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Friday, January 06, 2006

Nothing But Fang!

(okay, that was my fairly lame attempt at wordplay...kinda like "nothing but net", but with vampires...as you can see, it failed miserably...probably because I'm sooooo not a sports person, but possibly because I haven't had any caffeine yet this morning and, for me at least, caffeine=creativity)

Yesterday was surprisingly productive. Not as productive as I'd have liked, but 1,500 words is nothing to sneeze at. (And what does that mean, anyway? I've always heard/used it, but why exactly would sneezing at something be bad? I mean, it's gross, yes, but isn't it equally gross to say, "That's nothing to blow snot on?" Yeesh. I need to stop using that expression)

With those 1,500 words I not only finished another chapter, but also began a new one--which has me a bit giddy. I love waking up to a just-begun chapter. It leaves me hungry to write more and, particularly when you write about the undead (even though I never much cared for that description of vampires), being hungry is a good thing.

(The word for the day is "insatiable". It's brought to you by the letter V and the number 13.)

In other useless news, I think I've figured out how to make my Sims do spells. Plus, my little Sims elderberries garden is coming along nicely. Hmm? What was that? Writing? Oh...yeah...in a second, I swear...

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey. This is your cousin Rachael. Your sister got me hooked on your blog.

Anyway, I thought you were referencing "nothing but a thang" and I thought it was witty. Now I'm confused. :) It happens so easily.

The Sims, huh? We'll never hear from you again.

12:17 PM  
Blogger Heather Brewer said...

Hey Rachael! Oh man...~that~ would've been cool.

Ah well, wouldn't want to hurt my dorky reputation. :)

12:21 PM  

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