For some reason, this morning I can't get Internet Explorer to work on my desktop, so I've borrowed #1's desktop for the purpose of blogging. And because his keyboard feels really weird, I'll be turning this thing off very shortly and will move to my laptop for today's work.
But since IE is obviously working on his computer, and TweetDeck is working on mine (so I know my internet connection is fine), I'm very suspicious of viruses. Which makes me both worried and angry. ;(
In other news, I failed at a pie crust yesterday. I don't understand this. I have yet to find anything else that I absolutely cannot bake, but I fail at pie crusts over and over. But the other day I bought a BEAUTIFUL set of pie plates and I'm determined to take some very pretty pies to my family's Thanksgiving get-together. So I'm either going to have to master the art of the flaky pie crust in the next week or break down and buy some roll-out pie crusts. Again.
*My inner baker hangs her head in shame.*
Anyway...
Yesterday I skipped the section of the book I was having trouble with and went straight for the drama. Drama always makes for strong, rapid wordcount for me, which is one of the reasons I love writing YA. There's so much legitimate drama in adolescence, and even more so in paranormals, because you really might die, or the world really might end any moment.
My new book isn't YA, of course, but there is some drama, and finding that drama has put me back on course with the novel. I'll have to go back later and fill in the bits I've skipped, but for now, all is well. This book seems to want to be written out of order.
Here's where the novel stands at the moment:
And here's my progress toward my November word count goal:
52,010 / 100,000
(52.01%)
(52.01%)
And here's my progress toward my November word count goal:
35,610 / 65,000
(54.78%)
(54.78%)
I finally passed the halfway point, but I'm going to have to kick into super-high gear to allow for the holiday.
Click below to see how my CP (Crime partner, or critique partner--you decide) is progressing toward her November goal:
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5 comments:
I understand your concern. I come from along line of bakers, and still can't make a decent pie crust! I can make the lightest souffle, but a light and flaky pie crust...never!
Good luck!
Hi Rachel :)
Thank you for sharing.
I enjoyed a peek into your writing process.
And I hope you don't have a virus on your system!
All the best,
RKCharron
I've never tried this, (I don't bake) but I was watching this cooking show, where they try different methods of cooking. Anyway, they tried three different ways to make pie crust - butter based, lard based, and crisco based.
The best pie crust came from a mix of butter and crisco - half and half.
but I say, roll out the store bought crust (then again, I'm all about the easiest way).....and other people say it's all in the butter.
Good luck!
You need to switch over to Firefox. Way better than IE.
Good luck on baking those pies! I've only ever made mini pie bites, but I used those roll out pie crusts lol.
Have you tried Mozilla Firefox?
It's free and it's the quickest work around when IE fails.
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