I’ve had my first Icelandic class. We are starting by reviewing the things covered in course 1. I seem to be about in the middle of the class, in terms of grasp of Icelandic which is perfect. My classmates are from Belgium, the Congo, Phillipines, Poland, Haiti and America. It’s a small class which is […]
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I headed into Lazytown today so that Jonathan and I could go have lunch. He’s heading back to NYC tomorrow, so this was the last chance to see him for awhile. We had planned on going to Dong Huang, which is the little Chinese restaurant we’d recently discovered. Sadly, they only offer a buffet during
I’ve just finished a large upgrade to Shimmer’s website. A hearty thank you to Eric James Stone who solved my IE problems.
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30,525 / 50,000(60.0%) Today I discovered the perfect writing combo. Facial plus timed writing sessions. I had a facial kit lying around that I’d been meaning to use. Moisturizing is good, but there are times when the winds here have stripped all the moisture out of one’s skin calling for more intensive measures. Each phase
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28,014 / 50,000(55.0%) First: Jacques’s hand-paws shook as he picked up the shoe and brought it to his nose. Last: Nausea twisted her, pulling the migraine through her body. “I have to go.” 2476 words today
Iron Council by China Mieville — mini-review You know. I really wanted to like this and just didn’t. While it is undeniably well-written, I felt like I was slogging through it. It’s unremittingly bleak and yet, I didn’t care about any of the characters. They get killed off right and left and I never cared.
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As you might recall, last year I decided to stop writing Good Housekeeping during NaNoWriMo after two weeks and 25,000 words. I stopped because we were moving to Iceland and decided that it would make me crazy to get the wordcount done, plus pack, plus go to Woodthrush Woods for the holidays. At the time,
Much to my surprise I found this in the paper yesterday morning. I was going to scan in the photo, but Fréttablaðið has it on their website. Upptökum á annarri þáttaröð sjónvarpsþáttanna um Latabæ lauk nú um mánaðamótin. Alls voru teknir upp átján nýir þættir à kvikmyndaveri Latabæjar à Garðabæ og hafa um 130 kvikmyndagerðarmenn,
While I wish that Rob and I could be home to celebrate with you, I trust that Mom and Steve will be able to help you with your birthday present.
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I need a couple of readers for this before I submit it. 1450 words, science-fiction. Any takers? His keys dropped to the floor. Julius stared at them, unwilling to look at his outstretched left arm. At the bandaged stump where his hand had been two weeks ago. He should be used to it by now.
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I’m teaching a workshop at Orycon on reading aloud. How does this text sound as a blurb? You may be a good writer, but reading aloud is a separate skill. In this workshop, learn to make your words sound as great out loud as they do on the page. Using both demonstration and audience participation,
I forgot to mention a couple of my favorite tricks, which work nicely with a microphone. If you drop your volume and lean into the microphone then it will sound as if you are right next to the listener, whispering in their ear. This can have a wonderful effect to distinguish between “asides” and dialogue.
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I went today to take my placement test for Icelandic. The first part of the written test was fine, I breezed through the first two pages and then started slowing down. The nice thing about the test was that they let you know which level each section tested for. I was mostly okay in level
A very happy birthday wish goes out to my brother-in-law. I hope your trip to the Boundary Waters was fun.
The doorbell just rang. When I opened it, there were two squeaky clean young men in suits. Each had a little black name tag. Yep. Mormons. One of them started speaking in Icelandic and I stopped him. Turns out they were both Americans, California and Utah. Can you imagine? He was about to witness to
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