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[prog]

Unless I am forgetting someone, nobody on my flist was nanowrimoing last year. This year, a lot of you are. I am proud of all of you and wish I could join you.

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We're at around $9,500 in seed-funding commitments, which is $500 less than halfway to the floor of our "we need this much investment by Dec. 1" range. (And $5,500 less than halfway to the ceiling.) The line is still warm; some people I've pitched to are still thinking or waiting for me to get back to them. I am both confident and very aware of the ticking clock.

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I have started to read I'm Just Here for the Food as my sleepy-time book. (Being an enormous hardcover volume it's not the best form factor for such activity, but whatever.) I like it so far even though it quickly becomes clear that its intended audience has more cooking experience than me. Frequently AB takes a "Allow me to go against everything you've learned" stance, to which I can only say "don't worry about it; please continue."

After a lengthy introduction that explains heat and the different ways to get heat to go from from $HOT_THING to $FOOD, the first chapter covers searing. And here also we get into the territory that misuba warned me about, with AB insisting I hit the kitchen and hardware stores and buy these thingies before attempting to sear anything or I will die. And of course my reaction is hooray for justifiable crazy shopping! I have not done this yet but it is inevitable.

Comments

[cortezopossum.livejournal.com]

I thought of nanowrimo'ing but I can't really write that way -- at least, if I tried it would end up being 50000 words of garbage.

[prog.livejournal.com]

My understanding is that that's understood. Nobody can write that way, and you will write total crap. But the point is, you'll still be a novelist.

[jtroutman.livejournal.com]

no. Stephen King can write that way. He just gets up and writes every day, no matter what.

[prog.livejournal.com]

I believe that this statement and my statement are not mutually exclusive.