Comments on: Saturday NOT In the Park (WABWM)

By: Glynis Smy

Glynis Smy — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:13:17 +0000

Glad to hear things are a little more stable for your b i law. I hope the New Year turns for the better for him.
Having issues with my wip, but am sure I will overcome.
Happy Scribbling

By: Lynn

Lynn — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:59:58 +0000

I wonder if the surgeon who wants to do the surgery could get permission to do it somewhere else? And I really like your idea about going to a teaching hospital, too.

By: Holly Lisle

Holly Lisle — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:14:16 +0000

Sadly, free, government-managed health care would (probably will) guarantee that there won’t be any surgeons qualified to do the insanely complicated surgery my brother-in-law and other folks like him need. When there’s no incentive for someone to dedicate his life and spend hundreds of thousands of dollars learning a complex skill (because wages for surgeons are fixed), there won’t be anyone who WILL learn those skills.

The only rights the government has any business guaranteeing are the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness (not the acquisition, just the pursuit.) Attempting to guarantee other rights has the effect of taking away those three.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:49:27 +0000

Holly, I really hope he gets taken care of as soon as possible. I’m so sorry your family is going through this.

I got distracted with a new idea, so my word count this weekend goes toward that: 984 Friday and 1937 Saturday.

By: Greg

Greg — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:24:35 +0000

Thu: D&D – 534; OFL – 1041; RFW – 1115
Fri: D&D – 613; OFL – 1076; RFW – 1073

By: Patricia

Patricia — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:59:40 +0000

I didn’t really get any words last night, well…not in the book anyway, because I got plenty of words in the new dictionary I’m making. I had a lot of fun with the vampyre’s language last night, and I also discovered what they call themselves. The Shagrassi, or Shadow People, have a language that sounds very much like the growling, snarling, and hissing of a cat, and it’s a lot of fun associating meanings to random sounds.

Ryan’s master also got a name change in light of the new dictionary (which has less than one hundred words right now, but it’ll build as I go along). Good luck everyone on your writing, and I am praying for your family Holly.

By: Peggy

Peggy — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:17:05 +0000

I spent Saturday working online with a good friend and sometime collaborator (hi, June!) to get the collab we did back in Late Spring/Early Summer polished. Line edits and revision of three scenes, and the story is complete and finished at 65,000 words.

Today (Sunday), it should be back to the main MIP, assuming life doesn’t interfere.

By: Larkk

Larkk — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:16:17 +0000

It’s getting harder to count the words per day, because I’m scooping up of a couple hundred whenever I can fit them in and one day’s word count overlaps into the next.
Some free writing (don’t know how or if to count those for NaNoWriMo though) and a good playlist really got my words flowing last night so I’m up to 17,768 words total. I’m hoping for another good writing day today.

And I worry when you’re not here on the blog! It’s good to see you back and I hope things start to look up for your brother law

By: The Pencil Neck

The Pencil Neck — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:04:01 +0000

708 words, Thursday.
384 words, Friday.
834 words, Saturday.

The Bodyguard and two of his compatriots fought a trio of assassins. And won. The two bodyguards hiding with the Princess in the examination room came out to join them, and they guy jacked from behind. The Bodyguard and one other bodyguard were able to get the Princess out unscathed. They stole an aircar from the assassins and split.

The three of them went to a safehouse in the city. The Bodyguard checked out the room before bringing in The Princess and the other bodyguard. The other bodyguard is trying to understand what they’re going to do next. The Princess doesn’t understand what the fuss is about and wants to go home and she doesn’t want to stay in this “cesspool.” The Bodyguard is leaving to get new identities for the three of them.

In other news, The Usurper nervously sits over the body of the King. He receives a call and opens the door for a man in coveralls with an assault rifle (The Liaison). He gets the report that everything is going as planned. A group of soldiers in disguise take the King’s body out (he’s still alive.) And The Liaison receives orders from the Usurper to release all political prisoners.

OK. So I slightly departed from my outline with how the Bodyguard and the Princess exit the hospital. I think the outline plot is actually better. I’ve added notes to fix that during revision. I am going to re-order the scenes to put the Usurper scene up before the scene with the Queen.

By: S. Megan Payne

S. Megan Payne — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:24:33 +0000

Praying for you, Holly.

Sorry for not posting but I did 888 on Thursday, and 702 on Friday. Tonight did 100 word drabble: “City of Glass.”