Vital question
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mrissaSo, having poked the Not The Moose Book with a sharp stick enough times, I have discovered that it separates rather cleanly in twain. (I had just had a mad thought about putting Twain in one of the books in this series. NO. Stay focused, Mris.) And further that the first book, Thermionic Night, is rough-drafted. Its 120K length should have tipped me off that it was a book. Sometimes I'm rather slow about these things.
I have to edit like a mad thing to get it into any kind of public shape -- and I'm not going to do that until I'm done with the draft of Sampo, which was Part 2 and is now Book 2, because of "Bull Durham" -- that is, I'm not going to do it yet because of "Bull Durham," not that it's Book 2 because of "Bull Durham" -- maybe I should just quit now and start a new sentence. Have to edit like a mad thing, but the bones of the book are there and some flesh and functional organs, too.
The vital question before me -- and before you, dears, via e-mail or comment section -- relates to parties. You get to have a celebration of your choice when you finish a book. (In fact, for each book written you are allowed five celebrations, as described here.) I missed throwing the "book is drafted" party. The choices before me:
--skip all parties: who needs to celebrate anyway?
--wrap it in with the party for finishing Sampo, since they used to be pretending to be the same book anyway
--wrap it in with Mark's intended but unscheduled acquisition party, since Sun now owns his company and we now own a piece of Sun to sell off and use for happy things
--have a series of parties for each of these things separately, because, hey, any excuse!
I should mention that I have moose napkins, so skipping the parties entirely will result in their sad everyday use. Not that that should sway your answers. I'm just sayin'.
Talk to me, people.
I have to edit like a mad thing to get it into any kind of public shape -- and I'm not going to do that until I'm done with the draft of Sampo, which was Part 2 and is now Book 2, because of "Bull Durham" -- that is, I'm not going to do it yet because of "Bull Durham," not that it's Book 2 because of "Bull Durham" -- maybe I should just quit now and start a new sentence. Have to edit like a mad thing, but the bones of the book are there and some flesh and functional organs, too.
The vital question before me -- and before you, dears, via e-mail or comment section -- relates to parties. You get to have a celebration of your choice when you finish a book. (In fact, for each book written you are allowed five celebrations, as described here.) I missed throwing the "book is drafted" party. The choices before me:
--skip all parties: who needs to celebrate anyway?
--wrap it in with the party for finishing Sampo, since they used to be pretending to be the same book anyway
--wrap it in with Mark's intended but unscheduled acquisition party, since Sun now owns his company and we now own a piece of Sun to sell off and use for happy things
--have a series of parties for each of these things separately, because, hey, any excuse!
I should mention that I have moose napkins, so skipping the parties entirely will result in their sad everyday use. Not that that should sway your answers. I'm just sayin'.
Talk to me, people.
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Date: 2004-04-22 10:41 am (UTC)Depends on what sort of party it is. Lot of work and lot of stress would make me vote for no parties and private use of napkins. Lot of fun and lot of food would make me vote for as many parties as possible, and if you must buy more napkins, well then, you must!
But then, my party tolerance is pretty low.