ClaireC

@rochellaine

😛 I do things like that all the time. Sometimes, if I’m actually talking, I’ll just say a word, which may or may not have anything to do with it 😀

@seekjustice Proof that I’m sleepy: I had the word “executioner” all ready to write in the previous post, but I couldn’t think of the word “execute” to go along with it, so I sat with my eyes closed for several minutes trying to think of the synonym for “put to death” even though all I had to do was remember the different form of the word “executioner”.

@rochellaine

Ah yes. I remember it now. Goodnight!

@seekjustice 😛

The Mikado is the one where flirting is made a capital offense but no one can be executed because the executioner himself is next in line to be executed, and he refuses to execute himself.

I’m sleepy, so goodnight. 🙂

@rochellaine

Anything to keep you going on Daughter of Judas 😛

I believe I have read the synopsis before, or you’ve at least told me about it.

@seekjustice Well, as expected, I got only 159 words in.  However, it does count as something. 🙂  Thanks for warring with me!  I’ll look forward to doing some more in the future, and getting back up to speed where I can almost keep up with you. 😛

@valtmy Ok.  Let me know when you do get a chance.  I’d love to hear your opinion on it. ;)…[Read more]

@rochellaine

I got 267, which is pretty much my normal count for 5 min. How did you go?

@seekjustice Go ahead. 🙂 I’ll time myself after I post this.

@rochellaine

Certainly 😀 Shall I put on my timer?

@seekjustice 😀 😀 I will fail miserably, but I’d love to try anyhow.  I usually find word wars help me through rough places, since I don’t think about how hard it is to write, but simply write. 😉

Unfortunately, I’m tired, so can we do a short, five minute war?

(And hooray for the Comic History of Britain! 😉 )

@valtmy Have you had a chance t…[Read more]

@valtmy

Yes. I usually do retellings of things I like quite a lot. And usually, it’s not so much that I think I have a better way of doing it, but just that I have a different way, which I’d like to explore.

No, I don’t think you should be. 😀 I also fail to see how Lancelot and Guinevere are romantic and not just plain selfish/stupid.

@rochellaine

I will more than happily word war with you, if you’d like that.

@seekjustice *rushes in* Did you say word war??!!  Am I too late?

@valtmy

Well, I’d be happy to let you read it before then.

Oh yes. that’s because I’m a brilliant writer and often read things and think “I could do so much better than this”. 😛

But yeah, I do a lot of retellings. I think I enjoy the challenge of taking something that people are familiar with and changing it. It’s kind of fun. 😛

Well, I…[Read more]

@valtmy

I find the Arthurian legends very interesting, and I especially enjoy playing with the older versions, which a lot of people have forgotten now. I haven’t seen Merlin but it does sound interesting.

Certainly! The competition deadline isn’t until March, I think, next year, but I tend to be a procrastinator, so I thought I’d get in early…[Read more]

@valtmy

Not the Lady of the Lake but the nymph/hand/creature that gives Arthur the sword.

Not all that many. 😛 this is only a short story that I’m planning on entering into a competition. Those are the sorts of things I work on in between drafting or editing big novels.

@valtmy

I know what you mean. I’ve hardly had any time for writing lately (partly my own fault).

A writing retreat sounds like a really cool idea. I’d love to do that myself one day. It’d probably help me focus on editing a little better 😀

I’ve actually been going pretty well with that. I got lunch made for my brothers and sister and a few…[Read more]

@valtmy

Sure! How’s things?

@rochellaine

Would you like a Word War? I know you’ve been dying for one for ages.

@rochellaine

I finished The Comic History of Britain 😛