since NaNoWriMo is coming up

[geekchick]

Today is Sweetmorn, day 9 in the season of The Aftermath, 3271.

A few tips for aspiring participants:

• If you're writing a fantasy novel, take the exam first. (via bookslut; these is the site that has the "Book-A-Minute" summaries too.)
  
• For inspiration, try to read these lines, culled from various sf, fantasy and horror titles. (also via bookslut)
  
• And remember, you can never go wrong with dinosaurs and sodomy — so long as you achieve the proper balance.
  

Comments

[patgreene.livejournal.com]

I love Connie Willis. I have read Doomsday Book oh, probably four times. And the "She could embroider and milk a cow" never struck me as odd, perhaps because in context it made sense.

My personal favorite is in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, when Dumbledore says to Harry, at the end, "The reason you can speak Parselmouth is because Voldemort, who really is Slytherin's last remaining ancestor, can speak Parselmouth..."

[geekchick]

"She could embroider and milk a cow" never struck me as odd, perhaps because in context it made sense.

She could embroider a cow? =) Haven't read it, don't know the context.