com<br />
Plotting My brain and some help from http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/a-novel-idea/id421948244?mt=8<br />
Editing Word and http://mywritingspot.com<br />
Formatting Wordellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03019051053799405609noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271807793431425670.post-15551977205709915212011-12-28T12:25:00.000-08:002012-01-02T17:13:45.891-08:00So I Am Trying To Become a NovellestI enjoy reading a lot and have decent talent at writing so I'm gonna try to write a novel and document the process. First I'm submitting some short stories and flash fiction to a couple competitions. I really need some people who I don't know to read my work and tell me what they think. I just discovered indie books and am really interested in learning how to publish some of my stuff independently.<br />
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Also my tumblr:<a href="http://www.blogger.com/%C2%A0http://nerdrandomosity.tumblr.com/"> http://nerdrandomosity.tumblr.com/</a><br />
And my youtube: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/kaaatable/videos">http://www.youtube.com/user/kaaatable/videos</a>ellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03019051053799405609noreply@blogger.com2Virginia, USA37.4315734 -78.65689420000001135.9689469 -82.873523200000008 38.8941999 -74.440265200000013