Lionheart’s First Milestone

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With Blood Bound, I found I had four main milestones before finishing: these were at the point of the story where the total was 10k, 20k, 40k or 60k words.

And today I have reached the first of those milestones for Lionheart. I have reached 10 000 words, and have clocked over into having a five digit wordcount for this story.

So hooray! *dances*

(Oh, and as explanation for the variant of the poopcat meme, and why it says 9000 instead of 10 000, the explanation for the “It’s Over 9000!” meme is available on KnowYourMeme.com. I think I may have found a new addiction.)

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Linkity Link

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I need to meet more people.

I was sitting at my computer, like I seem to be doing for the majority of my time these days, mindlessly searching. “Searching for what?” you might ask. Well, my answer is a pretty simple one.

“People.”

For a blogger, I think I’m both insulated and divided. I’m insulated because, well, I don’t “talk” (read: comment) to many other people, and other people don’t talk back. And I’m divided because I hang in three main groups, in three different places. I follow authors on my livejournal, book bloggers via On The Nightstand, and everyone else here at Catherine-Haines.com.

It’s an odd feeling, as sometimes I feel like I am at least two different people, if not three. And that all of them are very lonely. I/We all sit around and lurk on various places. I/We want to comment, but it’s hard to find something that I/we have something to say about.

And I know everyone hates really simple one-liners, those “love the layout!” comments that don’t match the entry. So it’s back to lurking once more.

That’s why I am writing this post. I know you have to give a little to get a little. What I want to get is communication, blogs to read and blogs to comment on, and I suppose communication is what I can offer to give back. But what I would like from you is a starting point.

Who do you follow, who do you read? Those who do know me, who do you think I should follow, that I might like?

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First Line Meme

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There is a meme going around writer blogs at the moment, thanks in part to a post over on Fangs, Fur and Fey. Basically, you post the opening lines to your finished works and WIPs.

Alright then, here we go!

 
Blood Bound: I didn’t believe in vampires until my brother came home from college as one of the undead.1

Bones: It was supposed to be the beginning of a new stage in her life, not the end of it.

He Came From The Sea: According to his older siblings, the humans called it a “body board”.2

Lionheart: Despite the fact that March was technically spring, the cool, gray day made it feel more like winter.

The Superhero Diaries: “You okay up there?”
 

There would be more posted here, but Mirror, Mirror was not written at all because I intended it to be my NaNo project; now The Circled Green has that honour instead. And as for the other ideas in my head? Sadly they’re just that. Some do have opening lines – Earthshakers has one – but nothing has actually been written written yet.

  1. I know the one on the writing page is different, but this is the one I like best, and so do a lot of other people. The opening is being rewritten for many things, but restoring this line is a big part of it. []
  2. This story mainly exists as a prologue and half a first chapter. The idea is fleshed out and ready to go, but unfortunately it’s sitting on the side for the moment. Too many other projects at the moment. []
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