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nolens_volens tonight. I just finished the second draft of the novel. Now I have no more excuses. Nothing left to do but to go out and find an agent and publisher. Sure, there may be one or two very minor tweaks here and there, but the writing by and large is done, done, done. Of course, that doesn't count the submission outline I have to write and all the query letter's I'll have to compose. But... wow. I'm finally _here_ people. The day has finally happened. I guess now I'm plum out of excuses if I'm not spending every spare moment trying to get this thing on bookstore shelves. If I don't have proof of my efforts in a month's time, all of you feel free to come to my house and kick my ass. It is your duty as friends.
In other news, went to a Legend of the Five Rings tournament today and had the best time I've had at such an event in well over a year now. The guy running it gave out a ton of door prizes so everyone walked away with some loot. I now have a boken, (Japanese practice sword,) thanks to this. Heyanirishspitfire, it looks like I have no excuse not to take up iaijutsu now, huh? Pretty dang cool, I think. I didn't make top eight, but I won more than I lost and that's enough to keep me happy.
All in all, not bad for a day's work. And a fine way to end things as I prepare to submerge into the last cycle of play rehearsals, a.k.a., Hell Week X2.
Huzzah.
nolens_volens tonight. I just finished the second draft of the novel. Now I have no more excuses. Nothing left to do but to go out and find an agent and publisher. Sure, there may be one or two very minor tweaks here and there, but the writing by and large is done, done, done. Of course, that doesn't count the submission outline I have to write and all the query letter's I'll have to compose. But... wow. I'm finally _here_ people. The day has finally happened. I guess now I'm plum out of excuses if I'm not spending every spare moment trying to get this thing on bookstore shelves. If I don't have proof of my efforts in a month's time, all of you feel free to come to my house and kick my ass. It is your duty as friends.In other news, went to a Legend of the Five Rings tournament today and had the best time I've had at such an event in well over a year now. The guy running it gave out a ton of door prizes so everyone walked away with some loot. I now have a boken, (Japanese practice sword,) thanks to this. Hey
anirishspitfire, it looks like I have no excuse not to take up iaijutsu now, huh? Pretty dang cool, I think. I didn't make top eight, but I won more than I lost and that's enough to keep me happy.All in all, not bad for a day's work. And a fine way to end things as I prepare to submerge into the last cycle of play rehearsals, a.k.a., Hell Week X2.
Huzzah.
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Date: 2004-02-16 07:14 am (UTC)So, who won? Did Lion continue their eternal gutterstomping of every other clan?
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Date: 2004-02-17 07:30 am (UTC)Me: I play [Insert title of scary battle action here]
Them: I bow Kyuden Ikoma to cancel.
Me: Fall On Your Knees.
Them: Fuck.
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Date: 2004-02-17 08:27 am (UTC)Makes for a scary deck. Though yes, Fall On Your Knees is essential. Unfortunate, since it's a pretty crappy card except for some very ugly combos. :)
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Date: 2004-02-18 06:29 am (UTC)Unicorn is rough. I played a bit against Stu's deck (he was a guy who made top-4 at that tourney playing the Unicorn spells-as-items deck), and it was tough to keep your head above water against it.
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Date: 2004-02-18 10:41 pm (UTC)Person Talking To Someone Who is Not Stu: Yeah, I won my last match. I managed to draw my third [Insert key card name here} and there was just nothing he could do.
Stu: (Interrupting)OH MAN THERE'S NO WAY YOU'D BEABLE TO DO THAT AGAINST MYUNICORN DECKBECAUSE I'D JUST MOVE MOTO LATOMU INTO THE BATTLE AND SHOOT THAT GUY BEFORE HE COULD DO ANYTHING AND IT WOULDN'T MATTER ANYWAY BECAUSE ALL MY PERSONALITIES HAVE MORE THAN FIVE FORCE AND I'VE ALWAYS GOT THIRTY FORCE ON THE TABLE BY THE END OF TURN TWO AND ANYTHING YOU BRING OUT I'LL JUST PLAY MY KOLAT ASSASSIN ON AND WHEN I GET ALL MY WEAPONS OUT YOU MAY AS WELL JUST NOT EVEN PLAY AND YOU SHOULD REALLY COME TO OGRE'S BOOKSHELF AND PLAY BECAUSE WE HAVE TOURNAMENTS THERE EVERY WEEKEND AND I WIN EVER TIME AND I'M GOING TO THE KOTEI THIS YEAR AND WHEN I WIN I'M GOING TO DO THIS THIS AND THIS FOR THE STORYLINE AND UNICORN BECAUSE UNICORN ARE JUST THE BEST CLAN AND WHEN I GET THE CLAN SWORD ON CHAGATAI THERE'S JUST NOTHING THAT CAN STOP ME AND I TAKE TWO PROVINCES IN ONE TURN THAT WAY MOST GAMES FNORD, FNORD, FNORD, FNORD...
Don't get me wrong, he's a nice enough kid, but he could really use a volume control, some manners, and a concept of personal space.
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Date: 2004-02-19 06:13 am (UTC)If it weren't for gamers, my store would close. But if it weren't for my store, I'd likely stop hanging out with gamers.