Old People Writing for Teens, IV

Moni · Apr 2, 2011

KarlaErikaCal said:
Oopsie. I am mistaken. My eyes glossed over the Wiki page and apparently RH appeared in folklore in the 15th century. He's really from the 12th century.

I'm currently watching Robin Hood (the one with Russell Crowe) for ideas on phrases.

I'm watching Men in Tights right now! Sorry....it's just too hilarious to NOT watch! Mel Brooks is a sincerely a comic genius!

parumpdragon · Apr 2, 2011

No one ever YAWNed. I don't know what happened to BookGirl, and then Pezie disappeared. So, guess they weren't so up to it after all. Lol. Fine by me. I've been watching the history of 'cats' long and short haired breed. Our American Short hair Tabby lived to be 21 years old. I was 4 when she became part of the family. (No longer living by the way) And so, I was interested to learn about the other breeds.

Bookgirl2021 · Apr 2, 2011

I've been doing research, so haven't gotten anything to YAWN yet.

parumpdragon · Apr 2, 2011

I don't know about you all, but I will be going to bed soon on account of my eyes crossing.

lol

Moni · Apr 2, 2011

parumpdragon said:
I don't know about you all, but I will be going to bed soon on account of my eyes crossing.

lol

I'm still writing. Lucky for me Kenny went to bed now I have some nice quietness in the house so that I can work in peace.

We're going to Kenny's Great Aunt's house tomorrow so I'm taking the laptop since I'm not uber fond of his sister so that I can eat at the "soup day" and go hide in a corner & write while he socializes with his family. Maybe I'll be able to get some more of the book done that way....if they'll let me. *SIGH*

pezie · Apr 3, 2011

Sorry, parumpdragon, didn't mean to ditch out last night! I ended up getting sucked into a movie my husband was watching. It's rare that I actually watch movies with him (he is a movie junkie and I almost always feel like I should be doing something else besides sitting there watching it). So, it was kind of nice to just snuggle up and watch it. And then I went to bed early. Good thing too, my babies have been CRANKY today. Morning nap time for them both now, thank GOD!

parumpdragon · Apr 3, 2011

Morning everyone!

Oh that is fine Pezie, just thought it was funny that everybody was talking about it one moment and the next there was absolute.silence (sorry, bad joke). lol

Anyway, got some more pages done on the Selks, so that is good. Not sure where I am going next, but then I never am.

It is blowing up a storm outside. No clouds, just enough wind to blow a house down - well if we had any of the three little pigs here. lol.

ChelseyBlair · Apr 3, 2011

Mornin' guys.

Going to write some today, but also a friend is in town so I'll be seeing him. super excited!

parumpdragon · Apr 3, 2011

Friendly visits are alway good

Goodluck with the writing!

Moni · Apr 3, 2011

Good morning all! It's "soup day" at Kenny's Great Aunt's house. Since I'm still rather angry at Kenny's sister for how she treated me after their mother's untimely demise. (Yes, emotions were running high, but I didn't deserve to be used as the "scapegoat" for all of the hurt she was feeling.) I'm taking the laptop with me so that I can eat soup as socially and nicely as I can....and then I'm going to sneak off to some corner and write like a mad woman! I've gotten in my 10k for the past couple of days, but I'm looking to amp that up as much as possible while there. We'll see how that goes. *SIGH* Why do family dynamics hafta be such WORK sometimes?

pezie · Apr 3, 2011

Sorry, Moni. That does not sound fun. Hopefully everyone can be pleasant and you can get some writing done. Family drama is the worst! I think it's because you have your guard down w/ family, so while with strangers or friends you might hold your tongue and just be polite, you feel you can say what you really think with your family. Or maybe feel like you can let loose on them, when you really shouldn't (general you, not you-you

) just b/c family is always there. Anyhow, it's even more awkward when it's the in-laws.

Moni · Apr 3, 2011

pezie said:
Sorry, Moni. That does not sound fun. Hopefully everyone can be pleasant and you can get some writing done. Family drama is the worst! I think it's because you have your guard down w/ family, so while with strangers or friends you might hold your tongue and just be polite, you feel you can say what you really think with your family. Or maybe feel like you can let loose on them, when you really shouldn't (general you, not you-you ) just b/c family is always there. Anyhow, it's even more awkward when it's the in-laws.

I'm in an awkward category.....I'm not technically family.....but I am kinda family in that Kenny and I are getting married.....so since I'm the "newest" to the family Kathy found it all right to unleash her rage on me. Of course I'm still way too new to just bitch out on her & tell her exactly where I think she should stick it. But if she pushes today....I just might get a little snarky with her. She'll have GOOD reason to dislike me! ROFL

pezie · Apr 3, 2011

That IS awkward. Though it's really not fair for her to treat you that way, esp. since you are so new to the family. Boo. Good luck!

parumpdragon · Apr 3, 2011

Hi Guys,

I am in a good position family wise. Everyone lives on the other side of the country, so I am not involved in family politics. I am the relative that everyone calls once or twice a week with 'good news' and the weather report. Also the relative everyone comes to visit once every 2-4 years to get away from the other relatives. Lol.

pixydust · Apr 3, 2011

Hey all! *waves*

AlwaysJuly · Apr 3, 2011

Hai guys! I feel like I haven't been around here much lately.

I've found my relationships are best with my family when I remain several hundred miles away from them, so that my visits are treats for all of us and we're all on their Best Behavior. We haven't had a proper screaming fight around the dinner table in ages.

parumpdragon · Apr 3, 2011

Hello? Hello? Anybody around. I think everyone took a holiday and did not tell me about it. I got bored, so I went and visited the thread in spanish. That was fun. It has been sooo long since I uttered a word of it. Nice to try again. :evil

pezie · Apr 4, 2011

Morning! I hope the weekend was good to everyone.

My brother is the only person in the family who lives remotely close to us. He is about 45 minutes away in the city. The rest of my family and my husband's family live in other states. Anyway, my brother is awesome, so we love that he's close by. And he was here visiting yesterday. Yay!

We had our first BBQ of the season. Gotta love food off the grill. Yum.

I want to know how Moni's soup day went?

parumpdragon · Apr 4, 2011

Morning guys!

Anybody else actually here? Chuckle.

parumpdragon · Apr 4, 2011

Anyone got any words of Wisdom? Miss Snark starts another contest in a week, and I don't know what to do.

I have three completed MS (and one M.I.A. that got stuffed into some folder somewhere), and only one is even close to being submittable, but is not eligible for this contest genre. What do I do? There is no way to get either of the other two edited in time. I just cannot go thru 128,000 words in one week! Small wail. There is too much work to do in that amount of time.

*Growl, snarl, mutter*. Guess I am just going to have to pass until next month - and hope the genre is right. lol.

pezie · Apr 4, 2011

Yeah, I'm not an expert yet, but I don't think I'd submit something that wasn't ready. She runs these contests monthly, though? Maybe get editing on the MS that are finished and hope for the best next month?

AlwaysJuly · Apr 4, 2011

Miss Snark is doing contests? *Runs to Google*

parumpdragon · Apr 4, 2011

Here is the site if you are interested. It is YA paranormal and SciFi this month. Secret Agent, so no idea who it is until end of the month, and yes they do them monthly.

http://misssnarksfirstvictim.blogspot.com/

I really can't get it done in a month either. This is one of those stories that needs a total re-write. As in I scrapped 310 pages of MS or 90,000 words! There is no making that up in month without a miracle. I only have 4,000 revised/reinvented words now. Aye.

deltay · Apr 4, 2011

Hmm, looks interesting! Thanks for the link

Moni · Apr 4, 2011

I'll tell ya...it's NOT an easy contest to get "in" on. Her slots fill up like 2 minutes after the contest goes live....so be ready to send that email off like NOW kinda thing! I know from personal experience.

Hey all....just woke up a little bit ago but am fighting a MONSTER headache! Maybe a cup of coffee will put me right....let's hope anyway. I have a sneaking idea that it's my bad tooth that's making the headache rage like a mofo. ARGH!

Anywho....I've done 11,108 words over the course of the weekend...I WANTED to do 15k....so I'm a little disappointed. *SIGH*

Off to try to get some coffee....and then I'll open the word doc & get going....

Talk to you later folks...I'll pop in and out of here.....

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