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Last night at work I managed to get both the outstanding game writeups done. Woot! Of course, this came of it A) being a Sunday morning, B) Both writeups are on the short side, and C) I was there for more than 11 hours cos my relief did a no-call, no-show on me. Bleah. Anyway, here are the writeups!

Desert World 06- Brahma Has A Blast )

Western Tales 01- Reunions )
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Bleah. I got about 2 hours and woke up. Oh well. In any case, all my orders have started showing up, and I kinda feel sorry for the mailman, who is gonna have a TON of books to get to me this coming week. My brother FINALLY got me a thin-and-pathetic list, but it'll help me with him and Sam- she wants a tea strainer for loose tea, so I'm gonna get her that, and a teapot, and a selection of loose teas. Hah! For Maggie I'll get the one thing he listed for her, and bug the hell out of him til he gives me more so I can keep the gifts even- they're sisters after all.

With those three dealt with, I have four left. One is a stop tomorrow and quick, and the other three... Yeesh. I've no idea really. I'll figure it out though. I hope.

As I think I mentioned before, the Xmas party is going to be on the 7th of January. I'm currently thinking some sub sandwiches from Cousins as the food- prolly a beef, italian combo and turkey for the selection. I may bother someone to bring soup, and I may also make chili to round things out. Of course the usual snackage will be available, and [livejournal.com profile] firecatmn has offered cookies. Who am I to refuse? ;)

In other matters, I've seriously started on the editing process of the novel. Simply put, this is gonna be a pain, and I'm going to have to do some pride-swallowing (like sword-swallowing, but it hurts more), to get things right. I have a final target of 100,000 words or more, and I'm currently at 67,400. A ways to go, I know. Especially since there's one entire chapter that has to be rewritten.

I've already got about 3 or 4 new paragraphs for the first chapter, so woot there. Later today I have gaming, and as far as I know its the Desert World AD&D game- Of course, given that what I got done for the writeups was for the Western game, and even THAT isn't done. It'll be a fun night either way.
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Well, I'm back to writing the game-runs finally. I've started the first of the 'Western Tales' campaign writeups, and after that I'll get the last Desert World run done. I missed the second Western adventure, but Scotty says he'll get something for me to post.

Tonight, maybe, I'll be Xmas shopping. any last minute ideas would be useful of course, if you're amongst the 31 people I'm buying for this year. I've MASSIVELY reduced the amount I'm spending, but I may vary the amount from the $10 base I'm allocating per person if I see reason to. With luck, I'll get 80% of the shopping done in one go, with the rest being done online or at a later date. Later this week I'll be putting the tree up- I think red lights this time.

And lastly, I will be printing out my NaNoWriMo story to start the editing. I've always done better with a hardcopy for that, I dunno why.
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A book that Scotty loaned me- 'The Art of War For Writers' by James Scott Bell. VERY good and quite useful for a beginning writer like me. I've gone through it once, and I'm most of the way through a second reading. I plan to go through it at least one more time before I return it, and I think I need to get a copy for myself as well. Some of the exercises gave me an idea for a scene which I wrote out, but I'll be damned if I know what I'm gonna do with it.

The novel-prep continues, but I've been pretty stalled since I got sick. Basically, I think I need a brainstorming session to bounce ideas with someone to get enough to start. I wanna know what's going on before I start this time so I can pace things right!

Lastly, I'm likely to get the Desert World writeup done in the next few days, worst case Saturday morning when I'm working overtime. That's about all that's going on now, other than me slowly recovering from being sick.
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We had the latest run last night, and a formerly lost player has returned! Scotty G, who was off doing skool-stuf has returned! His character is an Elven Rogue named Whispervine- this seems to be his last name, and he's playing it close-to-the-chest with the other characters for now.

We had a blast once again, and ALSO once again nearly got exterminated by one of the encounters- a clay golem! We only survived because I'd 'only' been driven to -3 hit points, and woke up three days later! The others weren't bleeding, and so under the 2nd Edition rules they didn't die either! I'll have the writeup done at some point, but no promises- I have to get more work done on the prep for the novel-attempt next month.

Oh- Mr. G. DID read my story (Thief of Luck) and gave me some good observations and critique to take into account for my writing, and Scotty L. Loaned me a book on writing that may help as well. We play again in two weeks, and we'll finish off the Desert World run before returning to the normal game schedule with Traveller!
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Here's the latest run of the Desert World 'dungeon hack' that the Sunday Group is playing in. Enjoy!

Desert World 04- Progress Mysterious )
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We played the second meet of the 2nd Edition game last night, and it was fun... Other than nearly having the party wiped out by carnivorous frogs with inch-long daggerlike teeth. O.o

Honestly, it was fun. I think we'll do better when we have our missing fourth member along, so he can suck up his fair share of the pain! For the run I made chili, Scott provided corn bread (god I love corn bread with chili and beer!) and hot dogs, and Ben brought Root beer float fixings. We all were well-fed, and I look forward to the next run in two weeks.

I should have the writeup done before then- I was just frazzed at work last night so I didn't write anything. I should also get going on the last Horror writeup, and work more on the Harun story.

Tonight I'll be making steak and peppers for dinner, and just be lazy- for some reason I'm completely out of energy. O well, I'll wake up eventually.
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Okay, I fiddled a LOT with the story of Nerash's escape from his tribe. I added perspective from another character, some information on the who's any why's of the event, and did a little cleanup on the story in general. So, second draft I guess. I'd appreciate feedback!

Nerash- Fourth Year Fated (Mk. II) )

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