2010-01-30 Tweets
by Lynn Daniels on Sunday, January 31, 2010 at 4:59 am
- just got back from busting my butt cleaning our rental house all day. House was trashed by last renters — who were supposed to be friends. #
- has been relaxing long enough to now be more achy than teed. Hubby says I should put my butt in front of the fire, but my butt doesn't hurt. #
- Currently reading Crime Scene At Cardwell Ranch (Harlequin Intrigue Series) by B.J. Daniels on my Sony eReader. http://bit.ly/8ZicjK #
- is watching "How it's Made". They're making marshmallow cookies. They're coated in chocolate. I'm hungry now. #
- had enough of "How It's Made". Was getting too hungry. Am now watching "Moonlight" on DVD with Daughter. We love "Moonlight"! #
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2010-01-29 Tweets
by Lynn Daniels on Friday, January 29, 2010 at 4:59 am
- Choked on mouthwash, dinner planned, groceries bought, vacuuming started, vacuum smoked, belt changed, vacuuming finished = big day so far! #
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2010-01-28 Tweets
by Lynn Daniels on Thursday, January 28, 2010 at 4:59 am
- has had a rough 12hrs. Son was violently sick until about 3am. Possibly food poisoning. He's home today, just in case. #
- just discovered the MobileRead forums at http://bit.ly/GKwRN . Great resource for ebook reader owners! #
- hates that my jeans seem to shrink as the day goes on. #
- Currently reading His Lady Mistress (Harlequin Historical Series) by Elizabeth Rolls on my Sony eReader. http://bit.ly/9XeHdJ #
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2010-01-26 Tweets
by Lynn Daniels on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at 11:59 pm
- thinks my post-op mouth is like Garfield the Cat. It hates mornings. Off to take my med cocktail & kill the pain. #
- Disaster has struck! Daughter left her hairbrush at home. **snicker** #
- Lynn's 2010 Project 365 Day 14 post: It's a Blowout http://tinyurl.com/y8er7ua #
- Kids are at school, husband off to work, time to make my coffee and get my day started. #
- knows this will make me sound ancient; there are some songs I hear & still think, "I need to turn the record over when this song's over." #
- Lynn's 2010 Project 365 Day 15 post: Nooooo! http://tinyurl.com/ybngeu2 #
- Lynn's 2010 Project 365 Day 16: Playing Innocent http://tinyurl.com/yc647w3 #
- Picture processing in the morning, writing & kid ferrying in the evening…how the heck am I supposed to find time to clean house? Sheesh. #
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2010-01-25 Tweets
by Lynn Daniels on Monday, January 25, 2010 at 10:59 pm
- My mouth hurts. Took my recommended "cocktail" of ibuprofen & Tylenol. Now just waiting for it to kick in. **whimper** #
- is going to brush my teeth, then it's back to work typing in Saving Wonderland. Thank goodness I have a hard copy! #
- is quite the fashionista this a.m. Naked face, sleep shirt, sweatpants, log cabin socks, & a blanket around my shoulders. At least I'm warm! #
- is very frustrated with Firefox this morning. As I tried to post to my blog, the stoopid browser crashed at least a half-dozen times. AARGH! #
- Clothes changed. Contacts in. Makeup on. Semi-human. Will no longer scare the UPS guy or small children. Next…coffee. #
- The characters in my story are on a quest. Except every time I try to type that, it comes out "question". They're on a question! ::sigh:: #
- Does anybody know why my MS Word 2007 would auto correct what should be _italic_ (surrounded by underlines) to bold italic? #
- is up to 20K words in re-entry of Saving Wonderland. At a fave food part. Eat all you want; it won't make you fat! My dream. #
- The wind is blowing leaves across my backyard. I keep catching the motion from the corner of my eye & thinking there's somebody back there. #
- just came across a scene w/an in-depth description of character eating fried mozzarella. Her first in years. Such detail — I'm hungry now! #
- is shutting things down at 23,555 words. Approx. 87 pages of typing left to go. G'night all! #
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Excerpt!
by Lynn Daniels on Monday, January 25, 2010 at 9:52 am
I’ve been frustrated this week. We had communications go down on my storage drive, and I can’t access any of my photographs or writing. I have much of my writing saved elsewhere, but not my most recent project, Saving Wonderland, which is the story I was writing during 2009’s NaNoWriMo. I have since become frustrated enough to pull out my hard copy of the story and retype the entire thing.
I’ve had so much fun, I thought I’d share a little with you. A reminder: this is from a 1st draft NaNoWriMo project, so it’s completely unedited and in the form it came out during my stream-of-consciousness writing spree.
A little backstory: My main character is Dinah Brockton. She’s a middle-aged housewife who has been so unappreciated by her family, she goes on strike and takes a little “me time” vacation. While on vacation, she is sucked into Wonderland via faerie magic, and is now on a quest to fulfill The Prophecy, which will topple the evil House of Green and restore light and happiness to the land. She is accompanied on her journey by a talking blue zebra named Zippo.
The following excerpt is a conversation between Zippo & Dinah. She has been receiving a lesson from Zippo on the history of Wonderland and previous “Otherland” visitors. Zippo just shared that much of Alice in Wonderland came from Wonderland, including Rodrigo the Cheshire cat who hates his name and demands to be called Roddy.
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Saving Wonderland
Unedited excerpt
“The Brothers Grimm have been here? Did their stories come from here, as well?”
“Some were loosely based on events from Wonderland. Many were based in the time when the Royal Houses were still in power, before the Dark Times when the House of Green rose.”
Dark Times? House of Green? Royal Houses? It sounded like I was already in a fairy tale. “Loosely based?”
“You are aware of the story of Little Snow-White, are you not?”
“I am. At least, I think so.”
“You think?”
“The story I know is Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.”
“Yes. That would be the one.”
“What about it?”
“It is very similar to an historical event which occurred in the early years of the Royal Houses.”
This was getting interesting. “Similar.”
“Similar. There were some significant differences.”
“Such as?”
“Such as the dwarfs.”
“How were the dwarfs different?”
Zippo found a piece of grass sticking up bright and green between the leaves coasting the forest floor. He pulled it and chewed it thoughtfully before answering. “They were not dwarfs. And there were not seven of them.”
“They weren’t dwarfs?”
“Dwarfs do not exist in Wonderland. There have been stories. Legends, really. But that is all.”
“So if they weren’t dwarfs, what were they?”
He smiled. “Four short guys and a turtle.”
“What?”
“The brothers did not believe that sounded romantic enough, and they asked me if the Wonderlanders would be offended if they changed the men from four short guys and a turtle to seven dwarfs.”
“And you told them they could make that change?”
“Certainly. What would the Wonderlanders care of a story in Otherland? Most Wonderlanders are not even aware Otherland truly exists beyond legend.”
I shook my head. Four short guys and a turtle? This couldn’t be real.
“But they helped Snow White hide from her evil stepmother, right?”
Zippo nodded. “Aye. That they did.”
“And they were miners?”
“No, they were not. That was another detail Jacob and Wilhelm chose to change for publication.”
“You mean mining is more exciting than what the dw—er short guys actually did? What could be less interesting than that?”
“Leaf, Bark, Root, and Twig owned and operated a fruit and nut stand on the edge of the forest.”
——-/end excerpt
2010-01-24 Tweets
by Lynn Daniels on Sunday, January 24, 2010 at 10:59 pm
- is on my way home. Don't worry–DD is behind the wheel. #
- home now. Just saw that pictures I sent through tonight are really dark I'm going to try and fix them. #
- is seeing double. Probably means I should go to bed. Good night, all! #
- http://twitpic.com/zl127 – Daughter finally settled on cleats. Ugly? #
- can't seem to spell today. I GIVE UP! #
- My daughter is fighting w/a microwave popcorn bag. It won't open. My athelete daughter is being beaten by a bag. #
- is back to typing in Saving Wonderland. I'm about 1/4 of the way through. Lots of typing to go! #
- Is watching The Princess Bride. "No more rhymes now, and I mean it!" "Anybody want a peanut?" #
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2010-01-23 Tweets
by Lynn Daniels on Saturday, January 23, 2010 at 10:59 pm
- is really loving the convenience of Randy, my AS3K. Took him with me to daughter's Hap Ki Do lesson this morning and got LOTS of work done! #
- must break from working on my ms to take my kids shopping. Nooooooo! I was on a roll! #
- had the most frustrating shopping day ever. Daughter didn't like any soccer cleats (or football boots, depending on where you are) we saw. #
- (cont) Hers are 2 yrs old, side lace. Can't find any side lace cleats/boots. Grrr. #
- has a beer in my hand. WOO HOO! #
- http://twitpic.com/zgoqp – Look! Proof! A beer in my hand! #
- Hold on Loosely! #
- 1st round of shots coming up! Buttery nipples. My favorite. #
- Just finished Stranglehold. Now we've got a bit of Cat Scratch Fever. Yes, it's an evening w/Derek St. Holmes. #
- is happy. Verra happy. #
- http://twitpic.com/zh8yu – I'm w/a friend & her daughter. Friend & I are happy. Daughter is bored. See? #
- http://twitpic.com/zhgee – There's my shot. Bottoms up! #
- They're playing "All the Single Ladies". All I can think of is that football scene in Glee. It's cracking me up! #
- My friend is texting. Can you believe it? Texting! Oh, wait. So am I. Never mind. #
- http://twitpic.com/zhmb4 – See? Texting! #
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2010-01-22 Tweets
by Lynn Daniels on Friday, January 22, 2010 at 10:59 pm
- is up, medicated, and just saw a Dwayne Johnson interview on TV. So far, a great start to the day. #
- has a pair of feetcicles at the end of my legs. Where the heck did my warm log cabin socks go? #
- Currently reading Speed Dating (Harlequin Nascar) by Nancy Warren on my Sony eReader. http://bit.ly/6SHBuI #
- is going to take a shower and then write. Or read. I haven't decided which yet. #
- Taking a hot shower on a cold, damp day = heaven. Stepping from my warm bathroom to cold bedroom? Yowza! When did I move to the North Pole? #
- is watching Lily the black bear on Black Bear Den Cam at http://bit.ly/8xTzhg . She just gave birth today, & I'm hoping to spot a bear cub! #
- My mss are still trapped on a hard drive I can't access. Am seriously considering retyping all of current story into computer so I can work. #
- has given in. I'm typing typing typing Saving Wonderland into the computer again. All 60,000+ words of it. 822 words down, 59,200 to go. #
- Straight quotes or smart quotes? #
- is watching a wandering coyote on the Old Faithful streaming webcam at Yellowstone NP http://bit.ly/RSJdb #
- Coyote gone. Still, I <3 the person who's moving the streaming webcam around & focusing on the good stuff. #
- Coyote's back! #
- And…he's gone again. Enough playing with the Yellowstone NPS streaming webcam. Back to typing that ms. #
- took a break from ms typing to go out with family. Back home now, and typing like mad. Just over 7k words typed in. #
- just realized every single story I've written has a scene with a conversation over a meal. My trademark? ^_^ #
- is sleepy. I'm turning in early tonight. But tomorrow…tomorrow I get a night out with the girls. WOO HOO! #
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