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Having Fun with the Zokutou Word Meter
Jan. 28th, 2007 02:47 pmWriting
The poem (which currently clocks in at over 100 lines) and I called a truce so I could work on a short story that tumbled out of my brain in the wee hours as I was tossing and turning and decidedly not sleeping. The working title is "A Gold Star for Amy." No, it's not YA, or even the Higglytown Horror tale I mentioned earlier. It would best be described as magical realism, I think. It's flowing pretty well; I have 750+ words already, and will probably write more tonight.
Everything Else
Well, let's see, EB has the flu (fever, body aches, headache, sore throat, and sniffles, but thankfully no tummy issues) and YB has learned a bad word, which he delights in repeating. I'd like to say he learned it from his Seabee father, but the truth is I sometimes have a potty mouth, and it's biting me in the butt now. Hard. Anybody have any good strategies for getting them to unlearn bad words?
The poem (which currently clocks in at over 100 lines) and I called a truce so I could work on a short story that tumbled out of my brain in the wee hours as I was tossing and turning and decidedly not sleeping. The working title is "A Gold Star for Amy." No, it's not YA, or even the Higglytown Horror tale I mentioned earlier. It would best be described as magical realism, I think. It's flowing pretty well; I have 750+ words already, and will probably write more tonight.
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757 / 5,000 (15.1%) |
Everything Else
Well, let's see, EB has the flu (fever, body aches, headache, sore throat, and sniffles, but thankfully no tummy issues) and YB has learned a bad word, which he delights in repeating. I'd like to say he learned it from his Seabee father, but the truth is I sometimes have a potty mouth, and it's biting me in the butt now. Hard. Anybody have any good strategies for getting them to unlearn bad words?
