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Posted on 12/20/2004 9:01:36 AM PST by ecurbh
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You're welcome! I'm crouched on the floor in the jedis room because I keep the laptop running under their bed. Steve fell back asleep on the couch, so I have a minute...I hafta be vewy quwiet...
shhhhhh!
he!
I gotta go...I love you guys, but I really need my coffee!
Expect me when you see me...
Oh...you're welcome! I hope someone scans it...my scanner is disconnected since the desk broke...
see ya later...
I suppose ya'll knew this (I am not going to read back thru all these posts to find out!) but I caught it just last night.
Newgeezer, I got past the first level in Paths of the Dead, saved the game and went to play the Road to isengard. I completed that level, saved it and dang if it didn't delete the previous wins (Paths of the Dead). Arggh!!
Holy smokes. 800+ posts in 3 days on this new thread! Ya'll are nuts!! LOL
Good morning! We had noticed early on that they named that character Farmer Maggot in the credits!
Sorry you have to do Paths of the Dead again....
We just got to talking is all....
I never stopped to watch the credits!!
Well, neither did I in the theaters... But there are many eyes here that can pick up any details we miss.
;~D
Yes, you too!
Woo-hoo! Dad is gonna drop off Teresa in a bit so we can bake cookies here! I know it's mostly just so he doesn't hafta be in the midst of all the fuss, but it means I can use my own kitchen AND don't have to go out much. All good...
Looks like we have about four kinds lined up: gingerbread, sugar, jam thumbprints (a necessity where certain bothers are concerned) and spritz - those are the easy butter cookies you make with a cookie press.
I think that's about as ambitious as I get. If I'm really motivated, I'll make fudge, too.
Sounds fun! What's the writing like today?
We lost power for an hour this morning, and then the front struck. It's raining and getting cold and we don't know what the snow forecast is yet.
Haven't written yet - may a bit later.
I had a long talk with my brother last night about writing - the one in CA that has done some freelancing. He had pretty discouraging things to say about making it in the fiction world - of any stripe. But he also gave me some tips for books it would be handy to have and such like.
He's also making me think twice about attempting to write articles of some sort.
But I'm also determined to at least collect rejection slips where books are concerned!
On another subject...wish we'd get snow!
Ignore him. Does it actually matter at all to you if you ever get published? Isn't it the writing that's the most important thing?
I am torn about the snow. I want some, but not enough that we miss church tomorrow night.
Well...the benefit of articles is that they CAN be easier to get published, and if they are, they're decent money. Not as in enough to make a living, generally...but something.
Fiction publishing, according to him, generally pays peanuts, unless you really make it big.
Writing is important to me, but I wouldn't mind making a tiny bit of extra cash on it if it didn't take away from writing bigger stuff!
If you're interested in doing articles, do them. If it's fiction you want, go for that.
As for paying, well, I know that, but it's a good way to supplement an income. Especially writing in-genre, like science fiction. There are a number of authors out there making a living writing SF, and I'm not just talking about JK Rowling or (bleck) Robert Jordan, either.
z'at whutcher callin' it now?...
prayers of thanksgivin' and continued blessings fer Andy...God bless him... God bless all the boys...
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