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felis_ultharus) wrote2006-01-02 01:10 pm
felis_ultharus) wrote2006-01-02 01:10 pm
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Should auld acquaintance be forgot? Depends on the auld acquaintance...
Happy New Year!
Though given how 2005 was for most of my friends, perhaps it should be Better New Year!
This has not been a bad year for me. Not at all. I think I'm almost entirely recovered from my nervous breakdown. I figured out a lot about my life and what I want to do with it.
Most importantly, I'm really happy with the way the new novel is going, and with the way it's working on this heavy revision. Changing the way I do revisions, and how much planning I put into it, has made the difference. It's also increased the novel's size as well as quality, and I worry 400 pages is too long, though it's about average for most novels published these days.
I'll be back in town Wednesday morning, coming in on an all-night flight. I have my first day of school that afternoon. Today shall be spent with Sam and, if he's up company,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
node357.
In the meantime, I leave you with the funniest bit of history I've stumbled on today (Sexsmith? Lulu Island? Where do these words come from?):
Though given how 2005 was for most of my friends, perhaps it should be Better New Year!
This has not been a bad year for me. Not at all. I think I'm almost entirely recovered from my nervous breakdown. I figured out a lot about my life and what I want to do with it.
Most importantly, I'm really happy with the way the new novel is going, and with the way it's working on this heavy revision. Changing the way I do revisions, and how much planning I put into it, has made the difference. It's also increased the novel's size as well as quality, and I worry 400 pages is too long, though it's about average for most novels published these days.
I'll be back in town Wednesday morning, coming in on an all-night flight. I have my first day of school that afternoon. Today shall be spent with Sam and, if he's up company,
node357.In the meantime, I leave you with the funniest bit of history I've stumbled on today (Sexsmith? Lulu Island? Where do these words come from?):
Mr. Sexsmith's westward journey eventually brought him to a plot of land on what was then known as Lulu Island. Drawing from his experience back in Ontario, Sexsmith established a cheese factory and soon grew so successful that he extended his land holdings to some 1900 acres on Lulu Island as well as several hundred acres in modern day Pitt Meadows. To overcome transportation difficulties, Sexsmith established a boat service on the Nort Fraser to New Westminister.It's from a history of Sexsmith Elementary school. Could you imagine being a kid and going to a place called Sexsmith every day?
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And Happy New Year again to you ^_^
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Good luck with the novel as usual. :)
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