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Posted on 08/07/2007 7:52:15 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
Eek - brakes going out doesn’t sound good!
Good luck with the vehicle logistics! Ungh...
Your beagle looks like a cat?
~sip~
*Should* we have been able to feel the earthquake?
Hm...maybe we’re no longer attached to the rest of Washington...maybe we’ve been cast adrift, and I won’t know it until I try to get to work today...
On the bright side, I don’t really wanna work anyway.
I’m in another “why did I think I could write?” slump.
And I figure I’ve got another 30k, plus need to cut at least 5-10k out of the original text eventually.
But right now, it seems appallingly bad again. Writing perspective swings are such fun.
I’m thinking the rough draft comes in at 75k, then another 5k or so when I edit. There are several characters who need more scenes to help establish their personalities.
Today, the Terrible Hound attacks. Yesterday, the 13 year old got a gun safety lesson. Tonight I am going to have to post that and Talon’s gun safety lesson as a compare and contrast exercise ;-) Also yesterday, the tertiary bad guy had a “I was totally wrong and a total loser” moment and will now be helping.
Haven’t really had a “I totally suck” moment yet which probably means the whole thing is garbage. Oh well.
Anyone have any recommended editing resources? LF?
The earthquake was up on the peninsula and not very strong... They may have felt it in Shelton, depends on whether they’re on the same rock or a different one.
Places like ours that are not really even connected to the ground and where it’s really sandy, like here, we actually feel them less than where everything is hard rock or concrete and can’t bend well.
I tell ya, it’s a complete disconnect on the news this morning... snow everywhere if you watch the news, and we didn’t even have rain. Twilight Zone. ...
I’m just still hung up on all the details I have wrong. For example, for story tension and exposition purposes, I have the father-in-law visit the husband in jail. He ends up ranting for a long time about why has to believe husband is guilty, and then in the end marches off, no matter how much husband pleads innocence.
Now...in reality, because of where chronologically this needs to be, more than likely husband would have been out on bail, waiting for the trial to begin. But that doesn’t give me nearly as nice of a scene, I don’t think. I *could* rewrite it where the father-in-law shows up unexpectedly at the house, but I don’t like it as much.
Ditto initial questioning, right after the murder has been called in. From what I understand, in reality it would take place at the police department in an interview room. But I like it better if he’s somewhere where he can see things that remind him of her, and see all the activity going on as they investigate the crime scene.
And then there’s the fact that I can’t write anything without sounding like a little kid who’s in over my head.
I’m sure my boss will bring up the earthquake and tell me about the two he’s been through here. That’s his greatest fear. ;-)
I’m more worried about fire. Though...fires caused by other disasters would be doubly scary.
There’s lots of people who don’t get bailed out. Bailing someone out takes money, particularly on a murder charge. Those who don’t have it, or have family willing to spend it (and it doesn’t sound like this guy does) stay in jail till trial.
And I don’t think the interview has to happen at the station... I think yours sounds like a fairly believable scenario.
I’d only be afraid of earthquakes in the city where there’s lots of building over you. Single story wood structures don’t scare me. Big skyscrapers made of brick and glass do.
It just sounded like there are easy ways to get loaned the bail money temporarily. But I suppose if it’s a lot (and this would be, I think), he might not get the loan.
And yeah, he doesn’t really have family to help out. I’ve put him in a pretty miserable situation. Fun...
I think you have to own something you can give as security if the amount is very high...
I did an overnight in jail once, as you may know. The other gals there were shocked and amazed that I was expecting to get bailed out very soon (I was offering them my toothpaste and toiletries and they were telling me I’d better keep them because I wouldn’t be given more) They were like “wow... we don’t have anyone who would bail us out”. These are gals likely to have been held on relatively minor charges that would have required bail of just a few hundred bucks. That’s enough to stop a lot of people. For a murder charge, it may take a house with no mortgage on it. Mine was five hundred, for a DUI.
OK, now I feel a little better. ;-) Even if it’s still juvenile carp.
Next I have to write a jail break (aided by a storm), but I figure as long as that’s even mildly realistic, who cares if it’s plausible? If TV writers can do it, I can...
I’m just gonna keep repeating my tagline...
Yeah, I could see that. Even this building would be pretty scary in a series earthquake, but being in a big city would be a lot worse.
I'd worry most about being trapped somewhere. *shudder* I guess I could work up a paranoia about earthquakes without much effort. ;-)
Good morning!
Ugh, I’m so confused. I only got three hours of sleep yesterday...
I got a good night sleep last night though. Twelve solid hours. Been paying bills all morning. Paying OFF bills.
That’s a nice feeling.
I got a call from Lowe's today, just asking about availability, etc. If they're interested, I guess I'll get the call to go for a drug test. Of course my body picks NOW to go into it's seasonal lung junk mode! I'm fixing to sit with my warm air humidifier and put some tea tree oil in the water to dose myself. I just feel punk!
Have you been in earthquakes at all? Wood structures bend and sway but don’t fall apart. The beach house is so loose it won’t even get a good sway going. We didn’t feel an earthquake there that was pretty close. Sandy soil that can’t get a wave going helps too. Our trailers too, would vibrate, but not collapse. They’re not firmly attached to the ground, so they’re not damaged by being held fixed to something that is unyielding. They may hop off the blocks, but they won’t collapse and trap you. It’s stone and masonry buildings that are firmly cemented into the ground and surrounded by pavement that break.
Your building isn’t concreted in. It can move. The hospital even, is much more so.
Yeah...it’s that operative word “off”. Paying bills isn’t near as fun without that “off” word.
:-)
I’ve done the drug screen thing three times in the last 2 months!
Hope you get to feeling better. Joshua’s been sick too. Got sick Thanksgiving Day wouldn’t you just figure. Steve dosed him with Tylnol Cold that was two years past it’s expiration date.
When I got in and after dinner, I threw out all the expired medications and wrote down a treatment plan for Joshua and a treatment plan for Matthew if he needed it. He takes advil now...not that old tylenol! LOL!
Well, take care of yourself! Nice to get a response back on the job thing so fast. Will they let you work in the kitchen department?
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