Retrievers 4 update and random Lifery
Jan. 30th, 2006 11:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lagilmanBeen slow slogging, the past few days, mainly due to Personal Life things. Managed about 1200 words today, but I think I've also solved some of the structural problems that were digging uncomfortably and making me itch. Book four in an on-going series has all sorts of construction problems you don't get in a first or second or even third book; every time you extend the story, you have to make sure all the supports are in place and that they don't interfere with the flow of the floorplan. And, at this point, I've learned enough to (hopefully) build with an eye toward the fifth extension-to-come, as well.
I really, really want to go somewhere for two-three months and do nothing but build story. And occasionally emerge long enough to cook. Alas, Life insists on interfering.
On the plus side, I got a quick lesson in wine store CSI today -- I opened a (sealed) case of wine, only to discover eleven bottles, not the usual twelve. My boss took the opportunity to teach me how to determine if the case had been opened and bottles removed in transit, or if the case had been mispacked originally, and various other bits of shrink investigation. I wonder how long it's going to take before I use some version of this knowledge in a story....
I really, really want to go somewhere for two-three months and do nothing but build story. And occasionally emerge long enough to cook. Alas, Life insists on interfering.
On the plus side, I got a quick lesson in wine store CSI today -- I opened a (sealed) case of wine, only to discover eleven bottles, not the usual twelve. My boss took the opportunity to teach me how to determine if the case had been opened and bottles removed in transit, or if the case had been mispacked originally, and various other bits of shrink investigation. I wonder how long it's going to take before I use some version of this knowledge in a story....
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Date: 2006-01-31 05:43 am (UTC)http://tinyurl.com/d4mxk
Look on the right hand side of the page and find the little tiny camera. Click on it.Be sure to have the sound on.
Wine Store CSI
Date: 2006-01-31 02:00 pm (UTC)Re: Wine Store CSI
Date: 2006-01-31 02:20 pm (UTC)1. check the tape or glue seal you just undid, to make sure it matches the factory seal.
2. Look for a faint depression in the cardboard, where the bottle rested. This depends on the type o bottle, and how the case was packed, natch. Upright cartons have different indicators from sideways packing, and this assumes a cardboard box.
3. If it was packed in a wooden crate, there's a whole set of critera for nails and matching stencils to consider, as well.
4. Packing material. Is it intact? Has it been over-handled? Is any of it distinctly different from the usual?
Etc.
Re: Wine Store CSI
Date: 2006-01-31 02:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-31 03:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-31 06:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-31 10:26 pm (UTC)It's really inspiring, thanks for sharing your life with all of us.
*trudges off to see if he can work on his own stories*
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Date: 2006-02-01 12:25 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-02-01 12:27 am (UTC)And glad to be of 'umble service. I'm mostly just noting revelations as I make 'em, so if it's shining a light on the track for them as are following, that's a happy plus....
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Date: 2006-02-01 12:29 am (UTC)Sex first, then writing, is my advice... (and then, if partner hasn't died of neglect in the meanwhile, more sex to celebrate the writing. Or maybe a pizza).
Wine CSI
Date: 2006-02-03 06:59 pm (UTC)FF
Re: Wine CSI
Date: 2006-02-03 07:24 pm (UTC);-)