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Hullo! Stopping in briefly as I have duties this evening. Quickly to address most of the comments people made to me today, regardless of who made them:

The HTML thing I made for the NaNoWriMo is just what I'm going to use to "publish" my story online so I can share the pain with others. I think the site requires a plain-text copy when it's all done. Anbyone who wants to reuse my design for their own is welcome to it.

I rarely outline or do any kind of synopsis; instead I scribble notes all over things until I have things worked out. More plotting in this one than usual since I had time to plot instead of writing.

Rocket Ship Galileo was Heinlein's first novel, as opposed to short story. It was written, like all his juveniles, for 14 yr old boys. The juveniles also happen to be some of my favorite SF of all time; I enjoy his writing style and love all the scientific bits.

My sibs and I loved VeggieTales; I find myself humming songs as I work.

Did I miss anything? Is the guy they arrested the sniper?

Rocket Ship Galileo was Heinlein's first novel, as opposed to short story. It was written, like all his juveniles, for 14 yr old boys. The juveniles also happen to be some of my favorite SF of all time; I enjoy his writing style and love all the scientific bits.

I guess this tells how much I know about Heinlein...I didn't know it was a "juvenile". Duh, I know! I guess that explains some things, though I stand by my dislike of Uncle Whatsisface (page after page of him playing mind games about the fact that they don't really know what's on the back side of the moon?!?) and the scientific jargon...guess I'm just a happy ignoramus, 'cause I don't like having to attempt to comprehend that stuff - too mentally stenuous for me! I ended up skipping some of the more mathmatical stuff, which probably didn't help my understanding of the story much...