Random thoughts

[Russ]

Stephanie Meyer's taking questions on Tumblr! Should I tell her exactly what I think of her writing? :devil:

Only if you put it in the form of a question...

 

[Saigonnus]

Why did you portray the relationship between bella and the two gents the way you did? It has all the earmarks of an abusive relationship.


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[Tom]

Not to mention, why all the rampant racism, classism, and outright anti-human sentiments in that little piece of drivel you call a "saga"?

Madame, I'm the kind of person who always tries to give a book a chance, no matter how bad I find it. Yours, however, I set down in disgust after reading the first chapter in Salvation Army. I considered tossing it in the garbage where it belonged, where it couldn't have the chance to sow toxic ideas about relationships in the impressionable minds of vulnerable teenage girls, but I'm sure the SA workers would have objected to me throwing away merchandise.

 

[Garren Jacobsen]

In situations like this Tom I've found leading questions always get a good reaction.

 

[Velka]

Today I was watching a cat video on my phone and realized that radio waves, produced by stars and planets for billions of years, were harnessed by physicists to produce electrical currents at will and gave us our first wireless transmissions via morse code which eventually lead to this point where I can sit in Starbucks and watch cats fall off things on my phone which has the computing power of something that used to physically inhabit the space of a city block.

Technology. Wow.

 

[Velka]

Ok, one more before I go to bed (and by that I mean lie in bed and watch historical documentaries on Netflix until stupid o'clock because that's how I roll).

I just spent the last hour reading Dragon Age: The World of Thedas Vol. 1 and feeling really bad about how I'll never create such a rich and wonderful world with history and races and places and things, but then I realized it was created by a lot of people over the course of many years and this is their day job and they had the time and resources to do it so then I ate a cupcake and felt better about myself.

 

[Incanus]

Seems sort of... slow around here lately. I suppose everyone is furiously typing or scribbling away at NaNo?

 

[ThinkerX]

Today I was watching a cat video on my phone and realized that radio waves, produced by stars and planets for billions of years, were harnessed by physicists to produce electrical currents at will and gave us our first wireless transmissions via morse code which eventually lead to this point where I can sit in Starbucks and watch cats fall off things on my phone which has the computing power of something that used to physically inhabit the space of a city block.

Back in the 60's, one of the 'Golden Age' SF writers, H Beam Piper, wrote a novel that revolved around locating a long lost military computer (built about AD 3000, people looking for it a couple hundred years later.) The missing computer, when found, took up most of a cubic kilometer, had horrendous output (specially trained guys to read the output) and judging from what it was capable of, had the computing power of a 2005ish mainframe.

Seems sort of... slow around here lately. I suppose everyone is furiously typing or scribbling away at NaNo?

That would be me. This is my fourth shot at NaNo, and the first time I am anywhere near the word count goal. I see possibilities for future projects if I am anywhere near 50,000 words come December 1. Normally, my writing speed is on a par with yours: it took me three months to write the 35,000 word rough draft for 'Empire: Estate.' That was this summer.

Or in other words, there be hope for you yet.

 

[Incanus]

I think the only reason I can keep up with you is because I write every day. I bet if we compared how efficient we were in an hour's writing time, you'd trounce me soundly.

 

[Garren Jacobsen]

I don't think this is political, but if it is I apologize, but holy damn the events transpiring in France are tragic. My heart goes out to all those affected by this insanity.

 

[ThinkerX]

I think the only reason I can keep up with you is because I write every day. I bet if we compared how efficient we were in an hour's writing time, you'd trounce me soundly.

Does it take you three months to crank out 35,000 not so great words?

I try to write every day. A really good day is 2500 words. A really sucky one is 100-200 words. I had a lot of sucky days writing 'Empire: Estate,' stopped a few times in fact. 'Empire: Capital,' begun during the April NaNo, was also about 35,000 words, and took seven weeks.

Currently I'm 17,000+ words into 'Labyrinth: Seed.'

 

[Tom]

I'm stuck on a scene at the moment, and I honestly feel that I'm going to have to go back to pen and paper to get unstuck.

*gasp*

Pen and paper?! That's so old-fashioned!

People will know I was born in the 20th century if they see I'm aware of what pen and paper are and how to use them!

 

[Heliotrope]

I just stumbled upon this thread…

Don't worry Tom. I do almost my entire outline lining and planning process in pencil. Old fashioned HB pencil. I need the motion of actually writing to open up my right brain. Something about the super sharp pencil makes me more creative.

Pages and pages and pages and at least 2 months of work usually hand written.

 

[Heliotrope]

I was just thinking about this and thought of some stuff that might be interesting to your monstrous fairies...

Ok, so the reason human blood is red is because we have iron in our blood, and when the iron combines with the oxygen we breath it literally 'rusts' the iron and turns it red. This is why highly oxygenated blood is bright red and the blood that is returning back to the heart is a darker blue/purple.

So, in order for a species to have black blood the iron in their blood would have to react with sulphur instead of oxygen. That would be interesting in a species. A species that requires sulphurous gas for survival... they would reside in highly sulphurous environments...

What color might Faerie blood be? Gold or black or blue? Might they have fangs?

Also, why do I seem hell-bent on ruining my own childhood?

If I ever met my childhood self they'd probably be terrified of me and/or angry that I've turned the Fey from Tinkerbells to monsters.

 

[Tom]

I was just thinking about this and thought of some stuff that might be interesting to your monstrous fairies...

Ok, so the reason human blood is red is because we have iron in our blood, and when the iron combines with the oxygen we breath it literally 'rusts' the iron and turns it red. This is why highly oxygenated blood is bright red and the blood that is returning back to the heart is a darker blue/purple.

So, in order for a species to have black blood the iron in their blood would have to react with sulphur instead of oxygen. That would be interesting in a species. A species that requires sulphurous gas for survival... they would reside in highly sulphurous environments...

Hmmm...interesting. Hey, on the subject of Faeries and blood, what would happen to half-Fey born with human-like blood that contains iron? All Faeries in folklore seem to be allergic to iron, suffering burns and terrible pain when they touch it. Would a half-Fey with iron-containing blood still be painfully sensitive to it as a normal Faerie (maybe possessing a less extreme form of the allergy)? Or would they be immune to its effects?

 

[Ireth]

Hmmm...interesting. Hey, on the subject of Faeries and blood, what would happen to half-Fey born with human-like blood that contains iron? All Faeries in folklore seem to be allergic to iron, suffering burns and terrible pain when they touch it. Would a half-Fey with iron-containing blood still be painfully sensitive to it as a normal Faerie (maybe possessing a less extreme form of the allergy)? Or would they be immune to its effects?

IMO, they would be less sensitive to it than a full Fae, and immune to some of its effects. It wouldn't be toxic, since it's in their blood, but it would still burn if they touched an iron fence or the like.

 

[SeverinR]

During a test, if you can't find the right answer, look for the left.
(If none look right, eliminate the obviously wrong answers, and what do you have left.)

 

[Miskatonic]

Wasn't "Random Thoughts" a skit SNL used to do? I think the narrators name was Jack Handy or something like that.

 

[Incanus]

Wasn't "Random Thoughts" a skit SNL used to do? I think the narrators name was Jack Handy or something like that.

Oh, yeah, I remember that! Haven't thought about it in years. I think it was "Deep Thoughts" though.

 

[Incanus]

A really good day is 2500 words. A really sucky one is 100-200 words.

I still think you've got me beat. I've never had a 2500 day ever. I think once or twice I got 1600+. In writing my novel over the past 2 months, I've only topped over 1000 on one occasion. Haven't done under 200 though.