Figuring the Future

I just started a short story that takes place several years in the future of another story. And I realized how many things I have to figure out about. Like whether these characters have boyfriends or girlfriends! They're actually old enough to be married by now. 

That's hard to grasp when I've only ever written about them as teenagers. 

I don't think any of them are married yet. After thinking about it, they'd take some time to get started on that. 

This all coming from someone who sucks as writing romance. So I'll probably just have one person decide to ask someone out by the end. 

Ugh, just had to spend a couple hours on chats with Microsoft staff because they decided not to let me use Microsoft Word anymore. Seriously though, how many customers do they chat with at any time? Because it took them so long to answer even the simplest questions. 

That will stop you from writing stories pretty fast. Only $180 to pay for it, until they decide that I can't use it anymore again. 

Books are Either Windows or Mirrors

John Green ideas about books:

Books are either windows or mirrors. If the book is a mirror, it lets you see yourself. As a window, a book lets you see others. 

When Brilliance and Stupidness Intersect

Rarely have I encountered something so stupid and so impressive as this video I just stumbled upon yesterday, while exploring my Frozen DVD. 

A music video about The Making of Frozen. Kinda. 

There's Olaf, Kristoff, and Ana's voice actor's are all involved, and the choreography is great. (Too bad the internet vesrions are such cruddy quality.) 

I mean, you know I've been watching the "making of" section of my DVDs. This just wasn't what I expected. 

Poetry and Tea Leaves

This is the only brand of ice tea I like, because it's the only one that tastes like plain green tea. They have several good types of tea, like this jasmine. 

Plus they have poems on some of their bottles? How artistic!

Instagram

 I finally created an Instagram account, because so many artists have left Deviantart. This website is so weird. Am I doing something wrong? Why do all of the images have to fit in such specific shapes? What if your art isn't that shape? 

And how come you can't zoom on the images? They're all so small. 

No wonder I still mostly use Deviantart. I'm reminded again of how poorly some of these other websites are for sharing and organizing art. 

I've only posted a couple things so far. Eventually I'll pick out a collection of my favorites. Though it looks like I'm going to have to crop a lot of them. 

Instagram will mostly be where I follow other artists. To see the tiny images of their art, which should be seen in its full size and glory... And for some reason, it doesn't let me watch some artists. 

Continuity

Editing a short story set in the summer. Suddenly the characters are gathering acorns. Which aren't ripe until fall! 

So now I have to figure out a plant they can actually harvest in summer. Maybe sage.