Robynettely

Daily efforts Bonechill (that horror novel): The scene I’m working on is earlier than I thought. Also came up with some backstory. I need to put this on hold because I   can’t take the distraction. And what I need to focus on is WWS. That huge pile of notes: Just gets bigger. Also figured out how to fix a short story. Or something to do with it to entertain myself, anyway. Not sure it’s better, just different…  Accomplishments “Wind/Water/Salt”. So close to posting Chapter 11. I also made a schedule for taking up the other stuff in OWW, because it’s stupid to post things and then never take up the comments. And this was how I got through Chapter 1. Connecting Critted  7 Got back nothing because I didn’t post anything. Subs Same one is still out there… Knitting Celtic Gang Girls of the 70’s (Rowan and me). Started the month with the sleeves and half the back done. Finished the back and started the front, so I’m on schedule....

LHC#14: “The Seven Basic Plots” by Christopher Booker. I kept deferring this one owing to its vast size. But it’s summer so I figured I could make it work. Then I accidentally committed to reading those Kate Elliott books and wound up having to make a schedule so this could get done. Fortunately it was easy to read short bits at a time. The first 200 pages were good. I made notes! It was really heteronormative, and I wish he’d used the word “cardboard” a few less times. CB seems to really miss feudalism and lacks self-awareness. My favorite part was where a previous reader marked in some copyedits – duplicate words, crossed out the occasional adverb…  LHC#15: “Arabella of Mars” by David Levine . I needed something light after the slog that I just finished. This was totally the right book! The only thing that annoyed me was, next time I read a book that has a girl masquerading as a boy to do some cool shit, I want her to find out that like 20% of the people she’s hiding her g...