I don't dance around kitchens. But if I did, I'd be dancing around my kitchen right now.
I'm finished the book.
It's only the first draft, granted. And I've finished it twelve days after I expected to be finished, also granted. And with the schedule so horrendously packed, I'm gonna have to start the edit by Sunday. But none of that takes away from the fact that I have finished Kingdom of the Wicked, and I am one happy writer-bunny.
My editor called this afternoon. He'd read most of it, and was just calling to give me the thumbs up. This, I have to say, was a relief. I've never written a book as quickly as I did this one, so I was worried that the quality might slip. Apparently it hasn't. This makes me happy. It's also LONGER than any of the others. Please keep in mind that the finished product might be significantly shorter, but at the moment this one is clocking in at 130,000 words- that's about 12,000 words longer than Death Bringer.
I am so, so drained. I need to play video games. I need to watch movies. I need to spend more than an hour away from my computer. But despite how drained I feel, I am buzzing with that wonderful, wonderful feeling of accomplishment that I always get when I finish a book. I am truly great.
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
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Please.
Uh...
Lav?
*laughs at failed attempt*
Guess that didn't work.
Zathract?
Yes?
*gives up trying*
*sighs*
Mom's home, will be distant.
Are you okay?
...
No.
Maybe.
I don't know!
*hurls second dagger at a tree*
Uh...
What?
That was just a little unexpected...
*groans*
Aren't most things I do?
Eh.
*notices*
Eve was gone more than an hour...
Reaction is up.
Whoop-dee-doo.
*growls*
*picks daggers back up and vanishes*
*tries to make more shapes with symbols*
*gives up on third attempt*
*sighs*
Hope. Email.
...SOMEONE SAY SOMETHING.
Damn you Caps Lock!
...
*mutters*
stupid reason...
Oh, NOW I get the email for Pottermore. humph.
I didn't see the reason. Please reply to the email, Hope...
Well, I didn't even SAY the reason yet, so I WILL reply to the email to tell you. Bet you'll just laugh...
I don't even know if I WANT to give the reason...
So stupid...
Can you just send it please?
*is now waiting for an email from PotterMore*
...
Sent now.
*gets a new email from Pottermore*
Replied.
...
replied...
Replied again.
*punches a tree and waits for the email from Pottermore*
Saw it. Okay Mist.
*manages a small smile*
Oh, and thank you. :)
Hello...
*growls*
I. Hate. My. Internet. Connection.
Oh, good it's working again.
No problem Hope.
...Hello, Sparky.
Hi Sparky. :)
Well this is a moving conversation.
Mm...
*attention is elsewhere*
I was just going to say how quiet it was, then I refreshed the page...
Still, I'm distant...
Didn't I say I was distant already? Well, I still am.
Just so you know.
Okay.
I'm not angry at you anymore, Sparky.
It got boring.
Then can you tell me why you were mad before?
...Um...
...No. I'd rather not...
Please do.
E-mail, Zathract.
Checking.
Replied.
nah nah nah nah nah
Hi to you too, Nix.
Haven't gotten anything yet....
Hello, Nix! :)
I sent it...
Still haven't gotten it...
Replied Zathract.
Wow. That was a long second Easter.
longer then the first?
Hi Eve
Hi again Eve!
That was more than an hour.
*smiles jokingly*
I think so, yes.
Mist, hi! *hugs*
*bangs head on a tree hard*
Hi, Eve. *hugs back*
*slams head into tree again*
Yes, well, Mum said we were going back home two hours ago. Yeah.
Mist, what's wrong?
Replied....
i forgive to easily...
Nothing.
Ish.
i'm strange...
*looks at Mist worriedly*
i'm exsane... or outsane, depending on yur outlook
...
You are Strange. Nixion Strange. :P
:)
that be me point
dar-doo dar-doo
I give...
What I need to give...
I take...
What I need to take...
I live how I see fit...
I choose to follow through.
Um...
It's a song...
Sparky?
*nods*
why is the rum gone?
What's the song called, Mist?
You keep saying that...
Crime by Art of Dying.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BnD7XqfBw4
*sighs*
I'm assuming Sparky isn't here anymore then.
*punches the tree*
*waits*
...
Better. OKAY.
*turns to Eve*
Hi! How was...where ever you went?
*brightens* I went to visit relatives for Greek Easter! And I will never eat again!
Replied.
I think Sparky's internet died...
She just signed onto Skype, but I think it was automatic whenever internet is detected.
No, I shut my laptop and practised my trombone.
*looks quizzically at Eve*
Sparky's back, or she never left. :)
*laughs*
*reads email*
*stops laughing*
*sighs*
Yeah, yeah, whatever. Replied.
*stands still for the knives*
Oh, okay then. :)
Why so quizzical, Lav?
Knives?
*nods*
The knives. Sparky is going to hate me now.
*eyebrows slowly rise up my forehead*
...Replied.
Oh. Right. I need more water. *takes a sip of water*
...Replied.
That wasn't funny...
Greek Easter? What's that like?
And you will never eat again? What do you mean?
That's why I looked quizzical.
I know. *hangs head shamefully*
*sucks in air*
I cannot breathe....
*feels bad*
...
*badDER*
Hi Val...
It's Val, by the way
Amanda will pay...
Does anyone particularly want first?
Hi Val
Hi Val. :)
Hey Mist. I'm still dying...
*hands her an oxygen mask*
4800th
Greek Easter is just Easter when Greek people have it. You paint boiled eggs and you choose one. Then you crack it against other peoples eggs and if the paint coating on yours doesn't crack at all, then you win. Yeah.
And my uncle and aunty, they ask you if you want a pork chop, and you say no thanks, and they give you two anyway. And they aren't happy until your plate is empty. It's torture. That's why I'll never eat again.
that was risky Mist
Yay, Eve! :)
I don't really care, Nix. I'm just waiting for the knives.
I celebrate greek easter too
And an oxygen mask won't help when it's the fact that I think my oxygen is being cut off...
Oh, okay.
I dedicate this page to Miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiist!
And annoyingness!
And the fact that I am FINALLY ahead of Mist!
Then start breathing...
*just now reads comment*
The egg game sounds fun, and the food MUST have been torture.
*nods*
By one page. I was ahead by 15 pages before the start of the week.
And thanks, by the way. :)
Still distant btw...
Yeah, but my egg never wins. :(
stupid comment window...
Exactly! Look how far I've come!
I can't breathe because Amanda forced me to put on the tightest dress ever and I swear it's cutting off my oxygen, but I can't just pull it off because that'd just be weird
You have done well, my young apprentice. Come far, have you, in the ancient art of first-getting.
*folds arms and pouts* Let me have my victory!
Then get a towel, wrap it around yourself and THEN take the dress off.
*points to deleted comment* Too late! I saw it! Be ashamed!
*is ashamed*
You may throw your knives now.
*is still waiting for Sparky to kill me anyway*
I'm an apprentice? *does irritating super-confused face*
I have to go now... bye!
(By the way, Eve, Amanda thinks your the creepiest person here and it's really funny)
Bye, Val.
*reads email*
...
...
...
Huh?
I'm not throwing any knifes. Im saving them all for my excorcism ceremony for Kelvin when he gets possessed again.
bye Val
I'm coming for you, Amanda...! *throws scalpels at her computer screen with mind*
Replied.
Oh, and bye Valereno.
Have you noticed how many comments I post that are just impossible to respond to?
Don't say no, I'm giving you an excuse to ignore me. Coz you didn't have one before...*waves fist angrily at everyone*
Bye Val!
Like I said, distant... very.
*tackles Eve*
*laughs and gets tackled*
Okesy, lav
Not gonna kill you Zathract.
im watching ERBOH season 2
*pins Eve to the ground*
Yeah, I figured...But I still don't understand why you aren't angry at least...
It took me two seconds to figure out what that stands for! A new record!
Two seconds!
*crowd cheering*
where did they even come from...?
*struggles uselessly* It's times like these where I wish I had super strength.
From Smurf Villiage, of course!
You do have super strength!
I do? *pushes Mist off easily and sends him flying into the lake* I do!
*lands in the lake hard and doesn't resurface*
*laughs as Mist goes flying*
Wow Eve!
*shrieks and dives into lake*
*pulls Mist out using super strength*
Ah, Mist not surfacing isn't very good...
My comments one comment too late. Ignore me.
*drags him to dry land*
Hi Lynxia!
Hi Lynxia!
Hi Lynxia who's comments are disappearing again and that I didn't get to see before it did! Hi! :)
Heh, sorry for the title.
*chucks him into superdryer*
...
*takes him out of superdryer and takes him into treehouse*
*lays him down on couch*
Hi!
I don't wanna go to school tomorrow...
Hi!
I don't wanna go to school tomorrow...
Ha ha! Igo back in a week!
go on wednesday
Movie Villain Medley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExAt1pQ9IwE&feature=relmfu
This is weird...
I already went back...
Weekend now. Saturday.
Lucky. I'd give anything for those extra two days. Well... Not anything.
Already seen it Nix . Paint is amazing!!!
Already seen it Nix . Paint is amazing!!!
Eep! Gtg
Be back soon!
*kisses Mist on the forehead and bursts into oblivion*
I like Harry Potter in88 seconds best though
*99
Bye Eve
Bye Eve!
brb
OMGG IN FINALLY KNOW WHAT HOUSE I'M IN!!!!!!!!
what are you talking about?
Which house? I was one of the trial. Slytherin!
Cool, Sparky! I'm still in Diagon Ally!
Cool, Lynxia! Beta tester? Lucky!
No offense, but I hope I don't get Slytherin...
Oh, pottermore
Is it working again?
We're playing Pottermore, Nix. It's cool! And I'm finally on chapter 4! Diagon Ally! :D
im signing up now
I STILL HAVEN'T GOT THE EMAIL YET. AAAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHH.
What animal did you guys get? I'm still choosing and I'm not sure...
Animal is the last on the list before I get a wand!
Aw, Eve left.
Bye, Eve!
Okay, I've chosen a tabby cat for me. :)
now i have to wait for an email...
I GOT IT!
YAAAAAAAAAAAY!
*goes to read email*
GRYFFINDOR!!!
I'M IN GRYFFINDOR!!!!
told you that you're a Gryfindor
GUYS. WHAT ARE YOU USERNAMES?
TELL ME NOW.
And yay you, Sparky!
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