In which we are tagged...

For _Aine_

Start time: 6:33

Write 20 random facts about yourself then tag the same amount of
people as minutes it takes you to write the facts. If you're tagged its
your turn.

1. I worry a lot.
2. I can't remember ever being smaller than a size 12 (13/14 in girls).
3. I have three children
4. I have large feet (size 10)
5. I've written two full length novels (80K words each)
6. I've never yet gotten a rejection slip for a novel.
7. I have a proposal for a board game pending with a major game company.
8. I've never finished writing a book which was not already sold (hence 6.)
9. I'm very afraid 6 will not be true in a few months.
10. I love the South Beach Diet way of eating.
11. I lost one grandparent as a baby (under the age of one)
12. I lost the other three all within 2 years of each other in my late 20/early 30s.
13. I love cherries (bing, fresh) but hate pie cherries (cooked).
14. Steamed broccoli is currently one of my favorite foods.
15. I love to travel.
16. I love flirting.
17. I used to collect teddy bears.
18. In grade school I was "Chrissy" (followed by a period in high school where I was "Chrisie" (usually with a heart over the i))
19. I have become a dialogue snob.
20. I love slot machines.

Stop time: 6:40

Tag! You're it:

Tagged:
Jeckcrow
AlexGaratelli
Arimenthe
Mistcat
PrinceCosmic
ScarletBronte
TheGargoyle

In which we are a happy girl!

Pictures from NERE show their charity auction, including the copy of Predators that I donated! Happy Jess!

In which we wax poetic...

Taken from deliciouspear:

After you read this, write a little poem or take one you already wrote and post it in your journal!

( Matter of Time )

In which we are amused...

I'm currently 37/47ths done with the book.

(Edited note: there's no special significance to this number, it just amused the hell out of me.)


This number, courtesy of the excel spreadsheet that I've got set up to calculate all kinds of goodness (number of words written [78705], days to deadline [11], words needed per day to complete by deadline [1935], estimated pages written [281], percentage completed (assuming 100K goal) [78.71%], ratio completed to 10ths [4/5ths], and ratio completed to 100ths [37/47ths]).

One more big fight scene to right, then some "modern" (ie: set in venezia) chapters to insert, then it will be ready to print, set aside and come back to in a few weeks for a massive edit before sending it out to its doom...er... to editors for rejection... I mean consideration.

*Grin*