Back in December, New York Magazine had a neat page that featured the writing of people all over Manhattan. The reporters had approached “laptop-using strangers in Starbucks … and asked them to show us the sentence they were working on.” Cool, huh? The results ranged from cover letters to rap lyrics to essays on gender identity. My favorite was a grad student writing a film. His last sentence: “Navy Seal (Steve).” Go Steve!
So I thought it would be fun to ask you guys: what’s the last sentence you wrote before surfing over here to the hot pink wonder palace of Bitchery? Mine was: “what’s the last sentence you wrote before surfing over here to the hot pink wonder palace of Bitchery?” (It’s not very interesting if I play along, is it?)
She turned her face into the wind and walked towards the upper garden, its wildness and chaos suiting her temper at the moment.
It’s about 1/3 of the way done, I think. One of my many fanfiction WIPs.
we took the chq to [the other bank] by hand with the relevant paperwork, the service centre paperwork was sent to Glasgow SC by TNT that night with a note saying the chq was hand-delivered, I suggest you check with Glasgow SC
—passing the buck while at work earlier
Condolences to Kes.
“I’ll let you know if I run out of labels.”
…agh. work. You know, the sort that pays me, rather than the kind that keeps me sane. I envy everyone writing creative things right now.
That’s got to mean something.
Working on the latest blog post about writing and fear.
@Elizabeth Wadsworth:
It was a spoof.
Here’s a YouTube link:
Jonathan Pryce does his best Fu Manchu work here. Or is he doing Meleficent? The man is an artist; maybe he’s both.
Love You Mom
“Oh Sure. No Problem. ;)”
Travis took the wheel back from Nash and a moment later Callie heard the sound of helicopter rotors over the engine.
First draft/narrative outline of WIP.
“Is the rest of Briggs’ backlist in print?”
Note to myself—I’ve just finished rereading Patricia Briggs’ werewolf novels (next one is due out in four weeks) and am considering (re)reading her others, of which I’m missing a couple.
He felt her arms flutter uselessly at her sides and knew he had only a few moments to urge her, to use the knowledge he had of her body, her responses, before she found a way to push him back and break away.
—uh, can we say rough draft of romance…
11, but this is a conversation for which I would willingly disturb my regular sleep schedule.
So that’s where my remote is. . .(I already knew about my coat).
“I’d love a postcard from Norway/Iceland/Greenland!”
From a email to a friend studying abroad.
Everyone is encouraged to wear red to show their support for the fight against heart disease.
Yeah. Just sticking stuff in the newspaper computer. I actually had to write that sentence, rather than just rearranging other people’s…
Dayjob’s not as boring as some…
Now, before I left off the WiP to come to the dayjob… I think that sentence might have been… Hmm…
The streets on the map could be clearly seen through Galloway’s hand, since it was mostly transparent.
Almost to the final battle… Wish me luck!
Codeword: since76
I have actually been married since ‘76…
We’d like to have them as soon as is convenient, as the trip is quite soon!
Ah, the art of polite nagging.
“In groups, she displays a talent for leadership, but also recognizes when to let another take the lead.”
I’m writing a letter of recommendation. It’s not going so well.
Also, I’m amused by how many Doctor Who references I read in the comments. That new emo boy sure has the internets in a tizzy. I’m glad I decided to stop watching the show at the last finale. It felt like the best time to give up on a show that will never have a happy ending.
Per GS – meets all XXXX standards and specs for this practice.
Yeah – work is fun.
Can you make it a bit bigger and there is a line under it that needs to go away.
Speaking with my Info technology tech who is setting up my electronic signature to automatically print on some official documents
If you need disability-related accommodations for this class, please provide the Authorization for Academic Accommodations (AAA letter) from the Disability Resources Department (DRD) to me as soon as possible.
I actually cut and pasted it from the previous semester’s syllabus, but that’s mostly what I’m doing today in the way of “writing.”
The new Doctor sure is young! It will be interesting to see what that does to the dynamic of the show. I will miss David Tennant, but then I missed Christopher Eccleston, too. Sigh.
Appropriate after my three weeks holiday in England: Sorry I wasn’t able to get to it over the break.
Ah, the poetry of email.
Barb wrote:
Geek that I am, I also find it an interesting parallel that he took over from Baker, the most popular Doctor to date at that point. *shakes head at absolute geekery of that sentence*
Celebrate your Doctor geekery! I heart Tennant.
I’m just happy he’ll be wrestling and not sitting in the stands
with his arm around her.—Discussing my daughters first “date”. God help me!
“I am critical of the delineating actions the article suggests, and would rather see more connections fostered through community-engaged learning activites provided for individuals; but the significance of this as both limiting and enabling will be taken into consideration for future projects.”
Hang in there Sherri D. It only gets worse from here!!
I took you all over the place and gave you presents from every room.
Am I being too conservative insisting that homestead be clarified?
For that type of book, that’s BAD.
It was a review of Dan Brown’s Angels and Demons. All about why I couldn’t finish it – I was too bored.
You sent me the wrong version of the draft.
An email to my secretary.
letters31
“If so, I’m interested in the spitz.”
It’s about dogs! Really!
Jenny with a Y and not an I as in my address list.
Also, god, I am talking like Screw.
OOC observation on a MUSH where I really am picking up my character’s speech-quirks.
“Describe Edwin’s personality.”
The last thing I remember writing is a prompting question in my teacher’s textbook. We are reading a story about Edwin Booth discovering his brother just assassinated the president. That has to suck.
“Don’t ever doubt us.”
From my current WIP. Very intense scene between H/h…. 😀
This more passive characterisation is in fact closer to Hall’s account, where the conspirators act with the Queen’s ‘permissiõ, and fauor’, but she is not directly involved in the murder.
Also, much giggling at all the Eleventh Doctor discussion. I’m rather looking forward to him after having seen him in a few things, though I will miss David Tennant.
Not counting the LJ update about my antivirus software…
Clark knew he was probably going to catch hell for this in the morning, but at the moment, it seemed a small price to pay.
From a short fanfic I wrote the other night.
“Thanks for the wonderful Borders’ Gift Card. I can’t WAIT to use it.”
And, I must add, I will be using it on YOUR new book!
“That one principle alone is the gold, as far as I’m concerned.”
And now you’ll all just have to wonder what I was writing about…
(Actually, it’s about caloric density on a health forum I frequent.)
Oh No, it was a text: “I’m buying Jack food.” So not interesting.
what arrangements have you made including flight and hotel?