prologues and curtains

[mrissa]

I think I'm the only person I know who likes the spring side of Daylight Savings Time. It puts me closer to synchronization with the rest of my social world, albeit only briefly, until my body adjusts.

Anyway. My writing wisdom of the morning, from reading, is that it is extremely risky to have a prologue that is substantially different from the rest of your book in style, setting, characters, etc. The reader may imprint on the prologue and spend the rest of the book annoyed that you're telling a rather different story now.

On the other hand, the annoyance led to notes for a couple of short stories that I hadn't known were related before, but now I know they are. So that's good.

In another few minutes, markgritter and I are going to go shopping for curtains. I don't know about him, but I'm just thrilled by this prospect. I am beginning to see the up side to indefinite amounts of procrastination. In the house of the future, I will be able to program the windows to go opaque from one direction, or I'll be able to program the nanites to make me curtains overnight out of the Roomba's dustbin.

Of course, then my curtains will smell like hair and dirt and dog treat crumbs. Ah well. These things happen when you leave things to the nanites. So I guess we'll go curtain shopping.

Comments

[cpolk.livejournal.com]

no, I like daylight savings time.

I think that people who don't like it a) don't live somewhere where the number of daylight hours in winter is less time than your 8 hour shift at work, and b) do not secretly believe that they are part plant, and that is why sunlight makes them happy.

I'm sure I would bitch and moan with everyone in the southern portion of the united states, but right now I live above 50 latitude. sunrise a bit later in the morning for an extra hour of daylight in evening? so I'm not going home in the dark like I have for the last six months? golden.

in house of future, nanites program you!

[greykev.livejournal.com]

but for just 9.95 you could buy the Glade(R) RealScents(tm) tabs; just drop them in the bin and your houshold nanites will have your whole house smelling like: The Great Outdoors, Sea Shore Breezes, or Spring Wild Flowers! Also available: Nu-Fresh, Wintergreen, and Pine.

[cakmpls.livejournal.com]

I like it, too. I don't mind getting up in the dark, and I love it staying light longer in the evening.

[miz-hatbox.livejournal.com]

I love the spring side of Daylight Savings Time, as long as I haven't stayed up too late on the Saturday night before turning the clocks.

I'm sad that they moved it, though. Before, DST happened right around my wedding day, and I'm disappointed that DST and my anniversary became uncoupled.