Dear Shell,
I'm working on the revision/rewrite/editing on Hideaway Inn, as I think I've mentioned in a post before this. I'm looking at changing the beginning of the story. This is the possible beginning:
Long white candles burned, the flames flickering eerily against the shadows of the room. The lone occupant of the room crossed over to a small ornate wooden chest on the fireplace mantle. Reaching into her pocket, she pulled out golden key. With a sigh, she glanced over her shoulder at the circle of clear crystals on the hardwood floor before turning back to the chest. The key slid easily into the lock, turned smoothly. She paused again before lifting the lid.
“I hope this is worth it.” She muttered in a low voice.
A soft glow came from within the chest. Her hand dipped into the chest and pulled out a fist-sized, smooth onyx crystal. The crystal felt warm in her hand, the warmth seeming to pulse with her heartbeat.
That is what I have so far, I'm looking at how to incorporate it into the current beginning.
Shell
Monday, December 14, 2009
Friday, December 4, 2009
Packing and all that Jazz
Dear Shell,
I have too much stuff. Plain and simple. Too. Much. Stuff. Yet, I cant seem to make myself get rid of it. Well, I did throw out a couple things today while packing stuff up. But only a couple. I need to throw out more, but it's so hard!
I have four or five boxes of books packed up so far, one is a huge box. They contain about four authors worth of books. That's it. FOUR authors. I made a good dent in the bookshelf, but I think it would take a good ten or more boxes, more like twenty, to pack up all the books. I'm going to take some to Goodwill, once I sort through what's left and decide which books I know I would enjoy reading again.
The majority of the breakable items, such as figurines, collectible plates, carousel horses, and such have been packed. Some of the glasses and plates packed. Pictures taken off the walls and packed.
Yet the house still looks the same! Well not completely, the walls are bare of pictures now, but it really does not look like I've made a dent in anything!
The hard part is deciding what can be packed now, and what needs to wait til the last minute. And convincing my brain of it. My brain keeps arguing that You might need that in the next two weeks" while the rest of me is saying "OMG I ONLY HAVE TWO WEEKS TO PACK!"
Less than two weeks for some of it if I want. The current owners are moving out immediately (the moving truck is coming the same day we close on the house). So the next day, we can start moving our stuff in. I'll probably take loads, and loads, and loads of boxes over as soon as possible. We are going to try to get carpet cleaners in to clean the carpets before we move in, but there are places where i can stack up boxes without worrying about the cleaners.
Well, I should get back to packing. I'm running low on boxes again already, and I just picked up a few more today! (some were pretty small though).
Packing my life in boxes,
Shell
I have too much stuff. Plain and simple. Too. Much. Stuff. Yet, I cant seem to make myself get rid of it. Well, I did throw out a couple things today while packing stuff up. But only a couple. I need to throw out more, but it's so hard!
I have four or five boxes of books packed up so far, one is a huge box. They contain about four authors worth of books. That's it. FOUR authors. I made a good dent in the bookshelf, but I think it would take a good ten or more boxes, more like twenty, to pack up all the books. I'm going to take some to Goodwill, once I sort through what's left and decide which books I know I would enjoy reading again.
The majority of the breakable items, such as figurines, collectible plates, carousel horses, and such have been packed. Some of the glasses and plates packed. Pictures taken off the walls and packed.
Yet the house still looks the same! Well not completely, the walls are bare of pictures now, but it really does not look like I've made a dent in anything!
The hard part is deciding what can be packed now, and what needs to wait til the last minute. And convincing my brain of it. My brain keeps arguing that You might need that in the next two weeks" while the rest of me is saying "OMG I ONLY HAVE TWO WEEKS TO PACK!"
Less than two weeks for some of it if I want. The current owners are moving out immediately (the moving truck is coming the same day we close on the house). So the next day, we can start moving our stuff in. I'll probably take loads, and loads, and loads of boxes over as soon as possible. We are going to try to get carpet cleaners in to clean the carpets before we move in, but there are places where i can stack up boxes without worrying about the cleaners.
Well, I should get back to packing. I'm running low on boxes again already, and I just picked up a few more today! (some were pretty small though).
Packing my life in boxes,
Shell
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