Siana Blackwood: because the pants fit

[SianaBlackwood]

I'm going to fix Frozen Tear some time - expand it a lot and explain all the things I didn't explain. And feed the horses, apparently . Remember to feed the horses, Siana.

I actually have Blade's Edge progress again! There's aliens who've kidnapped Dream Girl, only she developed the ability to control their ship and now she's pretty much holding them hostage with their own internal defences. I finally met the Blue Circle, too - it's an ice field somewhere in space. Could be surrounding Old Earth, but I don't know yet. I have to find a way in there first.

It's at just over 60k now. I think it's probably going to come in somewhere around 65k...

[marsbareater12]

"remember"

Ah, word replacements are funny sometime.

Wow. Baldes Adge is big...but short...but big

[Louisa]

Yeah! Finish and then expand! I want more to read!!!!! And yes, they are

[SianaBlackwood]

BE is at 63k now. Dream Girl's going a bit mental - she's collected all the good and bad guys together in one place and she's about to demonstrate the weapon and I really have no idea how that's going to go. By the way, Mikey and Dream Girl are funny, but somehow cute at the same time. Separate them for less than a week and look what happens when they get back together. this is in front of a crowd of over a hundred people all waiting for the end of the universe (or something) by the way.

Aislynn's attention was already elsewhere, though - the door that led into Celia had finally opened and Michael stepped out.
Everyone else vanished from Aislynn's perception and she started walking towards him. They both broke into a run at the same time and then they had their arms around each other and they were kissing passionately.
Lights exploded through Kira's crystalline walls and Michael looked up in confusion. "You know, I alway thought the fireworks when we kiss were just in my head," he said.
"That's just Kira," Aislynn said. "She likes me. Talk later?"
"Later," Michael agreed. They kissed again, holding each other tightly.
"I missed you," Michael said, his mouth still touching Aislynn's. He kissed her before she could reply.
"Wow, are you trying to make everyone vomit?" Brianna demanded, breaking the mood.
"Er... everyone?" Michael repeated blankly. "Oh, right..." He looked around guiltily at the crowd of people who were all trying to ignore him.

Since I have no idea what kind of information I've left lying around, Kira and Celia are both spaceships, by the way. Kira is cool - she's kind of intelligent and has a neural link with Aislynn.

[Louisa]

I like it

[SianaBlackwood]

Finished Blade's Edge! Yay! But... no more Mikey. This is the thing I hate about finishing stories.

Final word count was 65,809 in FocusWriter. Final scene was... cute, I guess. I'm sticking it in swaps, so I think I'll just leave it at that.

No more Mikey... Finishing stories is awesome and sad at the same time. I knew I'd been avoiding it all these years for a reason.

[marsbareater12]

Wow! NIce job! 65k is a lot!

[Louisa]

Yeah! Now to download BE and read it And aww. You can always go back to the you being the bad guy once you finish the other MC's stories!

[SianaBlackwood]

It's okay, I can just enjoy Elgard and Toby for April Fools now. Troublesome boys, but fun.

[Louisa]

haha

[SianaBlackwood]

Mainly because I feel like I should post something ([sarcasm]although of course I never procrastinate on a forum when I should be writing[/sarcasm])...

My project for the coming weekend is a weird one: I'm going to make my own paperback. The reason? Well, my dad wants to reread Frozen Tear and add margin notes to it to help with the upcoming rewrite.

("Remember to feed the horses, Siana" and all that)

He thinks it's got potential and I should be working on it. Considering how bummed I am about April Fools at the moment, I feel like he's got a point.

Anyway, how to make a paperback...

You need: double-sided printout of the entire story, PVA wood glue, a paint brush, two pieces of light card the same size as the printed pages (one of these has the front cover art on it), two pieces of wood longer than the long edge of the pages, a couple of G-clamps out of Dad's workshop and some cloth tape.

Procedure: Bunch all the pages together so that they line up neatly, add the pieces of card as covers, put the boards on either side, clamp it as tight as humanly possible and then paint the glue on the spine edge. Let it dry completely and add more glue if it doesn't look thick enough. Put the cloth tape on the spine for extra protection and then sit back and smile at your completed paperback.

I have no idea if this will really work or not. The PVA glue and cloth tape are out of the library technician's box of repair equipment, but A4 printer paper is a lot different to glue than paperback page paper. I guess I'll post the results here. Photos if it works, too.

[marsbareater12]

Oh yes, I've looked into book binding myself. Have you tried making "signitures (sp)?"

[butterflywings]

Wow. Making a book. That sounds fun and hard. I'm holding my breath for the results (also, I hate the smell of glue).

[marsbareater12]

Good! You won't be a glue-sniffer then!

[Louisa]

sounds like fun!

[SianaBlackwood]

Mars - Yeah, I found a whole tutorial on making a hardcover book, but I just don't have the materials. You need much lighter paper, for a start. Also really heavy cardboard to build the cover. Then there's all that sewing...

Butterfly - Don't worry, PVA glue is water-based, so no toxic fumes.


I guess I should go and do some writing and then get to work on the 'book'...


by the way, I had the worst story idea ever yesterday. I was doing research on King Arthur for a project and for some reason a picture of Kevin Rudd (ex-prime minister of Australia) came up in an image search. I found myself plotting out a modern-day political thriller where events parallel the legend of King Arthur...

I would never, ever write something like that. Seriously, never. I wouldn't even want to read it. Yet, there I was with characters marching through my head, wondering if Julia Gillard (current PM) would be Mordred or Lancelot, what job I could give the leader of the opposition, whether the governer-general was Merlin...

Modern-day political thrillers... *almost dies*
What did I do to deserve that?

[Louisa]

Sounds great! Why don't you like them?

[SianaBlackwood]

Well...

Okay, I don't know. I read political thrillers once in a while, I guess. It's just...

As an example, just one politician in Australia's history has ever been assassinated and he was killed by a friend because he was sleeping with the friend's wife, so it wasn't even anything to do with politics. Australian politics just isn't that thrilling.

Also, no demons, sorcerers, burnings at the stake...

Although...

Rats, this idea just won't go away. It would probably end up being some kind of demonic plot to conquer mankind, prevented by an artifact that's been used for some boring political purpose for the last two hundred years, but then why not? At least I'd have some kind of plot. Hey, and a reason to read the whole of Le Mort d'Arthur...

[Louisa]

See? You can build on it, and does it have to be Australian politics? The US has enought conflict and such
But it sounds good!

[SianaBlackwood]

Siana Blackwood's laser printer would like to officially announce a change in its status. Instead of being a printer it is now a large, ugly lump of e-waste.

Er... the fuser (whatever that is) died. It's pretty much out of toner, too, and the cost of the repairs and the new toner is quite a bit higher than the cost of a new printer.

So, I need a new printer and the book-making experiment is on hold for a while.