Okay... I have a bunch of totally unrelated things to share. I've been sitting on a couple of photos and just haven't linked them in to a blog yet. First off... Turnbull House. This was the location of the "Fright Night" RPG convention I attended. It is right across the street from the Parliament house. That puts it 2 blocks from the train station and therefore easy as to get to. Details of the gaming can be found on my other blog. I don't know the history of the house yet, but apparently it can be rented cheap as.
Spring has sprung in Wellington and I have captured bad pictures of it. What I really enjoy even more than the pretty flowers is how wonderful the air smells every where you go.
Cool as, eh? I need to check out the web site. http://www.cartooningforpeace.org
Sort of on topic for peace. A NZ soldier was recently awarded the Victoria Cross--the highest medal awarded in the British Commonwealth. He carried a fellow soldier to safety in the face of heavy automatic weapon fire from both sides while caught in a cross fire. It was a miracle they both made it. His friend would have certainly died. Willie Apiata didn't want the award--too much publicity and he felt his unit all performed admirably that day. It is the first time a Kiwi has been given the Victoria Cross in 60 years. One of the benefits of being both American and a resident Kiwi is the ability to be proud of both. I was happy to have two things to be happy about this week.
I am past 10,000 words on the "novel". WOOT! I didn't think I would ever create 10,000 words on a single topic.
10K!! That's awesome!! What an accomplishment... maybe I'll get my hiney in gear... I say that every day though.
ReplyDeleteAlso - when I read the word "Kiwi" I suddenly remembered a dream I had last night that I was in NZ and it was the most beautiful place I'd ever seen, but they wanted my passport and I didn't have one so I had to leave. *pout*.
Yeah, so I forgot everything else I was gonna say about anything else.
I want to point out that the picture of the fluffy, pink, flowered bush-thing, is actually small-tree sized, and is heaps taller than me and I'm just under 6 ft. Oh...and I'm so proud of your book. I just know that is what it will shape up to be. Published or not, it will be your first, and I think it's really good.
ReplyDelete(Oh, it looks the the above comment was made by Curtis, but in fact it was me, the wife.)
ReplyDeleteI'm really glad that was clarified because I was somewhat confused for a moment. ;o)
ReplyDeleteYAAAY SPRING!
Spring looks gorgeous there!!!
ReplyDeleteLove the cartoons!!! That would be quite the surprise to get off the train to, ay?
10k? I'm so terribly jealous!!! (And your excerpt rocks btw.)
One of the best discoveries I have made in this, is that I have to let myself write off my NaNo piece to help recharge me to come back to it. So I'm working on other random bits today. I stopped at 10,999 yesterday, but I'll pick that up again tomorrow.
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