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- 12:26 so RC was on the computer chair and IC wanted to share but she didn't want to share and after the dust settled IC was in sole possession #
- 12:28 RC has left the room and will either be found on the stairs or on our bed #
- 12:38 now RC has the computer chair again. she is looking out for IC but he is stealing my breakfast while i'm distracted by typing #
- 12:41 RC had her nose in the milk jug last night and when i yelled she looked hurt and disappointed. only protecting you, lactose-intolerant cat! #
- 13:04 so RC has the computer chair and IC has the back of my chair. okaaaay #
- 13:10 all now harmonious in catland as they are both snoozling #
- 13:47 uhoh chair wars are starting up again. IC is spinning RC #
- 13:49 now they are both on the chair. RC lunged at IC and in a surprise attack, licked his face #
- 15:00 ffox, stop rendering input as gibberish! #
- 15:03 well, that was more trouble than it needed to be #
- 15:11 husband will be interviewed on BBC Radio 7 tomorrow regarding his entry into The Chain Gang! he's first writer to be picked for series 1 &2! #
- 15:20 thought my book had finally arrived from @BloomsburyBooks but it's a lovely freebie from Faber@Faber: We Need To Talk About Kelvin #
- 15:20 i am but a stepping stone in RC's trawl #
- 15:21 and this great big heavy parcel must be husband's Camerwork order #
- 15:21 er, CamerAwork #
- 15:24 hmm, RC has just knocked down my new book from Faber&Faber. also my camera. yet the trawl continues--she's after prawn crackers #
- 15:28 IC has noticed that RC is eating something #
- 15:29 he's moving into position.... #
- 15:29 there goes my New Scientist #
- 15:32 after the trawl, the wash #
- 15:32 IC has found a Brazil nut. excuse me while i google to see if he can have it #
- 15:34 and apparently he can! lucky IC #
- 16:31 RC just emptied the contents of my bag all over the floor. enough you fuzzies! #
- 17:46 IC thinks i want to share my smoked cheese with him. he is WRONG WRONG WRONG #
- 18:18 will you making money people stop following me! i am a sqrl! #
- 18:26 no i said STOP FOLLOWING ME #
- 18:27 NOmoney NOSEO NOBritney JUST SAY NO #
- 18:28 right! I'm reporting you all for spam #
- 18:43 GO AWAY you makingmoney SEOSHIT BritneYPORNOS if you follow me i will report you faster than you can count your imaginary takings #
- 20:41 oh c'mon Star Trek Voyager--this is the plot of Wargames! #
- 20:43 with a little bit of Dark Star thrown in #
- 20:46 anyone out there seen Dark Star? #
- 20:48 'good for you! you've decided to clean the lift!' #
- 20:52 nobody remembers Dark Star? *feels very old* #
- 21:30 #litchat writing can be learnt #
- 21:31 #litchat well years ago Diana Wynne-Jones told me she was sure my next story would be better. definitely encouraged me! #
- 21:32 #litchat just be careful when slaughtering adverbs, cos not all ly words are adverbs and not all adverbs are ly words #
- 21:33 #litchat slaughtering adverbs is done a sentence at a time. do i need this 'carefully'? can i show the person being careful instead? or cut? #
- 21:33 #litchat almost any line can be trimmed. is trimmable. la #
- 21:34 #litchat yet is an adverb #
- 21:35 #litchat i think where craft comes into play is going to differ from writer to writer #
- 21:36 #litchat gerunds have their place. but i believe they cut gerundives ;) just don't overuse #
- 21:36 #litchat mostly i find that people who say 'never use x' don't know what x is anyway #
- 21:37 #litchat writers who outline may have employed craft at that point, even before starting to write! #
- 21:41 #litchat Explaining is when you add to 'Rachel closed her eyes and sank onto the bed' that 'She was tired'. duh, we knew that #
- 21:45 #litchat yes, that's what i have to remember when writing/editing...no dangling participles! #
- 21:46 #litchat what makes writing seductive? characters we care about, questions we want answered #
- 22:03 ty @EditorialDept #litchat #
- 22:07 #ff lit agents @ColleenLindsay and @Janet_Reid for snarky publishing help #
- 22:07 #ff @hprw and @nicolamorgan for great publishing help #
- 22:13 am seriously hoping this book will help me when it arrives! #litchat #
- 22:29 #litchat i want to learn more about writing but am often puzzled what to learn and how #
- 23:43 *beats BBC News with the clue-stick* it's ROYAL Navy not UK Navy ohmygod #FAIL #
- 23:44 #ff @littlefluffycat cos she's so sweet #
- 23:46 so many other tweeps you should #ff i can't list them all! @gudmagazine OF COURSE #
- 23:58 husband teased IC with my small duck torch. now IC thinks my small duck torch is a kitten toy. i am not pleased #
- 17:15 dear follower tweeps, yes i'm afraid i have been quiet and may continue to be so for a while. #gudslush is closed till January 2010 #
- 17:58 still no sign of the book i won from @BloomsburyBooks :( am afraid it has been eaten by Large Post Office Machine #
- 18:53 meh, upgrading Flash Player not my idea of fun #
- 19:40 every part of IC is growing except his head and his legs. what does this mean? #
- 23:27 hmm, i have 20/20 chickens #
- 23:56 oh for crying out loud ffox, do you *want* me to use another browser? stop bloody crashing #
- 14:54 twitpic.com/pzk4c - Zzzzzzzzzzzzz #
- 16:02 hmm, bowl of muesli equals sleeps. or maybe it's the two snoozling fuzzies #
- 18:43 why is there chocolate milk in 330 ml and 1 litr but nothing *reasonable*? #
- 08:55 awww, cat loves cop (video) news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8366386.stm #
- 14:09 welcome new followers! IC is Intruder Cat and RC is Resident Cat and GUD is #gudmagazine ! #
- 14:09 excuse me...i have to drop some pixels on some other pixels and pretend i am feeding fish #
- 14:42 RT @bengoldacre Small leaflet being posted through front doors in Islington. post.ly/CocC // also, the Queen is a lizard! #
- 16:14 go away christmas! don't want you, can't deal #
- 16:16 and bloody go away you white.n.ing spammers. i WILL report you so LEAVE ME THE FUCK ALONE #
- 16:16 meh #
- 16:28 have been trying for two hours to persuade self to get up and put kettle on. meh #
- 17:01 *headdesk* just told husband over the phone that i can't send IMs. so he asks me a question via IM. I CAN'T SEND IMS #
- 17:25 thx to everyone who gave me tea and cheesecake. feel better now. #
- 17:49 just managed to prevent RC drinking ordinary milk. she obviously doesn't remember it gives her awful gutache and makes her cry #
- 18:06 my dear friend Beth Bernobich has sold her YA novel 'Fox and Phoenix' to Viking!!! *happy dance* #
- 18:27 IC is discovering that half-grown cats do not get the same latitude as cute little kittens #
- 19:12 IC and RC are doing the trawl. no, there is no food for you! leave my chips alone! #
- 20:57 oh for heaven's sake star trek. for a series founded in equality you sure have a hell of a lot of misogynist aliens #
- 21:06 dear superstitious tweeps. quit fussing about 666 followers, friday 13th and 2012. kthxbai #
- 22:25 desperately need an app to filter out all tweets that mention Thgiving #
- 23:30 someone tweeted kitten. brain has gone all gooey #
- 00:05 kkkkkkittentuesday? *faints* #
- 01:09 anyway @PrecisionGrace there are plenty of people on Twitter who know a lot more about horses than i do! #
- 15:45 hmm, still no sign of my free book from Bloomsbury *sniffle* #
- 22:39 cannot believe Coca cola are using the same damn christmas advert again this year. cheapskates #
- 17:06 afternoon tweeps! today held less of the driving rain and thunder-black clouds. #
- 17:34 RT @bookviewcafe Today's special from Amy Sterling Casil: Imago - read it for free at www.bookviewcafe.com/ #
- 18:20 stop it, Firefox. just stop it right now! #
- 18:21 RT @bookviewcafe Today's Special from Vonda N. McIntyre: new chapter in Superluminal - read it for free at www.bookviewcafe.com #
- 18:43 two more contracts signed for issue 6 of #gudmagazine ! woot! #
- 19:12 oh, i like captain adelaide brown! can she have her own series? #
- 19:28 i'm not even wearing #shoes #
- 19:32 i meant captain brooke of course. she's great! #
- 19:58 oh you did NOT just do that captain brooke! no no no no nonno NONONONONO #
- 20:38 oh ffs neighbours it's nov FIFTEENTH not FIFTH #
- 20:41 wtf, Ross on Friends? you're THIRTY and your parents are paying for your wedding? you're *thirty* not three #
- 20:54 allo tweeps. yes i am still here. will be back to normal twittering asap #
- 20:56 welcome new followers! i am pretty quiet atm but it ain't always so. and watch out for @littlefluffycat -- she's too nice to be true! #
- 20:58 did not escape from Waterstones bookless today. bought xmas present for dad, and history book for meeeeeee! #
- 21:05 fortunately the staff in Waterstones seem to understand that you should just be left to stroke the books #
- 21:26 IC has reopened the self-service buffet in the hall by burrowing into a bag of shopping. bad IC #
- 22:56 all together now tweeps: KITTTTEENNNNNN! #
- 23:21 RT @bookviewcafe Today's Special from Vonda N. McIntyre: new chapter in Superluminal - read it for free at www.bookviewcafe.com #
- 10:44 one good thing about autumn--russet apples! #
- 13:32 oh well lunch won't cook itself #
- 15:40 RT @littlefluffycat Make Friday GUD. Really GUD. Pay what you want! tr.im/gudpwyw #
- 13:37 allo twitter #
- 14:27 sniffing out book decay: news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8355888.stm #
- 14:33 RT @charabbott: "I'm fed up with seeing some of our best novelists written off as 'chick lit'": bit.ly/2Qp6MG #
- 16:01 love it when RC and IC sit and wait for their snackses #
- 20:16 one end of the biscuit in my mouth and the other end in IC's. couldn't fight him off for laughing! #
- 21:48 asking about fiction markets got me share spam grrr #
- 01:49 RT @gudmagazine psst. want some GUD? some _great_ GUD? Pay what you want! tr.im/gudpwyw // longer post later ;) #
- 12:51 a novel without conflict is an ice-cream cone with no ice-cream #
- 20:56 would just like to wave at my Twitter friends. still reeling from the blow life dealt me, but haven't forgotten you. #
- 21:41 mmmmm....custard tart with extra nutmeg.....mmmmm #
- 21:11 driving unfamiliar roads in the dark and fog is quite stressful enough without YOU honking from behind, thx driver! #
- 13:01 doing some dull but necessary admin over at #gudmagazine #
- 13:47 RT @thebookslut Elizabeth Kolbert on why Superfreakonomic's global warming section is "horseshit." is.gd/4QTEc #
- 14:53 RT @nicolamorgan: For clarity, since certain ppl have misrepresented me I said u shld NOT have sex with editor. As in NOT. Got it? //not yet #
- 18:49 RT @ColleenLindsay Dear writers: When you submit a Word doc as a partial or full, turn off the track changes first. #pubtips #
- 21:20 they're just going to ignore European law? oh yeah, that'll work.... #
- 21:22 i'm thinking that the amount of research done into this CH4 mockumentary was about five minutes on youtube #
- 21:25 husband has decided enuff is enuff. we are no longer watching mockumentary #
- 21:30 husband and i seem to have swapped cats. he has IC; i have RC #
- 21:37 now the food bowls have cats #
- 22:47 IC looks like a ginger polar bear cub #
- 12:07 so what is the age of consent where Bella lives then? #
- 21:53 fed the fuzzies cos they were being so good, sitting by their bowls. is this new cat strategy? #
- 23:35 sometimes think it would be nice to be able to block hashtags #
- 23:37 cluster-something #
- 23:43 IC just carried off my monkey nut. i hadn't even finished cracking the shell. #
- 00:00 almost midnight. IC is still playing happily with the monkey nut he stole from me. amazing because he usually gets bored quickly. #
- 00:00 always difficult to know what a cat's favourite toy is going to be. RC's is squeegees. #
- 11:53 nearly got caught by a facebook phish. phew. narrow escape! #
- 20:07 I like this video by @timmaughan twitvid.com/65EC9 #
- 22:31 RT @TomYHowe It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into. ~ Jonathan Swift #
- 13:50 followees? #
- 14:07 IC is sleeping on my arm #
- 14:09 #ff @littlefluffycat because she's irresistible #
- 14:09 #ff @hprw because she has all the snow, baby #
- 14:09 #ff @nicolamorgan for the cool shoes #
- 14:09 #ff @harbles and @sockington because everyone needs to follow at least one cat #
- 14:13 #ff @bevrosenbaum and @beeveebee and @mbranesf and @robinmckinley and heck work it out for yourselves ;) #
- 14:14 you can't be born a writer if you're born illiterate. which we all are. ahem. #
- 14:15 and #ff @KateMayfield and you must follow @suelange and oh dear! so many great tweeps #
- 14:17 still trying to catch up with new followers :D to whom, welcome! RC is Resident Cat, IC is Intruder Cat, and GUD is a magazine! :D #
- 14:19 hey, new followers, if you've protected your tweets and there's nothing in your bio, i'm not going to send a request cos i don't know you! #
- 14:22 and #ff Donna_Carrick and @inkyelbows and @NadiaLee and @JoTreggiari and the wonderful @magneticcrow and @PrecisionGrace #
- 14:22 and, of course, #ff @gudmagazine and @kaolinfire :D #
- 14:22 sorry, i meant #ff @Donna_Carrick ! #
- 14:34 can't flip thro a .pdf. most annoying #
- 14:46 #fridayreads #fembook Installing Linux On A Dead Badger by the irrepressible @lucyasnyder and Beth Bernobich's Ars Memoriae #
- 14:55 thx to everyone who thinks sqrls are worth following :D they have their moments of quietude but they don't last #
- 15:26 is it wrong to mark as spam emails reporting non-delivery of spam? #
- 16:03 i think if you're just quietly reading a book, life should not suddenly thwap you with something bad #
- 18:42 ok, i have a weird problem with facebook. it keeps adding duplicates to urls. so if i'm going to the home page, it adds home.php twice. why? #
- 18:52 and none of the report-a-bug categories seem appropriate #
- 19:28 *closes facebook* *sulks* #
- 19:34 welcome new followers! IC is Intruder Cat and RC is Resident Cat and hey @truthisstranger i love your avatar :D #
- 22:31 #ff @Janet_Reid cos she's sharky #
- 23:09 okay fb so it's a known issue, but meanwhile my crops are withering! er, did i just write that? #
- 23:20 RC is snoozling on the computer chair but i don't know where IC is. judging from lack of yelling he is not helping husband with his photos #
- 12:44 RT @MJRose I'm getting paranoid. PW picks all male best bks Oprah picks all male bkclubs bks Glen Beck picks all male thriller writers WTF?? #
- 13:13 it's a shame to disturb a small fuzzy IC who's been loving me since midday, but food! must have food! #
- 13:17 oh dear i've been reinfested #
- 13:35 it passes belief that PW could engage in a gender-blind assessment and not choose a single book by a woman #fembook it ain't possible #
- 14:04 who the hell lets off fireworks at two in the afternoon? #
- 14:51 labels like 'women's lit' bug me #fembook like all other literature is for men? who are they kidding? #
- 15:25 #amwriting blurb for issue6. in theory. #
- 16:08 gah. hate this MUST DO IT NOW feeling when i *can't* do it now #
- 16:11 hah! gotcha! sheesh, Murky Depths #10 arrived today and i haven't had a chance to open it yet.... #
- 16:13 i meant of course @lucyasnyder's escaping book. which has now been recaptured. #
- 16:14 RT @bookviewcafe Today's Special from Ursula K. Le Guin: Supermouse! - read it for free at www.bookviewcafe.com #
- 17:27 apparently when i found @lucyasnyder's book i lost my phone #
- 19:28 i think i need two clones of self. one can review books while the other cleans the house #
- 19:52 seem to be developing some kind of book cult around here #
- 20:05 IC curious about fireworks, but not scared (so far) #
- 23:23 minor panic here at castle sqrl: opened the front door and IC shot out into the night. wow this is fun thinks IC AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH #
- 23:24 IC has now been recaptured. phew #
- 23:25 don't think i've ever shrieked husband's name that way before. not even when he pinned me against caravan with LandRover #
- 23:28 wouldn't have been quite so upset had it not been the *front* door that has a drive and then a Very Busy Road. oh foolish IC #
- 00:00 #fridayreads #fembook read @lucyasnyder 's Installing Linux on a Dead Badger, hilarious short stories! #
- 12:25 sent out contracts for issue6 of #gudmagazine !!!! #
- 12:54 and having to send the contracts for #gudmagazine iss6 out again, cos i made a small mistake. all right, a large mistake! live and learn :D #
- 13:32 bless the little contracts #
- 13:32 hehehe. yes, sadly, it was the people who were quickest who were affected. #
- 16:31 RT @jodimeadows: Eee! Look, guys! It's @robinmckinley! Please go make her feel welcome. Then buy her books. #
- 16:37 Say NO to negativity #
- 16:43 RT @AskAVetQuestion: Know anyone whose dog has Degenerative Myelopathy? Help! bit.ly/Zmzqe #
- 20:05 serious case of book love in Waterstones today. check it out: tinyurl.com/ybvehcu #
- 20:43 husband is valiantly working around the cat planted directly in front of the monitor. it's IC, of course. #
- 21:34 conversations chez sqrl: me: out of the way, fuzzball! IC: nom nom nom me: stop biting my feeeet! #
- 10:33 good morning twitter #
- 11:32 #gudmagazine announces its Grand Pumpkin-Carving Contest winners! tinyurl.com/ye7fnpf admire! congratulate! :D (pls RT) #
- 12:10 RT @simonschusterUK CALLING REVIEWERS! Do you review history books in your blog? A fan of the Crusades? If so, dm email address? PLS RT! #
- 12:13 CafeNirvana
RT @CafeNirvana OMG gggrbblsshh *died from cuteness* RT @ICHCheezburger: Video: Newspaper Kitteh bit.ly/47Qqq2 // awww # - 12:37 a character needs to be a person not a list of traits #gudslush #
- 12:41 don't start with a description of a character laced with backstory. start with a character in a situation #gudslush #
- 21:23 can't help wondering why i feel as if i've been steam-rollered. repeatedly. #
- 21:27 hey, winners of the #gudmagazine #gudhalloween grand pumpkin carvery, why are you not emailing us to demand your prizes??????? #
- 21:31 i meant @hprw #
- 22:29 dear @littlefluffycat i shall try to send you your prize again tomorrow *hugs* #
- 01:14 amityville horror is very silly film #
- 10:05 good morning twitterites. sqrl is here. thankyou everyone who tried to help with Strange Vertical Lines :) i will report later #
- 10:42 sometimes poetry could use a little show too #gudslush #
- 11:13 POV slips can undermine an otherwise good piece. try to stick with one viewpoint character at a time #gudslush #
- 11:32 stating the obvious isn't very engaging #gudslush #
- 11:42 fuzzies have disappeared again. guess the lack of food didn't engage them #
- 11:45 FOCUS #gudslush #
- 11:48 glib can work for a character, but it doesn't work for the narrator...and what a subject to be glib about! #gudslush #
- 11:51 fascinating story idea, but the writing lets it down :( #gudslush #
- 11:56 sweet story, but not well enough written, alas #gudslush #
- 11:58 it's a story, not doggerel. watch out for repeating rhythms, constructions, word choices.... #gudslush #
- 12:01 umm, well, writer tweep, i hate to contradict you, but no we're not #gudslush #
- 13:37 i shouldn't be so exhausted. i know i've had a cold but it wasn't a bad one #
- 14:24 need.foood, #
- 15:10 IC is very clingy today. But not too clingy to investigate Spooky and Suspicious Noises #
- 15:21 now IC has boinged off once more and i can type, i've forgotten what the heck i was meant to be doing #
- 15:53 no FireFox dear you cannot have ALL the memory #
- 17:47 RT @PuffChrissy My book is available as PDF w/ 5 stories not in print version. $5. PayPal button at the bottom of my site: www.cadumais.com #
- 17:54 evidently at the top of my to-do list for today is 'snuggle IC. a lot' #
- 17:57 tomorrow #gudmagazine will announce the winners of its Grand Pumpkin-Carving Contest! just time to enter tho...tinyurl.com/yfh6nl5 #
- 22:44 *waves limply to twitter* #
- 23:38 the return of the sqrl icon, as promised #
- 00:29 so when it comes to these different-coloured vertical lines on the screen to my laptop, what's failing? screen or graphics card? #
