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Archive for October, 2007

I really meant blog entries to be the exception to the 301 rule, not the norm. and I’m still qualifying this as exercise #12, because I haven’t been to bed yet, dammit.
This was another night of juxtaposition for me. I danced at Artopium with my troupe this evening. It was wonderful — the weather was [...]

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Domesticity (Writing Exercise #12)

Friday, October 12th, 2007

What happened to exercise 11, you ask? Well, I spent yesterday evening working on a character synopsis for the next RPG I’m playing in. She’s terribly enigmatic and not an entirely nice person. But that is part of what makes her interesting. Anyway, I didn’t see a reason to post it here, but I will [...]

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Writing Exercise #10

Wednesday, October 10th, 2007

Write a scene in which a pair of shoes figures prominently.
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So based on the wise comment from Ginger on my previous post about waxing my legs, I decided that rather than attempt it again myself, I would defer to an expert. Going into this, I realized that I know next to nothing about professional leg waxing, so I decided it would be a good topic [...]

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Writing Exercise #8

Monday, October 8th, 2007

Write about your earliest superstition.

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Writing Exercise #7

Sunday, October 7th, 2007

Write about a roll of film that has been obtained surreptitiously.
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Med Fest (Writing Exercise #6)

Saturday, October 6th, 2007

So I’m supposed to write my words today as well, but I am out of time and haven’t pulled an exercise together, so for now, I’m declaring that plain old blogging about my day, as long as I share a few interesting insights, should count.
The Mediterranean festival was a huge crush of people. There [...]

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Writing Exercise #5

Friday, October 5th, 2007

Today’s horoscope: COMPANY FROM OUT OF TOWN. COULD MEAN TROUBLE.
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Writing Exercise #4

Thursday, October 4th, 2007

Write a story from the point-of-view of an ordinary object (for example, a rug).
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Review: The Action Heroine’s Handbook

Thursday, October 4th, 2007

Jenny Cruise over at Argh Ink has posted an excrutiatingly funny review of The Action Heroine’s Handbook.
Definitely read though the comments — there’s some seriously sage advice for the next time you’re saving the world.
If you could give action heroine’s everywhere one piece of wisdom, what would it be?? Comment here — I’d love to [...]

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