Updates for the week of 2009-10-25

every writer absolutely must (http://j.mp/10qS4Y) – Great essay. Charged me up for writing today. #
Writing time. Twitter conveniently offline. I'd like… 5000 (http://j.mp/n0sYe #
If you follow my serial sci-fi story (@finnras), you might like that I'm writing Adrift (part 1) for NaNoWriMo. And podcasting it as I go. #
Also, I broke 2000 twitter posts this morning, while twitter was *down*. THAT is the kind of power I command. Bask in my glow. #
Is it okay that I, as a non-iPod (non-Mac, non-jesusphon, non-iTunes) person sort of hate that it's called 'PODcasting'? #
Got 2k today. It's not the 5k I aimed for, but the words I got made @daphneun laugh (except the sad bits), so I claim success. #amwriting #
Adrift: [You might want to know I'm writing Adrift (part 1) for NaNoWriMo. And podcasting it as I go. More info, whe… http://bit.ly/3s3VhU #
Heh. @carrharr's 'rename Twilight' competition cracks me up. My fave: "Skip to Page 213 if you want to Read about Something Happening". #
Adrift: Couldn’t follow it well enough on Twitter (or, come to that, Facebook)?
Couldn’t follow it on a newsread… http://bit.ly/2pZSSn #
RT: @glecharles: "Of course, when I started, they said it only worked because I was so unknown." @doctorow: http://is.gd/4r6Ll #
Adrift: The pie-voice is back – coalescing out the harmonic hum, vibrating from out of the ship hull – it says we’… http://bit.ly/3P9GUi #
Warmup game was 190 pins. This does not bode well for the actual games. #ambowling #
I need sleep more than another 500 words. Night all. #
'You are being shagged by a rare parrot' – http://bit.ly/19uGVY – Thank you, @kimhusband #
Tempting to work "no god" into today's @finnras post, because the twitter trend amuses — not so tempting as to actually do it, cuz… eh. #
Again, LOTS of work/words today… but exactly 0 on the WIP. On one hand: grrr day job. On the other: Yay! Day job! #amwriting tonight. #
Adrift: Not sure what a reduction field is. Best guess? It reduces the likelihood we vaporize when we dock. I’m su… http://bit.ly/2vfP72 #
Thais cracked me up: RT @scalzi Spam mail today promising me I could "Turn my creativity into a career!" Yes, well. #
42 Essential 3rd Act Twists (http://j.mp/1BR8EY) – Makes notes for November… #
Ow. Ow. Ow ow. Ow. Jesus. Hot chocolate through a straw. What the hell was I *thinking*? Back of my throat feels like a running blister. Ow. #
An Open Letter to the Gaming Industry (http://j.mp/4l0Qgp) – Sing it, sisters. (via Judd) #
Took a few minutes to reread some of my short stories from a few years ago. So much fun. So much fun to WRITE. Must remember – have fun. #
Adrift: Dierdre coaxes us into the GDR – I hear the seal lock from two decks away and start down. Jon ca.. http://bit.ly/93OqI #
8 Reasons to like the Nook e-reader (http://j.mp/38PkT5) – Show me a readily available add-on app that allows .doc formats, and I'm there. #
What a pretty February morning. #
*BEAMS* RT @OLPC Every Elementary Student in Uruguay Now Has an #OLPC Laptop http://bit.ly/3mqFCd #
The Mobile Internet Is Going To Explode http://tinyurl.com/ylgvwzy — This a is really interesting 10 minute video. #
I could burn hours on wordle. It's like getting access to a woodchipper without supervision. (http://tinyurl.com/yg3gsow) #
M O O D (http://j.mp/3Jy7hw) – I just got an idea for a room divider… #
This QotD makes me happy: "The best ideas come as jokes. Make your thinking as funny as possible." David M. Ogilvy. #
3k left on revisions; mebbe 4. Close, anyway. Got to play around with a time-warping bowling alley yesterday, which was nice. #amwriting #
How often do I hit Good Times for lunch? The lady taking orders recognized me over the drive-through speaker. And knew I'd changed my order. #
Adrift: Hard to see in the weird light, but yes: several hundred yards down the universal docking ring, .. http://bit.ly/WEuRe #
Words I cannot effing spell correctly, ever: occassion. occaision. occasion. Dammit. Stupid word anyway. How about you? #cantspell #
Kk quote for the day: "Daddy, my nose is running late." #
RT @ChuckWendig RT: @adders: Some good advice on ways to check your WordPress install for hacking: http://bit.ly/12XAfP #
Adrift: I thought I was still at least a step behind Kaetlyn. She left the Drift a month ago, yet there&.. http://bit.ly/4ks2Qz #
With Kaylee for a friend's birthday party at 'the Hop', which is 8 jumping castles free wifi, and awesome. And the parents can get on too. #
In hindsight, the party place full of massive jumping castles isn't really the best place to start reading The Road. #nowIKnow #
Hmm. So this is Win7. Hmm. #