Movies

There are (at least) two movies coming out this month that I badly want to see in theatres: Shoot 'Em Up (opens this weekend), a Clive Owen action movie in which he's very deadly with many guns...and a carrot; and Resident Evil Apocalypse (yes, I have a terrible weakness for sci-fi/horror movies with ass-kicking female protags), which looks like it will be an excellent apocalyptic follow-up to the other zombie movies.

I like seeing movies in company, and Phil doesn't like seeing movies in the theatre. Anybody interested in going to a movie with me? Phil may or may not come along--it depends on how he's feeling about movie theatres on the day of, and whether or not he's feeling extra-possessive.

Writing Log - Return of the Pneumatic Knights

"Iron Dragons, Pneumatic Knights" Writing Log
I really need to find a less risible title....

2,112 / 6,000 (35.2%)

Words: 638
Total words: 2112
Overused word: knight-commander
Gratuitous word: salle d'arms
Type of scene: A very odd threat leads Bertrand to investigate whether anything strange is happening in the dukedom of Kardell.
Challenge(s): Keeping it short, yet detailed enough, yet moving the plot forward.
Which dukedom is it anyways?Filberg's northwest neighbor was Kardell, a small, mountainous dukedom at the edge of Achromia. They were known for the fine wool that their sheep produced and for sky tears, light blue semi-precious stones found in caves throughout the dukedom. Their old duke had died six months ago without children, he recalled, and the heirs disputed each others' claims to the dukedom, but so far the worst it had resulted in was much shouting and many visits to the genealogy records.
Notes: Writing went pretty smoothly today. It was great getting back to it--I've been doing a whole lot of other things and stressing out about everything under the sun, so it was good to get back to basics.

Also, sadly, the deadline of the anthology I was writing this story for has come and gone, so now I don't even have a prospective home in mind. But I am pathologically incapable of leaving stories unfinished. They haunt me.
Other writingy stuff:
* Penthius freewriting - "City Limits: Genre Undetermined"
* Read Writer's Weekly newsletter
* Updated markets spreadsheet from LJ Specficmarkets
* Double-checked Ralan markets newsletter
* Read Critters newsletter
Other productive non-writingy stuff: Lots! All good productive things. Which explains why I didn't get more writing done.
* exercised/practiced TSD for 1 hour
* cleaned
* picked up books from library
* updated martial arts material notes for an hour
* baked a double recipe of empanadas (2 hours)