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Post by laura on Jan 18, 2011 8:03:26 GMT -5
Problem is this, I think - first scene of the update, I keep waffling on POV. The story belongs to Charlotte, meaning she's the protagonist, the one whose action matters to the piece. But there is also some vital info I need Leila to share, which means since she isn't POV character, she's spewing a ton of dialogue to get it done. It would feel cheap to me to head-hop, since that isn't my normal style, so I don't want to do that. Bah, I need to just suck it up and let Charlotte own the story and cut Leila's crap, lol! I know she's got stuff to say, but some of it might have to wait if it can't be worked in authentically.
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Post by laura on Jan 18, 2011 16:20:28 GMT -5
I liked this picture, but ended up having no use for it. I was clearly just looking for an excuse to make a shot out of those condiment bottles, lol! Thankfully, the story is starting to come together, I think. Hopefully tonight? (*prays* lol!) Really though, I need to get this thing out there so I can move on to one of my other five million projects
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Post by heredoncove on Jan 18, 2011 18:18:46 GMT -5
Yay! I', looking forward to the update. I want to see where this story is going next.
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Post by celebkiriedhel on Jan 18, 2011 19:55:32 GMT -5
Love that shot! And I've been waiting patiently for an update. Really!
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Post by laura on Jan 18, 2011 21:34:12 GMT -5
Oh, it's coming! I swear it! About an hour maybe? Here, have another picture I'm not gonna use
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Post by laura on Jan 25, 2011 22:32:36 GMT -5
If you were Drew, what would your romantic history look like? lol! That's the only thing I have left to finish off before I post his profile (which I actually meant to post all the way back when I posted Amelia's). I think I mentioned somewhere in the story that he's only been with 2 girls before Amelia, which is a little bit odd for as much of a charmer he is. But he's being damn stingy about the details there - names, or how long they lasted, or what happened? (Ah-ha, he now tells me he dated a lovely church-going girl in high school who was saving herself for marriage, lol!) <-- also where he learned to appreciate certain activities that don't count as technical sex Okay, he's talking a bit now. Let's see what I can do about this very belated profile.
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Post by laura on Jan 28, 2011 13:11:44 GMT -5
There's not much else I can do on these snow days, with hubby working from home and me having to keep D out of his hair, but think up new projects to add to my ever-growing list, lol! I hadn't realized how finished Amelia's story already was. There was really only one or two pieces left to it. And as much as I love Amelia, I'd really love for her to exist in the "real" literary world. I want to wrap up pieces of her story, largely the most recent once concerning Drew and Jodie, and make them into a novella. I'm really excited about the whole new indie e-publishing business, but most of my current projects are HUGE and their completion seems so far off in the distance. I'd love to have something out there now. And I need to gain some experience with the publishing formats and marketing stuff before my other big projects are ready to launch. Fun! I just might be an indie-author a little sooner than I thought? I'll also be looking for some beta-readers for it in a couple/few weeks. It'll likely end up being 25-30,000 words. I'm also wondering if it might be appropriate for that new Amazon Kindle Singles program - I'm really not very sure how they distinguish those Singles from the rest of their e-books. Anybody understand that better than I do? And I need to think up an idea for my cover image! Good thing I started this photography project, huh? I'm thinking spring/summer-ish should be enough time to really whip it into shape and get it out there. Yay, fun!
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Post by thelunarfox on Jan 28, 2011 13:34:55 GMT -5
Well you know you can count on me for beta reading!
I'm not sure on the Kindle Singles program, but I'd guess from the tag line that it's just a way of denoting that these aren't normal length books. I hear that some people have sold their novellas for $2, and the readers complained because they thought they were getting a full length book. (Especially since a lot of full length indie books are like $3.) Amazon doesn't seem to include word count like Smashwords does. That might help avoid those incidents if they did.
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Post by celebkiriedhel on Jan 28, 2011 20:04:34 GMT -5
I would definitely love to be a Beta-Reader!!!
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Post by laura on Jan 28, 2011 20:46:43 GMT -5
Lunar and Kiri, thanks for offering to read! I'll be throwing together a proper draft of the thing over the next couple/few weeks, and I'll definitely be letting you know when it's ready to tear apart! It is going to need some revisions from how it appeared in LH. Especially the conflict between Jodie and Berjes, that they would have been going for the same job at all, since they're both in completely different areas of medicine. (These things can fly in a Sim-story, lol!) I'll have to retouch the bit about Amelia's dad being at war, or at least think about if I want to use a real historic war conflict in the story( ). Man, it really makes me realize how much of a play story LH really is, lol! That's probably what makes it so easy to write, I guess, because I gloss over all these finely-tuned details I need to pay attention to in my "serious" work. I'll be keeping all of the character conflicts though
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Post by thelunarfox on Jan 28, 2011 20:59:55 GMT -5
Oh yah, sounds like me. Even my story has gone through some serious changes as I'm writing it up more seriously. Still with all the conflicts (and a few more layers added) but details have to be changed and reworked.
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Post by lepifera on Jan 30, 2011 19:24:31 GMT -5
I would throw my hat in as well, but only if you believe that I wouldn't be an annoying backseat driver , and would at least give feedback that could be slightly useful
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Post by laura on Feb 1, 2011 13:38:43 GMT -5
Thanks Illandrya, I'll add you in! Lepifera, let's give it a try. I think you and I only get out of sync on one particular storyline, and that's not the one I'm working on so we might be good, lol! That makes four readers, so that'll be good for now! I should have the draft ready by the end of February!
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Post by laura on Feb 5, 2011 19:16:22 GMT -5
Ah, so Matt's update... LOL Really, this is the first time I've turned on my game in like, a month!!! I hardly even remember what the controls were, lol! I think I'm going to play tonight. Like play it, like the game that it is! I'm moving Melissa and her dad into one of those cute little rentals I built, so maybe I'll get it all prettied up and share some pics of their new place. I'm so behind on everything and I've loaded myself up with so much to do it's kind of ridiculous, lol! I just don't feel like jumping straight into posing Sims, you know So I'm gonna PLAY! And Matt's story will take a couple/few more days.
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Post by laura on Feb 7, 2011 11:28:01 GMT -5
Still working on Matt's stories (split into two halves, to be easier on me, lol!), but wanted to share some cuteness! Matt's update is coming soon-ish! ETA: okay, still soon-ish, but I can't cut it in halves. Hoping for tonight, and I'll probably get the writing done by then, but I don't know about pictures. Maybe I'll go mostly text, lol! (Oh man, am I totally going off Simming? )
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Post by laura on Feb 7, 2011 19:01:17 GMT -5
Maybe I should stop taking pictures of Sim snow and finish this damn update? lol!
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Post by rad on Feb 7, 2011 19:14:23 GMT -5
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Post by lepifera on Feb 9, 2011 16:59:50 GMT -5
I read Part 4 for the first time 12 hrs ago. I just went back to read the comments.
The fire... Now how did I miss that?
Gees, sometimes I am blind as a bat.
Usually a fire going out, or the end of a marriage, would invoke the feelings of doom and despair.
Now I just remembered the little discussion about fire that Stacy, you, and I had here. It dawned on me, 'oh, perhaps Laura had that in mind when she wrote that'. Sharing lives for nine(?) years could not have simply been a mistake. Perhaps after the Leila and Matt have finished mourning for the death of their old selves and love, they could look back with more than despair as well.
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Post by laura on Feb 9, 2011 17:13:04 GMT -5
LOL, we all talk and think about fire so much you'd think we were all pyromaniacs! There's quite a bit left of this story to come still. And I don't believe in mistakes, so I'd have to say you're probably right!
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Post by lepifera on Feb 10, 2011 6:52:39 GMT -5
Did you say pyromaniac? Ho ho ho ho. How would you ever know if I am not one in real life? The last thing I have set fire to are incense and joss papers the Taiwanese people burn in order to send "money" to deities and dead relatives. While I was doing that, I turned to my mom and said, "Hmmm... would you talk to the one above to see if he would set up ATM up there so we could wire the money instead. There is global warming you know." Then while visiting relatives, the still living ones, the conversation somehow jumped to the fire hazards associated with burning joss papers. I said to my aunt next to me, "I wonder if we would cause an inflation on the other side if we burn too much of those." Pyromaniac? me? no no... of course not....
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