I'm doing 43 things
Almost done :D
2 days ago
Got the submission requirements and sent off my file and filled out the little contract thingy.
If all goes well i can check this off my list in a few days. w00t.
SharonRosa's Life List
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1. Self-publish a book
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2. Move to a large city
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3. Volunteer overseas
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4. Win first place in an art competition
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5. Start a webcomic
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6. Learn esperanto
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7. learn to ride a motorcycle
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8. learn to play the bodhran
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9. Get an artist rep
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10. create atc cards (artist trading cards)
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11. Take another course in Russian
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12. Successfully complete Script Frenzy
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13. learn to fly
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14. Work on a Happiness Project every day for a month straight
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15. Learn lucid dreaming
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16. learn a programming language
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17. Learn to read tarot
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18. Learn to make ear cuffs
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19. Learn Dvorak
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20. learn to skateboard
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21. Switch to open source software
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22. Start a proper knife collection
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23. take fencing lessons
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24. Leash-train my cat
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25. Sponsor a child
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26. design a tattoo
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27. Decorate a Munny
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28. Start a sketchvlog
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29. Donate a print to Artists for Charity
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30. learn shorthand
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31. Memorise three Russian poems
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32. Visit at least one out-of-town art museum
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33. get a bonsai tree
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34. Learn to make borsch
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35. Learn to make shaverma
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36. climb a rock wall
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37. Anonymously buy someone a gift from eir online wishlist
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38. Get a solar power generator
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39. learn how to skip rocks
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40. Get one non-earlobe piercing
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41. Get My Ears Pierced Again
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42. dye my hair blue
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43. complete my 101 things in 1001 days list
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Recent entries
Submitted… now to wait.
5 days ago
I sent Connection off to Artists for Charity today… still have to wait around a bit and see if it’s accepted, send in the high-res version of the image, etc. But i’ve gone as far as i can on my own until i get contacted back.
…why oh why am i trying to write YA?
6 days ago
My original plan was to do this year’s NaNoWriMo, take a brief clear-my-mind-from-transdimensional-travel-writing break, and then choose from this and all my previous NaNos the perfect one to spend a few more months whipping into shape through copious editing.
I’m… still planning on finishing this year’s NaNo. Because i have been doing this every year since 2004, dammit; i’m not going to start losing now. But i can guarantee this one will not be amongst the novels i flip through in deciding what to edit.
Because i’m an idiot, and decided to do Young Adult novel this year. I did a Young Adult novel once before. It was called The Lost Prophecy of the Psychics and yes, the story was just as godawful as the title. Worse, actually. In fact, i changed the title specifically because the story simply couldn’t be left with an even remotely decent title. It was just too horrible. Apparently, i didn’t learn my lesson about writing YA.
I think i’m going to edit Angels Unaware – it’s my favourite novel thus far. The subplot has some wretched science in it but nothing quite as bad as the new Star Trek’s red matter. My alternatives are StarElf (accidentally deleted ages ago and i really don’t plan on trying to reconstruct it from memory), The Lost Prophecy of the Psychics (oh god no), The Insane (okay, but not my type. I don’t want to even read it again, much less spend months editing it), or Harold the Third, which is actually pretty good and may very well get done instead of Angels Unaware … well, whatever. Ten more days of writing Dragon Realm before i have to decide for sure.
