7/20/06
Yes, I'm starting late. Deal with it. We're on the run from a tropical storm. I'm helmsman in any emergency. So far, I've done a lot of dishes. It'd be like home, except at home, people have to bug me, I shower, and I don't get queasy. My writing also borders on legible at home.
I'm not seasick, and I'm hoping (knock on wood) that the very slight queasy feeling I have goes away.
There's loads of sleeping time, just not necessarily in a row.
Food is edible, and let's leave it at that. The problem is, their definition of a vegetarian meal is meat substitute.
Ah, well. I get by. I must now go to sleep in preparation for my four AM watch.
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I realize I'm posting this later than I promised. I've been busy. Expect future installments to be more timely!
Friday, January 30, 2009
Friday, January 23, 2009
Plans and such!
I'm thinking of ways to start updating this thing more often. I know all eight of you readers are really, really excited to hear that!
Anyway, I've got various ideas that I'm brainstorming, but the easiest one I plan to start very soon now.
A few years ago, I went on an Outward Bound schooner trip. I had to very literally learn the ropes. It was a lot of work, and a lot of fun.
Now, I'm a writer. I express myself better when I write, and I usually prefer writing to talking. Not always. But one thing I sort of hate is telling people about trips. That's why I blogged my England trip. But there was no internet on my boat trip.
So I did that thing people did before there were computers. I used a pen and a notebook. I know, I know, you forgot those things existed, didn't you? But they do, and I used them. So starting tomorrow, be prepared for Shana's Boat Journal! Presented almost exactly how I wrote it at sixteen! Though I may correct my spelling and grammar for sanity's sake.
Get excited! And more news on Coming Developments when I decide what they shall be!
Anyway, I've got various ideas that I'm brainstorming, but the easiest one I plan to start very soon now.
A few years ago, I went on an Outward Bound schooner trip. I had to very literally learn the ropes. It was a lot of work, and a lot of fun.
Now, I'm a writer. I express myself better when I write, and I usually prefer writing to talking. Not always. But one thing I sort of hate is telling people about trips. That's why I blogged my England trip. But there was no internet on my boat trip.
So I did that thing people did before there were computers. I used a pen and a notebook. I know, I know, you forgot those things existed, didn't you? But they do, and I used them. So starting tomorrow, be prepared for Shana's Boat Journal! Presented almost exactly how I wrote it at sixteen! Though I may correct my spelling and grammar for sanity's sake.
Get excited! And more news on Coming Developments when I decide what they shall be!
Short stories!
GailSimone has challenges on twitter every now and then. Six word stories, short descriptions, whatever.
Here are a few of mine.
Superhero puberty in eight words or less: Voice, hair, hormones, X-ray vision is more fun.
Six words or less, Any superhero's post-coital statement without cursing: "...Being the fastest man alive stinks." - The Flash
A complete story in one Twitter post, featuring comic characters, without the use of the letter 'e': Tara backstabs Gar and Titans. Tara is crazy.
The story, for those who are not comics-savy, is the Judas Contract. It's very good, and I highly recommend it.
Here are a few of mine.
Superhero puberty in eight words or less: Voice, hair, hormones, X-ray vision is more fun.
Six words or less, Any superhero's post-coital statement without cursing: "...Being the fastest man alive stinks." - The Flash
A complete story in one Twitter post, featuring comic characters, without the use of the letter 'e': Tara backstabs Gar and Titans. Tara is crazy.
The story, for those who are not comics-savy, is the Judas Contract. It's very good, and I highly recommend it.
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