Comments on: Worksheets. Writing worksheets

By: Leone

Leone — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:30:27 +0000

The question is about how the writing went today? Same as every other day, zilch. After many years as a journalist, mildly published and prize winning poet, equally mildly published short story writer and writer of two unpublished fiction (?) manuscripts, I just can’t work up the effort, passion or meaningfulness to go on. Yet I have this dreadful feeling that I’m wasting valuable time, that I will probably live only another decade and still haven’t done what I came here to do.

By: Holly Lisle

Holly Lisle — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:37:33 +0000

And yet worldbuilding is as critical to the mainstream novelist as it is to the fantasist.

The only difference is that fantasists, SFers, and historical novelists know it, and most other novelists don’t.

By: Sandy Jensen

Sandy Jensen — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:26:36 +0000

Holly,
RE: Holly’s Tip — Worldbuild small

You fantasy folk are so funny!

By: Cat (from HtTS)

Cat (from HtTS) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:20:45 +0000

I managed 13xx words today, slowly warming up for NaNo.

By: HannaBelle

HannaBelle — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:12:20 +0000

Sorry, that was a very bad sentence. I am taking H2TS and I am on Lesson 4. It is exactly what I need, The Sentence, for bx2-Pedestal since I am at my 30 page false start and don’t know what to write next.

By: HannaBelle

HannaBelle — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:11:00 +0000

No words the last few days. I have been trying to build a website while still learning the tools, and it is very slow going. Also, I start a new job on Monday so I am not sure yet how, when and where I will continue writing. But, I am determined to do.

I am taking H2TS and lesson 4, on The Sentence is exactly what I need for Bx2-Pedestal.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:55:17 +0000

I’m glad to hear you’re okay after all that. Sometimes life really likes to throw us curveballs and put us on the sidelines. Hopefully your problem is something manageable and you can get back to writing when you’re ready.

By: Teri

Teri — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:27:17 +0000

Scary! Glad it wasn’t a problem with the heart, and I hope you can pin down what it actually is and that it’s nothing serious. I wouldn’t worry about no words written after that.

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:24:45 +0000

I haven’t commented in forever, but I have been writing. Today, I finished up another chapter in my novel and realized that I have been slowly and steadily churning out words, even if it doesn’t seem like I move very fast. So sorry about all your various health traumas in the family and hope this is the end of them.

By: The Pencil Neck

The Pencil Neck — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:27:43 +0000

No words yesterday.

I picked my wife up from the airport, took her to dinner, and then I started sweating and having problems breathing and then I started having horribly crushing pain in my stomach area, tucked up just under the sternum. I barely made it out to the car. My wife drove me to a local ER clinic.

It was the most bizarre thing. I couldn’t think. I could only writhe and grunt and groan. I felt pretty stupid because the pain wasn’t really THAT bad. They gave me a ton of drugs and eventually it eased up.

The doctor wasn’t sure if it was a GI problem or a heart problem. He thought he saw something suspicious in the EKG. And it seemed like the nitro helped the most. So, off to the hospital… and no words written. Spent the night and most of the day there.

At times, my heart rate slowed to <50 bpm and my blood pressure dropped to about 85/50, this is probable because some of the drugs they gave me. My liver values and white blood counts were elevated but my heart proteins never budged, so no heart damage. I did a stress test and my heart looked great, performed great.

So, it appears to be some sort of Gi thing. Could be an issue with insufficient fluids and it may be some sort of reflux sort of thing.