I *know* that I'm a girly girl - when I actually feel like putting in the effort

[mercy_angel_09]

First off, a meme from randomdiversion:

You Are 30% Boyish and 70% Girlish

Even if you're not a girl, you're very feminine. You're in touch with your feelings, and your heart rules you. A bit of a emotional roller coaster, one moment you're up and the next you're down. But no matter what, you try to be as cute and perky as possible.

How Boyish or Girlish Are You?

Blogthings: Our Quizzes Weren't Written By Bored 12 Year Olds

And now for actual updates. So tonight I'll fuss more with my hair, including pulling out the curling iron and styling product to see if I can fake a Georgian hairstyle. And that's Georgian as in the time period. Like, American revolution era. So. We'll give things the old college try tonight and then I can wash out all of the product tomorrow morning. Woohoo!

Today I really want to try and get that damn zipper installed, which may or may not involve calling my mother and having her come over to give me a hand. I may even just hem the dress today just to say that I accomplished something even if I don't get the zipper in. So expect my Twitter feed to be clogged with much swearing at the general direction of my dress and sewing machine. I have to custom install the zipper, especially since it's too long so I have to shorten it, which is something I've never done before and have no experience with. (Can you tell that I'm really not excited by this? Because I'm totally not.)

At least when it comes to NaNo I now have the main three characters, the other celebrities and four of the pro dancers. That leaves six more pro dancers, three judges and two hosts. I don't think I'm going to put a lot of work into background characters - I'll probably make a list of names and occupations, such as the band leader, director, director of photography, etc., who are part of the show but not really active in Trisha's world.

I suppose I should have lunch and then get back to working on the dress. I'll put the next volume of Last Exile in and listen to that as I continue working.

Comments

[randomdiversion.livejournal.com]

Can you help me figure out wtf to write about?

[mercy-angel-09.livejournal.com]

Well, aside from the rather cliched example of "write what you know" I would probably have to advise that you write about a topic that interests you. If you know it, that much better, but that isn't always the case. Last year I wrote a period piece set in an era I knew and understood, but still had to do a ton of research for.

I find that if the topic is something you know/something you're interested in, the less likely you are to abandon the project. At the very least, you'll be able to muck out the 50k.