ext_36738: (Default)
[identity profile] krisserci5.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] ci5_boxoftricks
So another week has passed by. . . so quickly this time – I think we got shorted a day!

So, let's check out the state of our nails. . .

Are they trimmed and perfect, busily striking the keyboard?

Are they worn down to the nubs . . . War and Peace has nothing on you?

Have they tested your teeth enamel as you bite them off?

Are they slightly dirty because you escaped to the garden because pulling weeds was more exciting than the blinking cursor?

Have you wandered into this post thinking where are the grooming hints?

Let's us know what's up.

And if you have started on your toenails, we need to talk!

Date: 2019-03-27 09:03 pm (UTC)
ext_1241: (bob's bath)
From: [identity profile] jat-sapphire.livejournal.com
Still reading. STILL reading. I made it to the 18th century in the Ackroyd book (Queer City), so I'm gaining on the time period I want. Slowly.

Date: 2019-03-28 02:17 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] merentha13.livejournal.com
Progress is progress - fast or slow!

Date: 2019-03-28 01:12 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ci5mates.livejournal.com
This post cracked me up, very entertaining matey!

***shakes pom poms with freshly manicured nails*** Only because I'm not writing this year ;)

Date: 2019-03-28 06:02 pm (UTC)
cyanne: (Pros Bodie & Doyle)
From: [personal profile] cyanne
Readers make good writers and as long as you're enjoying it, it's all good.

Date: 2019-03-28 06:20 pm (UTC)
ext_1241: (bob's bath)
From: [identity profile] jat-sapphire.livejournal.com
Thanks. I know I'll get good ideas for other stories as well, but the darn book is so compressed (covering 2000+ years and all) that it's lower in writable ideas than I hoped.

Date: 2019-03-28 06:24 pm (UTC)
ext_1241: (bob's bath)
From: [identity profile] jat-sapphire.livejournal.com
Not sure I'd say "enjoying" the read. So many of the historical records are court records and scandal sheets that the accumulation of abuse and assault is tiring. But thanks for the encouragement! I'm in the 19th century now. Did you know Guardsmen were known to visit a particular molly house and dance cheek to cheek? Gotta be an AU there.

Date: 2019-03-28 06:47 pm (UTC)
cyanne: (Pros Bodie & Doyle)
From: [personal profile] cyanne
Oh yeah, I can see how that will wear you down after a while. I did not know that about the Guardsmen, but I like the way you think. *g*

Date: 2019-03-28 07:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ubicaritas9.livejournal.com
I'm using my broken and nibbled nails to continue to pull out last week's hair...
After managing a good solid block of writing time last weekend, things have gone pear-shaped again, and my notebook remains in my backpack (normal people carry a purse... I carry a large industrial-strength backpack with work files and right now, three writing project notebooks)...
I'm trying to vision things through in my head on my morning and evening commutes... but since I drive for an hour on the busiest stretch of highway in North America on my journey to and from work, this isn't always such a good idea...
Looking forward to the weekend, where I may manage to scratch together a bit more writing time.

Date: 2019-03-29 03:09 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dawnebeth.livejournal.com
Fingernails are, as usual, uneven but quite clean since as a nurse I wash my hands at work a dozen times an hour.

My problem is that I am highly distractable when writing--like right now, I did just finish a sentence in my story, but it's like eat some yogurt (and spill it on my Doctor Who shirt) go chat with my kid, write a sentence, play an online game, write a sentence, more yogurt, write half a paragraph...all my stories are like this!

Date: 2019-03-29 07:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mohan singh (from livejournal.com)
good morning guys

Date: 2019-03-29 03:24 pm (UTC)
ext_9226: (Default)
From: [identity profile] snailbones.livejournal.com



Hmmmm... toenails?

Date: 2019-03-30 12:56 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] merentha13.livejournal.com
I always seem to get my best ideas when I have nothing to jot them down on, too - like when driving.

Hope the weekend brings lots of words and ideas!

Date: 2019-03-30 12:58 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] merentha13.livejournal.com
Don't make us send in the ferrets and stoats to keep you on task! :-)

Date: 2019-03-30 12:59 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] merentha13.livejournal.com
No, no - Not allowed yet...

Date: 2019-03-31 01:33 am (UTC)
cyanne: (Pros- Bodie Doyle close)
From: [personal profile] cyanne
Hope this weekend is good for you and you get a chance to rest and write a bit. I always seem to get ideas when I'm falling asleep, and then I never can remember them the next day.

Date: 2019-03-31 01:34 am (UTC)
cyanne: (Pros Bodie & Doyle)
From: [personal profile] cyanne
Yes, but all of those sentences add up to paragraphs and paragraphs add up to stories. You'll get there, one piece at a time.

Profile

ci5_boxoftricks: (Default)
Box of Tricks

2022 schedule

February 1: Writer sign ups begin
March 1: Writer sign ups close
May 1: Artist sign ups begin
May 31: Artist sign ups close
July 1: Writers’ rough drafts (6,600 words minimum)/full outlines due. Story summaries also due
July 9: Artist Claims Day. Artists will claim stories based on anonymous story summaries, first come, first served
September 23: Final stories (10,000 words minimum) and artwork/vids due
October: Posting begins

Many thanks to the one and only [personal profile] norfolkdumpling for creating our banner, icons and comm layout.

October 2022

S M T W T F S
      1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819 202122
23242526272829
3031     

Style Credit

Expand Cut Tags

No cut tags
Page generated Jul. 4th, 2025 08:42 pm
Powered by Dreamwidth Studios