tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5170131154051867994.post3913704432079341354..comments2023-09-30T10:39:38.126-05:00Comments on Fresh Ribbon: ...and DONE!Mondahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00498572527807167970noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5170131154051867994.post-13278549878889041802008-12-23T15:53:00.000-06:002008-12-23T15:53:00.000-06:00You're right to update Eliot. Lilacs are emerging ...You're right to update Eliot. Lilacs are emerging already (mid-Dec), here in his adopted home.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5170131154051867994.post-81705400277945086352008-11-30T22:13:00.000-06:002008-11-30T22:13:00.000-06:00I solved the "sloth" moments by grading essays - t...I solved the "sloth" moments by grading essays - the main reason I had to slam out 7k on Friday. The NaNo momentum is quite helpful.<BR/><BR/>I know what you mean, Elizabeth. My novel needs to be more than twice the size it is and there are serious gaps/summaries in places that will be a joy to play with later. I'm putting it all aside for two weeks. When classes are over, the rewrite is my Christmas present.<BR/><BR/>Who am I kidding? I'll be rewriting in my head every single day of those two weeks. And yes, we should all do it again next year. It's a date.Mondahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00498572527807167970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5170131154051867994.post-15605808514913238692008-11-30T21:45:00.000-06:002008-11-30T21:45:00.000-06:00I just hope I can hang on to *some* of the momentu...I just hope I can hang on to *some* of the momentum for a bit. I want to finish this story, and I'm just about at the end of part one of two. I don't think I'll do Part Two at the same breakneck (for me) speed, but I'm hoping to at least hold onto the early morning writing jog for a few more weeks, and aim to finish the second part by February or thereabouts. Then I can set it aside until the end of spring when I usually get all ambitious again, and hopefully start rewriting then.<BR/><BR/>I talk big. Hopefully I'll follow through for once!<BR/><BR/>Finishing the 50k always gives me a mingled feeling of relief and a strange sort of emptiness and regret. *sigh* <BR/><BR/>Let's do it all over again next year, shall we?Elizabeth H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09161162407130146871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5170131154051867994.post-40415297820112229142008-11-29T21:42:00.000-06:002008-11-29T21:42:00.000-06:00There is always a strange feeling of sloth on the ...There is always a strange feeling of sloth on the days after you have finished, as I recall...Strikethruhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07797111328778577303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5170131154051867994.post-72339569470644570082008-11-29T18:13:00.000-06:002008-11-29T18:13:00.000-06:00Well done, Monda. I hope to join you fine finishe...Well done, Monda. I hope to join you fine finishers in the winner's circle by tomorrow evening. God willing and the river don't rise.Duffy Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10105074089216551597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5170131154051867994.post-8617801895447785042008-11-29T10:28:00.000-06:002008-11-29T10:28:00.000-06:00Thank you! I slept in this morning. Glorious. Alth...Thank you! <BR/><BR/>I slept in this morning. Glorious. Although now there's this nagging need to write beyond the deadline in the same frantic way. That, I think, is a good thing, but there's got to be a way to turn off the momentum - or rechannel it - until after finals over. <BR/><BR/>And look at you, Mister. Talk about momentum. I'm not worthy.Mondahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00498572527807167970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5170131154051867994.post-54912147400918953222008-11-28T22:37:00.000-06:002008-11-28T22:37:00.000-06:00I never doubted you for a second Monda, academic s...I never doubted you for a second Monda, academic schedule be damned.<BR/><BR/>Have some wine, then we'll talk about girding the literary loins for your twofer in 2009.<BR/><BR/>That sounds vaguely dirty, sorry. Rush of victory and all that. Congratulations!mpclemenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12807147515549175803noreply@blogger.com