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Finished the book that I didn't like.
I know what I learned today! I learned that I could write a better romance novel than ONE person on earth, if I tried to!
Ye gods.
"Jade orbs", I think. I think he un-ironically used the phrase "jade orbs", or "emerald", or "sapphire", or somesuch. And "alabaster skin", multiple times.
But here's the crux of the problem, and the larger What I Learned Today.
( Learning from books that you don't like: Empathy. Have some. )
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In other news, I think I hatched a NaNoWriMo-able idea on the way to work this morning. I'm thinking about jumping back in this year. I'm thinking about jumping back in as a way to force myself out of the house, contradictory as that sounds. Local meetups? Writing in a coffeehouse? Something. I love my husband dearly, but I am going stir-crazy not talking to anyone else outside of work.
People terrify me, and yet I feel like hell if I don't get at least some dose of them. Go figure, huh?
(I do go to a weekly crafting meetup, but there's not much "there" there. The other members have made it abundantly clear that I could never understand their complex psychology with my puny mainstream brain, so I'd better not even try to be their friends. OK then! Can I borrow your scissors? I guess that's that.)
In other other news, fun article despite the Buzzfeedy/Crackedy title:
7 Deadly Sins of Worldbuilding
#4 (not everyone agrees on everything) and #7 (think about how your non-realistic factors would affect everything) are my favorites. Fun times.
You know, I should remember that I like that kind of stuff, and try something short and speculative sometime.
I know what I learned today! I learned that I could write a better romance novel than ONE person on earth, if I tried to!
Ye gods.
"Jade orbs", I think. I think he un-ironically used the phrase "jade orbs", or "emerald", or "sapphire", or somesuch. And "alabaster skin", multiple times.
But here's the crux of the problem, and the larger What I Learned Today.
( Learning from books that you don't like: Empathy. Have some. )
...
In other news, I think I hatched a NaNoWriMo-able idea on the way to work this morning. I'm thinking about jumping back in this year. I'm thinking about jumping back in as a way to force myself out of the house, contradictory as that sounds. Local meetups? Writing in a coffeehouse? Something. I love my husband dearly, but I am going stir-crazy not talking to anyone else outside of work.
People terrify me, and yet I feel like hell if I don't get at least some dose of them. Go figure, huh?
(I do go to a weekly crafting meetup, but there's not much "there" there. The other members have made it abundantly clear that I could never understand their complex psychology with my puny mainstream brain, so I'd better not even try to be their friends. OK then! Can I borrow your scissors? I guess that's that.)
In other other news, fun article despite the Buzzfeedy/Crackedy title:
7 Deadly Sins of Worldbuilding
#4 (not everyone agrees on everything) and #7 (think about how your non-realistic factors would affect everything) are my favorites. Fun times.
You know, I should remember that I like that kind of stuff, and try something short and speculative sometime.
