Green Room - Week 11 - Day 5

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

The entries are being posted at http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/680460.html and given what I've seen so far, this could be one of those "tough weeks" to decide who should stay and who should go. I mean, OK, ultimately all of you should go. But it's a matter of who does week to week! ;)

I actually have the day off in order to take my niece-to-be to Disney. So if you need anything, I probably won't respond until tonight. Yes, I just let you know that I wouldn't be around. Try not to burn the place down before I get back.

I expect to see it in the same condition I left it - and this post to be overflowing with comments!

So get to it!

Comments

[xo-kizzy-xo.livejournal.com]

Frist?!?

The last 18 or so hours have been a nightmare here. Ember Dog almost was killed yesterday (her leash was caught in the Jeep door and got caught under the rear wheel) and she basically hasn't moved since we got home. I know accidents happen and all that but I can't help but feeling it's all my fault :(

[roina-arwen.livejournal.com]

* Hugs you * How long is the leash that it went out the door and under the wheel?

[lrig-rorrim.livejournal.com]

Oh no! *hugs* Give her a little time - I'm sure she's feeling stressed and scared, and that's probably keeping her low key, too.

[roina-arwen.livejournal.com]

Second? Early GR is early!

Damn but you go to Disney a lot Gary! Hope you have an awesome time, and we will try not to burn the place down while your attentions are riveted elsewhere.

One entry done, one to go...

[xo-kizzy-xo.livejournal.com]

WOO HOO YOU'RE SECOND!!!!

I haven't been to Disney World in decades. Someday...someday...

[x-disturbed-x.livejournal.com]

Third?

I actually managed to get a post in before I leave for work. :P Usually it's after!

I've never been to Disney World and I want to go so badly. Maybe one day. :)

[roina-arwen.livejournal.com]

Yay third! Disney is totally worth going to - we like the Magic Kingdom (it's classic Disney) but I think the MGM Studios (or whatever they are calling it these days) is our favorite.

[comedychick.livejournal.com]

I'm just going to link this because Gary said it was okay for me to do so.

belgatherial and I have a couple of submission calls open over at Solarwyrm Press. This page: http://solarwyrm.com/submission-guidelines/ has links to both of them, if anyone wants to take a look. Just, you know, you might want to wait until the end of Exhibit B to write something. Submissions are open until Nov 30 so there's plenty of time. :)

[michikatinski.livejournal.com]

YAY! I shall be submitting something. Probably just as soon as Exhibit B is over. LOL.

[x-disturbed-x.livejournal.com]

I might consider submitting something. :)

[adoptedwriter.livejournal.com]

Gary, have fun at the Happiest Place On Earth! AW

[xo-kizzy-xo.livejournal.com]

Forgive me -- I'm all by myself here and there's not a whole lot Max can do to help.

Ember eventually made it downstairs on her own with me facing her and walking downstairs backward. I kept telling her she wouldn't fall, and she didn't. Got her to go outside. I let her meander around the yard to work out the kinks. She came back to the house on her own. One of her back legs looks out of joint, like she can't really bend it. She drank some water and settled in her hidey hole behind the armchair.

God, I feel like I'm going to have a heart attack. I'm usually not this -- I dunno, dramatic, maybe? -- but I'm scared and I'm worried and anxious and I'm all by myself. So thank you for putting up with all this :GROUP HUG:

[kajel.livejournal.com]

I am so glad she made it down. *hugs*

[michikatinski.livejournal.com]

Tons of hugs, Kizzirific. <3 <3 <3

[medleymisty.livejournal.com]

So I'm four chapters into my new Sims 3 story. And that old hunger for readers and clicks and comments has awakened.

Only the Sims community is much smaller than it was back when I was writing Valley and averaging 600-800 views a day and pulling in 1000-1200 or so on update days.

I looked at my referrals to get an idea of where I could advertise the new story, and the forum where I got like 7000 clicks is dead now.

So...yeah. I know some of you are into Sims, and some of you aren't but you still read my Sims work. I know that all of you are writers. Do you know of any places where writers hang out and there might be people amenable to checking out my stuff even if it has Sims pictures?

Also, if any of you want to read it - I'm posting it on my LJ as well as my WordPress.

Need more readers! Feed me, internet! Feed me!

;)

[michikatinski.livejournal.com]

I wish I had ideas for you. In the meantime, I shall be click-happy on your Sims stories! I heart Seth!

[x-disturbed-x.livejournal.com]

I also wish I had some ideas for you but I have no idea. :/

[lrig-rorrim.livejournal.com]

Hrm... I'll give it some thought, but beyond promoting it here and amongst your friends on the book of face, I haven't got any good solid ideas.

home game

[ashgaelsonaria.livejournal.com]

http://ashgaelsonaria.livejournal.com/271480.html

Who has matches? Lets get a torch.

Re: home game

[michikatinski.livejournal.com]

Might as well throw in some fireworks and make a show of it!

[michikatinski.livejournal.com]

Hubby has his Big Interview today. Meep!

[roina-arwen.livejournal.com]

I'll keep my fingers crossed for him (when I'm not busy typing, that is)!!

[oxymoron67.livejournal.com]

I've never been to Disneyland. We couldn't afford it when I was a kid, and, now, I just don't care that much.

The class I;m teaching is almost over! They presented their final projects today, and the final is Thursday!

Then I'm on vacation! For a month!

[lrig-rorrim.livejournal.com]

Getting out of the house and away from the con/destruction noise was a good idea today. I am DONE writing things. Whew!

On a completely different note, does anyone have suggestions for YA books with awesome female protagonists with very little or no emphasis on romantic/sexual relationships? This is for a 12 year old - I've got some ok stuff for her younger sister and brother, but it's all a little under her reading level. Any genre within YA is fine. Thanks! (And yes, I have an agenda here - she has been focused on "boyfriends" and "cheating" and "dating" since she was six, due to dysfunctional family issues - but I'm ok with having an agenda. And if they're awesome stories my agenda will be way less obvious, I hope).

[michikatinski.livejournal.com]

Yay for being done!

Hrmmm...

It is really discouraging that I, with my love of YA books, can't think of any books with great female protagonists that don't involve romance in some way.

I mean, there's Nancy Drew, but that's a little old-fashioned (and she has a boyfriend, even if he's useless when it comes to her investigations).

Clearly I need to start writing YA novels with awesome female protagonists. Romance-free. I always wanted to be a YA novelist.

You know, someone who writes great characters, including great females, is Chris Crutcher. His day job is counseling, and he addresses lots of tough issues in great ways. He doesn't shy away from the subject of sex in any of his novels, but he's writing for teenagers, mainly about athletes. She might like Staying Fat For Sarah Byrnes. (I love Sarah Byrnes as a character--you may want to read a chapter on amazon.com and see if this is the sort of thing that would work.)

Ember update

[xo-kizzy-xo.livejournal.com]

She's fine. Nothing's broken. She's just badly bruised. She has to take a 5-day course of gabapentin so she can relax, and I'm to call the vet back if something else is amiss.

I need a drink.

:GROUP HUG:

Re: Ember update

[michikatinski.livejournal.com]

*pours drink*

I am so, so glad she's all in one piece, my friend. And relaxation is good. <3

Late Commenter Edition

[kathrynrose.livejournal.com]

I'm BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!


Let's tear the place up before Gary gets home.

::starts up the blender::

Re: Late Commenter Edition

[lrig-rorrim.livejournal.com]

Yaaaaaaaaay! Welcome back!