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iolair

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I'm doing 35 things

2010 resolutions

I've done 22 things

iolair's Life List

1. write a novel and get it published
8 entries . 9 cheers 328 people
2. Memorise 14 bible passages
2 entries . 3 cheers 1 person
3. create a language
1 entry . 2 cheers 118 people
4. learn blender
1 cheer 52 people
5. Learn Romanian
1 entry 173 people
6. travel south of the equator
1 cheer 18 people
7. learn the constellations
1 entry . 1 cheer 563 people
8. Go on an African Safari
3 cheers 645 people
9. Read all the books on the BBC Big Read Top 100
1 entry . 3 cheers 231 people
10. Memorise "If" by Rudyard Kipling
2 cheers 3 people
11. see the northern lights
1 entry . 1 cheer 16,902 people
12. pray without ceasing
2 team members . 1 entry . 2 cheers 297 people
13. learn how to prepare 10 excellent meals
7 entries . 4 cheers 829 people
14. Drink a Purple Tropical Space Hamster
1 entry . 2 cheers 1 person
15. Go to bed by midnight every day for a week
1 entry . 4 cheers 32 people
16. See all the films that have won the Best Picture Oscar
2 entries . 3 cheers 304 people
17. Teach my children to appreciate art, passion and the beauty of nature
8 cheers 2 people
18. learn to cartwheel
57 people
19. Learn contact juggling
1 cheer 42 people
20. Make more spanish speaking friends
1 entry . 1 cheer 3 people
21. build a memory palace
2 entries 7 people
22. save the world
1 entry . 2 cheers 1,352 people
23. See Evanescence Live
2 cheers 37 people
24. get fit again
1 entry 54 people
25. lose 5 kg
2 entries 125 people
26. practice my clarinet more
1 entry 6 people
27. get a saxophone
1 entry 5 people
28. go to a ceilidh
1 entry . 2 cheers 1 person
29. Watch my entire DVD collection in Spanish
1 entry 1 person
30. learn how to use a quarterstaff
4 people
31. build a tardis
1 entry 5 people
32. Learn Japanese
1 entry . 2 cheers 9,736 people
33. go out on "date nights" with my spouse on a regular basis
1 entry 478 people
34. try snowboarding
1 cheer 121 people
35. Sell one of my photographs
38 people

Recent entries

write a novel and get it published (read all 8 entries…)

Second draft 5 days ago

Just getting started on it today :-) 750 words in the first hour.

Nov 19, 05:02AM PST | 1 cheer | 0 comments

write a novel and get it published (read all 8 entries…)

Shell-shocked - but yay! 4 weeks ago

I’ve just finished the first draft of my novel, a little shorter than I anticipated, at 74000 words – (I somehow had two copies of one of the chapters in there, which had bolstered the length. Whoops!)

I actually feel slightly shell shocked to have done it.
Now I’m going to print it, and put it away for a couple of weeks – then read, and start the rewrite.

Oct 22, 02:53AM PDT | 0 comments

write a novel and get it published (read all 8 entries…)

Untitled 1 month ago

I’m just writing the penultimate scene – the big action climax. I’d better not stop long – I’ll lose my momentum! After that, I just have the “tie up loose ends” kind of bit at the end.

Oct 06, 05:44AM PDT | 0 comments

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