Archive for the ‘writing’ Category
D Kai Wilson on August 11th, 2008
This last week we’ve chilled, we’ve cleaned, we’ve played Sins of a Solar Empire. I really miss the kids, but they’re having a blast. They’ve been to Loudon Castle, Leith Water World, and are going to the zoo and doing lots of fun stuff with thier dad. The smallest is behaving fairly well - which is great.
So we’ve got some great stuff lined up for the rest of the week.
Monday: more house stuff - silly games in the evening
Tuesday: More house stuff - Twilight spa in the evening (my beloved and I are going)
Wednesday (free) - Agone in the evening
Thursday - (free) - Dark Knight at the IMAX
Friday - (free?) - Mama Mia!(or something else) with Sara
Satuday - Collect the kids near Leeds.
It’ll be good to have them back, of course, but we’re fitting in a lot between now and then, which is also cool. Most of it involves cleaning, decluttering, and more - we’ve got boxes of linens that we’re going to donate to the local charity shop, books and some other stuff - I’m guessing that I’ll have much more to donate over the next couple of days as I clean out cuboards and more. We’ve been here two years so anything still in boxes will be going in the bin/on ebay/to the charity shop - depending on how it looks, and how useful I think it is to other people. I don’t ebay much, so it’ll be interesting to see how that goes.
I’m also going to fit lots of writing in, where I can. I’ve got some stories that need finished, and I’m determined to finish at least two 30 day outlines. Which means less Sins, unfortunatly. It’s such a fun game, but once you get playing, time just kinda slips away. We’ve finished three 5 hour+ games this weekend.
D Kai Wilson on July 28th, 2008
It occurred to me whilst setting up my deadlines for the next set of stories I#m going to aim to write that I could share my ‘deadlines’ with other people.
So, I’m going off to set up a couple of programs to do a couple of things, and tie it in with one of my older sties - so if you’re interested, let me know.
What will probably happen is when I do my updates, depending on what sort of deadlines you’re interested in seeing (I tend towards horror and erotica, but if it’s a successful ‘thing’ I could be convinced to add others).
Oh and Heather, there are six (count em, SIX) zombie anthologies, story call outs, halloweeny things and more coming up. I’ll email you em later if you want. All around a month away, giving you (and me!) plenty of time to attack them if we so choose 
For the moment I’ll be posting a plan static list on semiskimmedcola.com though, so feel free to head over and have a peek. And if you want to find your own deadlines to approach, check out duotrope - it’s got some really nice listings for some really cool stuff.
D Kai Wilson on July 27th, 2008
I’ve spent the last week thinking.
Not writing - not coding - not messing with websites. Thinking.
I’ve come to the grand conclusion that I don’t know what I am any more. I mean, yes, I’m a mother, writer, fiancee to my beloved, bipolar…I don’t think coding and webmistress should be missed off of there, but sometimes, I wish it was.
But mostly, I’ve forgotten how to write - how to immerse myself in story worlds that I adored. How to find the words to describe the images in my head - to excorise them, and move on to new ones. I’m *supposed* to be a writer. Why can’t I write?
So, that’s what I’ve been working on. Working out why I’m only writing scraps. Pushing on with the scraps.
So, at the moment, what I am is a wanabee. I wanna write. I will get to again - but for the moment, I’m fixing the little fractures, and the big cracks.
D Kai Wilson on July 21st, 2008
The first week of the holidays just started - so far, the wee fella has played in a 1500 point game of Warhammer 40K, madame has baked a cake, and we’ve all painted models and I’m now settling down for a day of work. Tomorrow we’re (hopefully) going swimming, depending on the weather (weather looks fine tomorrow!) - but I’m not sure whether it’s a good idea- I’ve never taken them both swimming on my own before. Having said that, it’s an outdoor pool, and if I keep them both in the kids pool, I’m sure it’ll be ok.
On the Kushka front - I think it’s fair to say that she now owns the house. We’ve found her in bed with us several times, and she’s incredibly affectionate, but moreso when she’s expecting to be fed ;).
She’s very purry though, which is nice - I get lots of kisses and nibbles, though, I really wish I could work out what she spends most of her day yowling at - she ’sings’ a lot, even when she doesn’t want stroked or played with. I think she’s just used to making a nise cause she’s lonely.
On the writing front….check out semiskimmedcola It’s far more interesting, trust me.
