The Writing Life, such as it is...
Jun. 1st, 2005 08:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lagilmanHaven't been able to write every day, but when I do I'm averaging about 1500 words, so not too bad.
Today was an amusing bit, though, where the story swerved off to introduce a new character who wasn't in the outline, and yet not only brings in another aspect of the Retriever universe, but also may appear in future book as a reoccuring character.
She is also based, physically, on someone having a birthday today. Totally coincidental. Really.
On the one hand, it's always disconcerting when the story swerves off-outline like that. On the other hand, the stuff that comes out is always pretty cool.
In other news, had a conversation with a car service that, I swear, came directly out of a Monty Python routine. I get a call from the driver, who wants to know where I am. Huh? They had it scheduled for today. I tell the driver "thanks, but I'll see you on Saturday" (which was when the reservation was made for) and call the dispatcher. What follows is more or less verbatim:
"Yes, we have a reservation for tonight..."
"Except the reservation wasn't for tonight, it was for Saturday."
"Right."
(more confusion, finally strightened out about the actual date)
"You're in the car now?"
"No! Why would I be in the car now, when the reservation was for Saturday the 4th?"
"Right. That's a reservation for 4 pm in Manhattan..." "NO! 6pm in NJ, going TO Manhattan!"
"Right. 6pm in Mahattan..."
*facepalm*
And two of the four felines really, really need to take a valium. Take a guess which two.
Today was an amusing bit, though, where the story swerved off to introduce a new character who wasn't in the outline, and yet not only brings in another aspect of the Retriever universe, but also may appear in future book as a reoccuring character.
She is also based, physically, on someone having a birthday today. Totally coincidental. Really.
On the one hand, it's always disconcerting when the story swerves off-outline like that. On the other hand, the stuff that comes out is always pretty cool.
In other news, had a conversation with a car service that, I swear, came directly out of a Monty Python routine. I get a call from the driver, who wants to know where I am. Huh? They had it scheduled for today. I tell the driver "thanks, but I'll see you on Saturday" (which was when the reservation was made for) and call the dispatcher. What follows is more or less verbatim:
"Yes, we have a reservation for tonight..."
"Except the reservation wasn't for tonight, it was for Saturday."
"Right."
(more confusion, finally strightened out about the actual date)
"You're in the car now?"
"No! Why would I be in the car now, when the reservation was for Saturday the 4th?"
"Right. That's a reservation for 4 pm in Manhattan..." "NO! 6pm in NJ, going TO Manhattan!"
"Right. 6pm in Mahattan..."
*facepalm*
And two of the four felines really, really need to take a valium. Take a guess which two.
