3 things that get tossed under the bus in November/December

1) Blog posting.

2) Washing the dishes (*sigh* I miss the days when I had a working dishwasher)

3) Anything else that isn't writing related (for November) or present making related (for December).

On the plus side I've got all my Jelly and plates of cookies done. I even got the knit scarf for my cousin done. All I have to do is finish up the last of the Christmas cards and I'll be done! (For now at least).

4 Things to do when your NaNo Novel gets stuck

1) Kill some one. Works like a charm ;-)

2) Send the main characters back to November 1492 England. Why there? Why then? I have no idea, that's what you have to find out.

3) Have your main character start singing "99 bottles of pop on the wall", Keep repeating until you come up with something better.

4) Abandon your main characters and follow the story of the time traveling squirrels that live under the porch.

9 Tips for B movie characters

1) If you're walking with a group of friends in a dark scary forest and one of them turns around and says "Hay, where did everyone else go?" That's your cue to run.

2) I don't care how much you need the money, don't steal from a wizard.

3) Never trust the old guy who appears out of the forest promising to lead you out.

4) Beautiful, mysterious women are always trouble.

5) Always be respectful of your elders. Just because they look old and wrinkly doesn't mean that they can't wipe the floor with you.

6) If a local tells you "oh, that's a bad place" change your travel plans and don't go there.

7) If your friend runs back to camp out of breath and wide eyes saying there are monsters in the woods, don't laugh at him/her and got out there just to prove them wrong.

8) If a stranger is looking for new companions to go hiking with, find out what what happened to his previous companions before agreeing to join him.

9) If it seems too easy it's always a trap.

12 songs from my NaNoWriMo Soundtrack

1) The Wind That Shakes the Barley - Dead Can Dance (Lisa Gerrard)

2) Grand Old Lady - Battlestar Galactica Soundtrack

3) The Valley of the Moon - Lisa Gerrard

4) Ailein Duinn - Karen Matheson (Rob Roy Soundtrack)

5) Emmeleia - Lisa Gerrard

6) Space Weaver - Lisa Gerrard

7) Atlantia - Secret Garden

8) Abwoon - Lisa Gerrard

9) What Have You Done - Within Temptation

10) The Comforter - Lisa Gerrard

11) Forgiven - Battlestar Galactica Soundtrack

12) So Cold - Breaking Benjamin

A bit of an odd mix, but it's working for me :-)

5 of my favorite first lines

1. "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains."
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith (yes, it's blasphemy in Austen loving circles, but it is amusing).

2. "Frey Daly swatted at a fly buzzing her head as her left stiletto tottered on the gravel under her feet.... Dig that, she thought. Hell has a campground."
Wish You Were Here by Lani Diane Rich (very funny book)

3. "You could die here."
Beholder's Eye by Julie Czerneda (Czerneda is a skilled writer with a lovely voice)

4. "It was an odd-looking vine."
Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind (loved this book. Still on the fence about the rest of the series)

5. "Staring down the wrong end of a gun, Tess MacKenzie realized something she hadn't thought was possible: This lousy day could get worse."
Unearthed by C.J. Barry (C.J.'s book are all fabulous *love*)