Old People Writing for Teens, IV

I was curious, so I checked it out: Huggle Thistlewood, killed by exposure.

And then I was curious what would come up if I hit the change your name button: Violet Goldendod killed by drinking from a poisoned goblet with your beloved.

Sadly I could see either of those happening (...I go out for walks in the rain with nothing but a jacket, and...let's just say the last word is all it took with the second one).

*relurks*

I moved around in sections as I needed to and everything just came back together like a puzzle. I would rather keep the writing flowing than be a prisoner to chronology.

allisonrussell said:

Lame. I was killed by a bee sting.

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Hey, don't knock that one. My MC almost died from a series of bee stings. Anaphylaxis is NO JOKE. A girlfriend of mine is severely allergic to bee stings (actually all insect bites/stings), so she gave me a bunch of info on what happens to her physically when stung. It's pretty effing scary. Kind of similar to what could happen to my daughter if she eats nuts.

mellymel said:

Hey, don't knock that one. My MC almost died from a series of bee stings. Anaphylaxis is NO JOKE. A girlfriend of mine is severely allergic to bee stings (actually all insect bites/stings), so she gave me a bunch of info on what happens to her physically when stung. It's pretty effing scary. Kind of similar to what could happen to my daughter if she eats nuts.

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Oh my God, that sounds terrible! Your poor daughter! I don't even know if my child is allergic to bee stings. I've never been stung and neither has my child. I can see it now - it's a beautiful Spring day...my kid is gallivanting through a field of sunflowers in a remote part of Kentucky thirty miles from the nearest hospital...

That, of course, will be the moment we find out.

^this yes. This is my fear. Isn't it always that way for some reason?

My hungername is Portia Biggentall, and I was killed by a forest fire I could have prevented.

Wow, hungernames... Way to rub salt in the wound. You're dead, and it's your fault!

P.S. My hungername is a little pornstar-ish, right?

I really hate my job and want to stab it in the face.

ah, I'm sorry? That must stink.

Yes, it does. But on the bright side, I have to stay late today and work all this weekend.

Yay!

Oh wow Sage!

Good for you!!!

That's awesome Sage

Editor emailed me today about an adult project. She liked the 3 chapters I sent on Sunday and wanted to see the rest. I have since sent her the full manuscript. Now I have to find something else to work on.

Just popping in to tell y'all that people in TWFT are YAWNing if anybody wants to join.

Sage said:

Bwahah, the shit has hit the fan. And I was totally in the zone for the last two pages of writing

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Cool! I love it when that happens.

Today is my Friday, since I have a comp day tomorrow (for working so much overtime -whew!). I also have a pre-production meeting via Skype tomorrow with my publisher, which I'm both thrilled AND extremely nervous about.

Hold my hand?

Hope it goes well for you, Dorothy!

Sage said:

I saw you guys were YAWNing last night, and even though I really wanted to share, YAWN actually slows me down if I'm in the zone because reading and commenting takes most of the next hour for me. If I'm just writing for words (when I probably want to share less ), YAWN is great for motivation.

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Heh... I know what you mean. Depending on how many people are doing it it's that way for me, too.

Kind of frustrated right now, though.... I was kind of getting on to something last night, and then my brain decided it wanted to stop working so I crashed on the couch I was on. Now I feel like I'm stuck, and I don't know how far back I need to go to get unstuck.

I looked everywhere and could not find what "YAWNing" is.