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lauraanne_gilmanBecause occasionally there must be more than Work, no matter how much you love it, I spent the past 48 hours doing absolutely nothing business-related (okay, there was some post-dinner discussion Saturday night that veered on writerly, but we were drinking a 1997 Barolo so I don't think it should count). There was relaxation, and eating, and shopping, and shopping-enablement, and I am now so off schedule I may just have to die.
But I shall die slightly mellowed out. ;-) At least until I start reading the news again (ETA: oh well, that didn't last long).
And my new life-quote comes from David Steinberg, on the secret of having a successful, multi-faceted career: "I just kept working, and I never looked too far forward or too far back."
an Update:
Down Into Darkness: A Retrievers Novel
And a Meme:
Turn to page 123 in your work-in-progress. (If you haven't gotten to page 123 yet, then turn to page 23. If you haven't gotten there yet, then get busy and write page 23.) Count down four sentences and then instead of just the fifth sentence, give us the whole paragraph.
The receptionist at Doherty’s office was a tweet – blond and bird-brained, like a canary. She fluttered around so helplessly about office hours and appointments when Wren asked to see Dr. Doherty that she just rolled her eyes and went on inside.
from Down Into Darkness
It had been a while since she dated. Longer since then, that she’d had sex. She thought that there might still be condoms in the drawer of her night table. They should still be good…oh god, did they expire? It hadn’t been that long, had it?
from The Night Serpent
Also? I think it should be required that George Clooney contribute to the gene pool. Really. Just sayin'...
But I shall die slightly mellowed out. ;-) At least until I start reading the news again (ETA: oh well, that didn't last long).
And my new life-quote comes from David Steinberg, on the secret of having a successful, multi-faceted career: "I just kept working, and I never looked too far forward or too far back."
an Update:
Down Into Darkness: A Retrievers Novel
And a Meme:
Turn to page 123 in your work-in-progress. (If you haven't gotten to page 123 yet, then turn to page 23. If you haven't gotten there yet, then get busy and write page 23.) Count down four sentences and then instead of just the fifth sentence, give us the whole paragraph.
The receptionist at Doherty’s office was a tweet – blond and bird-brained, like a canary. She fluttered around so helplessly about office hours and appointments when Wren asked to see Dr. Doherty that she just rolled her eyes and went on inside.
from Down Into Darkness
It had been a while since she dated. Longer since then, that she’d had sex. She thought that there might still be condoms in the drawer of her night table. They should still be good…oh god, did they expire? It hadn’t been that long, had it?
from The Night Serpent
Also? I think it should be required that George Clooney contribute to the gene pool. Really. Just sayin'...
