Reviews, Recipes, and Random Slices of Life

01/17/2009 - Saturday, no work
* Finished 2nd critique for MinnSpec
* Did 1 out of 5 critiques needed to get my manuscript to go through Critters on time. Always catching up on critiques last-minute, I am.
* Updated Critters bio with Aswiebe's Market List and Spec the Halls info.
* Penthius freewriting, "Dinner Plans"
* Posted writing log.

01/18/2009 - Sunday, no work
* Went to MinnSpec writing group meeting, reading our writing and then the writer's workshop. After that I totally blew off work and just drank some wine and read some books.

01/19/2009 - Monday, no work, but there was a husband wandering around the house distracting me.
* Did 2nd-4th of 5 critiques needed to get my manuscript through Critters on time.
* Caught up and commented on the ContinuousCoast boards, and damn was there ever a lot to catch up on. Time sink. Hmm. Can't really afford time sinks. I mean, I already have LJ....

01/20/2009 - Tuesday, no work. Watched inauguration on TV all day, so was less productive.
* Did 5th of 5 critiques needed for Critters. Under the wire! Woo!
* Responded to "Old Woman By The Sea" critiques, agreeing, disagreeing, asking for suggestions. Let the hashing-out begin!

"The Old Woman By The Sea" Writing Log

2,337 / 4,000 (58.4%)

New words: Embarrassingly few - 226
Total words: 2,337
Overused word: he
Gratuitous word: skewed
Type of scene: transit
Challenge(s): Figuring out what word a culture without shame in nudity would use for it.
Which street performers group is it anyways?The collapsing and unfolding patterns of a group of five female acrobats, bare except for artistic swirls of paint
Researched: Vicinages, personages, public transit, and shops. Working in a shared world requires more of that.
Notes: I really think "bare" carries the right connotations for a person without clothes on. We use bare to describe arms, and skin, and other unweighted things--which we don't use nude or naked for. Still need to find an unfreighted term for nudists. Naturalists? Barists (one could have barist baristas!)? Barers sounds awkward.
Other writingy stuff:
* Read good blog post about the writerly "musts": http://matociquala.livejournal.com/1527862.html
* Posted writing log
* penthius freewriting, a low-potential Philosopher's Stone idea.
* Wrote and sent Aswiebe's Market List newsletter. Cross-posted to journal and LJSpecFicMarkets.
* Read Critters newsletter