Clarion Update, Day 7 (and other things)

I have been a most boring correspondent recently, I know. Between dashing about while folk were in town for RWA, and teaching, and the ongoing work commitments, and G getting ready to head out for several (6!) weeks of work-travel, I haven't had much time to blog. I'm not sure that's going to change much in the next few weeks either. Twitter suits my dash-and-dart social networking windows better, right now. Say you still love me?

And yes, I've seen the season opener of Leverage, no worries. Although being sans TNT makes it tricky....

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Title: "Strong Earth"
Starting point: 1,100 words of outline
Goal: 20,000 words of story
Today: 562
Total words: 4680
Research: more timeline sorting, musical instruments


Excerpt:

“Be careful, girl,” her mother went on.... “The casualness with which we speak of this… it is an aberration, even within the family, since there are none to whom it is secret in this house. But where you go, no-one must know what you do, or how. They must not even wonder at it. It has not been so long since dark times reigned in these lands, and our Gifts would have been considered darkest witchcraft.”
"I understand.”
Her mother sighed, a worry-crease touching the clear skin of her forehead. “No, my dearest, I don’t believe that you do."



Dead Bodies: none
Wardrobe changes: one
Things magical: oh look, a grimoire!
Set changes: one

And we move from one location to the next, and the story ratchets up a bit...


For those of you who've donated to Clarion, thank you! If you're considering: http://www.theclarionfoundation.org/writeathon/wrtn-writerpage.php?writerID=4954

A PSA for those who use Dropbox...

EtA: Apparently, Dropbox, seeing the swell of WTF rising through the netverse, amended their new TOS to say "This license is solely to enable us to technically administer, display, and operate the Services." I'm still not reassured, considering the other potential legal problems with the wording, and how easily they can change that wording again, but it's a Mileage Varies scenario. Be aware, and make your decision.



For those of us who use DropBox: They've just changed their TOS. You might want to check out paragraph 5, and reconsider your patronage...

"By submitting your stuff to the Services, you grant us (and those we work with to provide the Services) worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicenseable rights to use, copy, distribute, prepare
derivative works (such as translations or format conversions) of, perform, or publicly display that stuff to the extent we think it necessary for the Service."


Do I need to explain why these terms are utterly unacceptable to writers, photographers, artists, and anyone else who creates content for sale/license?