Write Every Day: Day 4

[the_siobhan]

Only an alibi sentence yesterday as Monday nights are watch-movies-with-the-girlfriend nights. We are working our way through the Star Trek movies as I haven't seen most of them, and last night was The Undiscovered Country. Much better than The Final Frontier from last week.

I think Lord Brock might have gone a bit deaf. (Honestly, mostly because he no longer seems to be able to hear me shake the treat bag.) I've noticed that he only seems to know that I'm home when I turn on the hall light. I experimented last night by leaving the hall light on while I was out and I was actually able to take my coat and boots off and unload my knapsack and get myself a tea brewing before he realized I was home. I knew the exact moment he figured it out because I could hear him start yelling from the upper floor and then he yelled all the way down the stairs and into the kitchen to find me.

He is hilarious.

Day 4 Tally:

Day 3 Tally:
china_shop badly_knitted luzula trobadora sylvanwitch shadaras chanter1944 nafs cornerofmadness brithistorian yasaman the_siobhan


Day 2 Tally:
trobadora alightbuthappypen sylvanwitch badly_knitted china_shop nafs sanguinity yasaman brithistorian cornerofmadness sakana17 carenejeans ysilme the_siobhan luzula shadaras chanter1944

Day 1 Tally:
sylvanwitch badly_knitted alightbuthappypen trobadora brithistorian nafs cornerofmadness sanguinity carenejeans miss_squiddy shadaras the_siobhan china_shop yasaman ysilme luzula chanter1944

Comments

[sylvanwitch]

Lord Brock sounds aptly named and lovely!

On Day 4, I added 214 words to "Ed and Ev Are Not in Love."

[the_siobhan]

The yelling can be a little much at times. But he really is a sweet cat, his favourite place to be is on my lap.

Well done on wording!

[badly_knitted]

Movie nights sound good.

Feb 4th - 2133 words, A triple drabble, more work on the still unfinished fic, and 5 ficathon fills.

[the_siobhan]

Well done on words!

Do you still knit? I seem to remember the first time I did this you would post both your knitting and your words.

[badly_knitted]

I do still knit, and I've just started a new project, an Aran jacket. The ribbing and 12 rows of the back done so far =D

[the_siobhan]

Excellent!

[badly_knitted]

I only managed to add four more rows yesterday, but I'm excited for this project, all my old Aran garments are worn out aside from my four bodywarmers. I want new sweaters and at least one jacket.

[trobadora]

For the 4th: a bunch of last-minute edits.

[the_siobhan]

It all counts! Well done!

[china_shop]

4th & 5th: work on my candy hearts fic. I very nearly have a completed draft (at last)!

[the_siobhan]

Go you!

[shadaras]

Day 4: Text RP and some editing based on beta feedback. :)

[the_siobhan]

Editing is haaard. Well done!

[nafs]

Yelling about how inconsiderate it was of you to not inform him you were home immediately, I'm sure.

Day 4: about a page, give or take a line.

[the_siobhan]

Oh I have no doubt. With a helping of "where have you been and why do you smell like other cats?"

Well done on writing!

[brithistorian]

It sounds like you've got a good string of movies going there. (And of course The Undiscovered County was better — it was an even-numbered Star Trek film!)

Day 4: 297 words of "Madame Park's Academy II"

[the_siobhan]

I have heard that theory. I actually thought 1 & 3 were fine too. Number 5 was just terrible, to the point where I kept looking over to BC and asking questions like, "Did... did they get a big budget decrease or something?"

Well done on your words!

[cornerofmadness]

Lord Brock does sound like a blast.

day 4 1067 for another halfamoon story

[the_siobhan]

He's a very talkative guy.

And his arthritis means he is very clumsy coming down the stairs so all I could hear was *thump* "MROW!" *thump* "MROW!" *thump* "MROW!" all the way.

Great word count!

[cornerofmadness]

ha, Lord Brock and I come down stairs the same way for the same reasons.

[luzula]

Day 4: I had an absolutely exhausting day yesterday, but I did also write 500 words, because public transport. And they were words I'm happy with, too!

[the_siobhan]

Those are the best kind of words. Well done!

[ysilme]

Yay for watching Star Trek! Siljan and I fell in love during a Star Trek night where I saw all the movies for the first time (7 at that time) and are re-watching the movies and series repeatedly. We did Voyager last and are currently at season 2 of DS9, but it's slow going as I can't usually watch more than about an hour of anything for sensory overload reasons.
Sounds indeed like hearing issues with Lord Brock. Our male Viggo is mostly deaf, and we've learned to use hand signs with him for the most important things. He reacts well to vibration, too, which works well with the wooden floors in our house. He also always badly starts when inadvertely woken from a deep sleep because one of us passes him or he needs to be picked up (which rarely happens), and I've learned to hold my fingers close to his nose so he can get aware of my scent, and/or blow softly on his fur to get his attention. For a while we thought he can still hear the shaking of the treat jar, but it really was the vibrations or thumps / impact sound of his siblings rushing to the kitchen when they heard the sound. *g* You'd always think they never get fet, considering the speed and intensity of movement when it's treat or feeding time. Ylva often throws herself out of the cat tree from about ceiling height or so. *g*

Checking in for days 3 + 4: more work on the drawer fic WIP.

[the_siobhan]

I only recently watched DS9 because my gf started an RPG based on a similar space station designated DS11 and there was some background lore I was missing out on. I loved it so much. I'm also really enjoying Strange New Worlds.

I never really got into Voyager but I might give it another go. I bounced off Enterprise really hard because of the sexy lamp treatment of the Vulcan character but I understand it got better in later seasons.

Well done on your writing!

[carenejeans]

Days 3 and 4: Alibi sentences. In my defense, I've been canning marmalade from the orange tree in my backyard. Every year I forget how long and messy the process is. But: marmalade!

I really like your "WWJCD" icons. My faves so far are Jackie Chan and Johnny Cash. Not that I'd necessarily take their advice. ;-)

[the_siobhan]

Marmalade sounds like an entirely valid use of one's time. Well done getting your alibis in there.

I did the Johnny Cash one first and then for whatever reason it tickled me so much I started making the others and then people started donating them and.. it got a little bit out of control. I still think they're hilarious to roll out once in a while, but Cash will always be my favourite.

[miss_squiddy]

Very bad of me!
Day 2: Started corrections, and got to page 26.
Day 3: Fail day on personal projects, but proofed a whole exhibition worth of text at work!
Day 4: Only achieved a short thread 'Be A Goose'
Day 5: Archiving day. Checking and filing three months of conversation data.

[the_siobhan]

It must be difficult to work on a whole thesis while you're also juggling work.

And I saw your goose thread, it was much appreciated.

[miss_squiddy]

Some days it's just not possible to get anything done. And thank you!