Writing exercise #10: 15 minutes
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arathreelSomeday, I will publish my book. I keep thinking that I should really go back to my original NaNoWriMo and actually finish the story. Not only finish it, but actually edit, organize, and prepare it for publishing. How much fun would that be? Having an actual copy of something I wrote on my shelf right along with all the other books that I love to read.
Of course, I would need a pseudonym. Why? Why would anyone want to read a book by Laura Katt? Or Laura Munn for that matter? My biggest problem is that I haven't decided if I would want a male or female persona. I could always go with my SCA name, although I don't think Katrusha brings out any more sparks that my mundane name. So the question remains, what would I call myself? I have ideas in my head but I don't want to share them just yet because I keep thinking that if I ever do actually publish a book, I would never really want anyone to know about it. Or know I wrote it. Not because I don't want the credit. But more, I like the surprise of "Oh yeah... that book that you liked and read about 5 times last year? I wrote it." That would be cool.
Speaking of books I plan to publish, one of the neatest things I plan on doing for next Christmas is arranging a cook book with all the family recipes in it. There will be full recipes and pictures of the food and maybe even, if I get around to it, pictures of the people who made the recipe in the first place. It is going to take a lot of work and I have to be really sneaky and crafty about it because I don't want family to really know about it until they open it up as a gift, but oh man, I can't think of anything that would be cooler. So that is my plan. I've already started working on it, but collecting the recipes is going to be the most difficult part of it all. And some things, simple simple things, I really want to add. Like our tuna casserole and Chris's families tuna casserole. Every family has their own recipe, but it is just amazing how completely different the two are. So, in anycase, that is something I am planning on doing in the near future.
And now there is a snuggle cat. She curled up with me most all night as I played Lego Starwars with Chris. It has been a lot of fun. We finally beat the whole thing, though, and now we are just trying tor all the extras. And that stuff is hard. I don't even understand what the blue canisters are for yet.
My cat plays fetch. I don't know why, but she does. And she is really good at it. But she will only do it with a toy that is on a stick and has a jingle bell on it. Soon as the bells breaks, she stops being interested.
I went to bardic last night and got to run through my Baba Yaga does Germany piece. I was pleased that people seemed so enthused about it. I really wish, though, that I could be more like Amanda at time. She is so good at incorporating music with her pieces. And I don't think that is something I would ever be able to do. I just can't multi-task in that manner. I can do a lot of things, but trying to play music and speaking a piece is just not one of them. I would screw myself up all over the place.
But, I am slowly getting more into reading the history and wanting to tell those stories. The reason for this being? No real reason. I just want to see if I'm able to tell a more historical sort of piece and do it justice. So the one I am working on right now is Princess Olga and the death of Prince Ivan. The story is atrocious and bitterly dark, but you know what? I think I can pull it off. I'm trying to stretch my horizons and work on pieces that aren't always perfectly hilarious. I was informed I am rather well known in the kingdom due to my viral anti sing along song. My goal is go be known in the kingdom for other things too. Maybe, there is a small goal in the back of my head that this year, this year I'm going to work on my persona. I'm going to work on all things Russian and actually do some research and work in period styles. The hardest part is the musical aspects of it, but you can't -always- sing and tell tales from your own home. So much trading happened on so many routes that I should be able to trade my stories for others and just give them a bardic twist.
Oh who would swap stories with me that I can Russianize? Oh it would be a lot of fun to do a night of "do someone else's piece" again. I could really have fun with that now that I've started mangling things into a more Russian manner.
I should actually start studying my Russian as well. Because the more I study and prepare, the more I will know and can throw some random words out there. Someday I would like to know Russian. Or at least Cyrillic. It would make studying Russian literature a little more easy.
I think Chris wants to go to bed. He appears tired. I'm pretty tired myself, but that is because I worked today.
I haven't gotten a chance to type up my last exercise that I wrote by hand, but when I do, I will be post dating it to the correct date.
And as soon as I find my camera cord I will be putting all the pictures up that I have taken. One a day for the past 10 days. I hope to be able to keep this up, as difficult as it may be. Sometimes I get busy and don't end up taking the picture until after midnight, but I still consider it that day for me. So you will be getting 10 pictures, one for each day. Some days I took more than one. Some are artsy. Some are just a brief glimpse into my normal day.
And now I shall close up shop and head to bed. We are viewing the house tomorrow. And then I have to come home and DDR my butt off. That should help me lose about 10 pounds.
Of course, I would need a pseudonym. Why? Why would anyone want to read a book by Laura Katt? Or Laura Munn for that matter? My biggest problem is that I haven't decided if I would want a male or female persona. I could always go with my SCA name, although I don't think Katrusha brings out any more sparks that my mundane name. So the question remains, what would I call myself? I have ideas in my head but I don't want to share them just yet because I keep thinking that if I ever do actually publish a book, I would never really want anyone to know about it. Or know I wrote it. Not because I don't want the credit. But more, I like the surprise of "Oh yeah... that book that you liked and read about 5 times last year? I wrote it." That would be cool.
Speaking of books I plan to publish, one of the neatest things I plan on doing for next Christmas is arranging a cook book with all the family recipes in it. There will be full recipes and pictures of the food and maybe even, if I get around to it, pictures of the people who made the recipe in the first place. It is going to take a lot of work and I have to be really sneaky and crafty about it because I don't want family to really know about it until they open it up as a gift, but oh man, I can't think of anything that would be cooler. So that is my plan. I've already started working on it, but collecting the recipes is going to be the most difficult part of it all. And some things, simple simple things, I really want to add. Like our tuna casserole and Chris's families tuna casserole. Every family has their own recipe, but it is just amazing how completely different the two are. So, in anycase, that is something I am planning on doing in the near future.
And now there is a snuggle cat. She curled up with me most all night as I played Lego Starwars with Chris. It has been a lot of fun. We finally beat the whole thing, though, and now we are just trying tor all the extras. And that stuff is hard. I don't even understand what the blue canisters are for yet.
My cat plays fetch. I don't know why, but she does. And she is really good at it. But she will only do it with a toy that is on a stick and has a jingle bell on it. Soon as the bells breaks, she stops being interested.
I went to bardic last night and got to run through my Baba Yaga does Germany piece. I was pleased that people seemed so enthused about it. I really wish, though, that I could be more like Amanda at time. She is so good at incorporating music with her pieces. And I don't think that is something I would ever be able to do. I just can't multi-task in that manner. I can do a lot of things, but trying to play music and speaking a piece is just not one of them. I would screw myself up all over the place.
But, I am slowly getting more into reading the history and wanting to tell those stories. The reason for this being? No real reason. I just want to see if I'm able to tell a more historical sort of piece and do it justice. So the one I am working on right now is Princess Olga and the death of Prince Ivan. The story is atrocious and bitterly dark, but you know what? I think I can pull it off. I'm trying to stretch my horizons and work on pieces that aren't always perfectly hilarious. I was informed I am rather well known in the kingdom due to my viral anti sing along song. My goal is go be known in the kingdom for other things too. Maybe, there is a small goal in the back of my head that this year, this year I'm going to work on my persona. I'm going to work on all things Russian and actually do some research and work in period styles. The hardest part is the musical aspects of it, but you can't -always- sing and tell tales from your own home. So much trading happened on so many routes that I should be able to trade my stories for others and just give them a bardic twist.
Oh who would swap stories with me that I can Russianize? Oh it would be a lot of fun to do a night of "do someone else's piece" again. I could really have fun with that now that I've started mangling things into a more Russian manner.
I should actually start studying my Russian as well. Because the more I study and prepare, the more I will know and can throw some random words out there. Someday I would like to know Russian. Or at least Cyrillic. It would make studying Russian literature a little more easy.
I think Chris wants to go to bed. He appears tired. I'm pretty tired myself, but that is because I worked today.
I haven't gotten a chance to type up my last exercise that I wrote by hand, but when I do, I will be post dating it to the correct date.
And as soon as I find my camera cord I will be putting all the pictures up that I have taken. One a day for the past 10 days. I hope to be able to keep this up, as difficult as it may be. Sometimes I get busy and don't end up taking the picture until after midnight, but I still consider it that day for me. So you will be getting 10 pictures, one for each day. Some days I took more than one. Some are artsy. Some are just a brief glimpse into my normal day.
And now I shall close up shop and head to bed. We are viewing the house tomorrow. And then I have to come home and DDR my butt off. That should help me lose about 10 pounds.
