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Re: THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL
« Reply #120 on: January 07, 2025, 05:43:00 PM »

Had a nice breakfast, got a couple of items from Gelson's and then came home.
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« Reply #121 on: January 07, 2025, 05:43:10 PM »

Page five? Really?
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« Reply #122 on: January 07, 2025, 05:46:12 PM »

Once home, I began futzing and finessing, which really took a long time to get things where they needed to be. As I got to the last two pages I'd written I wasn't happy with the a timeline again. So, I had to completely rethink everything involving a character I was introducing. I tried three different timeline adjustments but in researching them for the details I needed, realized they, too, weren't going to work. That wasted a lot of time - the research part.
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« Reply #123 on: January 07, 2025, 05:54:22 PM »

Once home, I began futzing and finessing, which really took a long time to get things where they needed to be. As I got to the last two pages I'd written I wasn't happy with the a timeline again. So, I had to completely rethink everything involving a character I was introducing. I tried three different timeline adjustments but in researching them for the details I needed, realized they, too, weren't going to work. That wasted a lot of time - the research part.


Better to have realized the problem early, though, isn't it?
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« Reply #124 on: January 07, 2025, 06:03:22 PM »

Then it finally hit me how to do it, and that actually made everything work. But it took more research. But I got it done and ended a chapter and began another. So, basically, if I can get five or eight pages done before I leave, then I can probably do more when I get home. For now, Muse Margaret will be getting 110 pages.
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« Reply #125 on: January 07, 2025, 06:04:26 PM »

One of the other things that occasionally slows me down is that when I start up on a new character, I get very involved with the personality of the character and the way they speak and so there was that, too.
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« Reply #126 on: January 07, 2025, 06:04:35 PM »

Back to work.
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« Reply #127 on: January 07, 2025, 06:08:39 PM »

I’ve started to take down the Christmas decorations.
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« Reply #128 on: January 07, 2025, 06:08:55 PM »

It will take time.
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« Reply #129 on: January 07, 2025, 06:09:39 PM »

Because I am now taking a break to watch The Fabulous Baron Munchausen.
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« Reply #130 on: January 07, 2025, 06:10:20 PM »

So different from Terry Gilliam’s version, which I also love.
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« Reply #131 on: January 07, 2025, 06:12:26 PM »

But the animation heavily influenced Gilliam’s work for Monty Python’s Flying Circus.
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« Reply #132 on: January 07, 2025, 06:24:18 PM »

Paying property taxes. Yuck.
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« Reply #133 on: January 07, 2025, 06:28:16 PM »

Today has been a long one.
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« Reply #134 on: January 07, 2025, 06:31:30 PM »

Both of my sisters received a lot of snow, but they still have power and are okay.
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« Reply #135 on: January 07, 2025, 06:32:11 PM »

Annaliese does have a slight cold.
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« Reply #136 on: January 07, 2025, 06:32:46 PM »

Both of my sisters received a lot of snow, but they still have power and are okay.

Power is good.
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« Reply #137 on: January 07, 2025, 06:33:51 PM »

A ginormous eagle-type bird has just made off with the Baron and dropped him into the sea, where he’s riding around with the fishes.
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« Reply #138 on: January 07, 2025, 06:33:54 PM »

We just received a call from Keith's cousin letting us know her brother is on his way home.  Not surprisingly there is lots of traffic so it is taking a long time.
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Re: THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL
« Reply #139 on: January 07, 2025, 06:34:11 PM »

I'll bet.
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« Reply #140 on: January 07, 2025, 06:34:17 PM »

One to grow on.
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Re: THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL
« Reply #141 on: January 07, 2025, 06:34:25 PM »

Glad friends and loved ones are safe thus far.
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« Reply #142 on: January 07, 2025, 06:34:35 PM »

97,000!
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« Reply #143 on: January 07, 2025, 06:34:41 PM »

It's nothing to mess about with.
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« Reply #144 on: January 07, 2025, 06:34:50 PM »

In my opinion.
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« Reply #145 on: January 07, 2025, 06:35:36 PM »

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« Reply #146 on: January 07, 2025, 06:36:22 PM »

I just read that Craig will not be returning to work tomorrow.  I wonder if the Baltimore schools will also be closed.

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« Reply #147 on: January 07, 2025, 06:36:33 PM »

Thinking of you DR Iris.
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« Reply #148 on: January 07, 2025, 06:36:46 PM »

CONGRATULATIONS, DR John G., on your lofty new perch in the HHW firmament!!!!
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« Reply #149 on: January 07, 2025, 06:37:16 PM »

One more.
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