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Post by JeannieHolmes on Jun 12, 2010 13:35:45 GMT -6
Cat Posse FTW!!!! Great story, Skitty!
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Post by ailishsmom on Jun 12, 2010 17:59:44 GMT -6
Aww....great job Skitty! Poor scared kitteh.
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Post by deathlynx on Jun 12, 2010 18:04:03 GMT -6
lol...question for you though...how do you know how many pages you have left to go?
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Post by JeannieHolmes on Jun 12, 2010 18:12:25 GMT -6
I know approximate word count I'm aiming for and based on rough outline of remaining chapters I can estimate the number of pages. Example: (This, by the way, is the only math I'm good at doing.) Approx. WC = 100,000 Avg. chapter pages = 20 Avg. # words/page = 250 100,000 / 250 = 400 pages Subtract current page count from 400 and ta da! = Approx. # of pages remaining Confused yet?
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Post by deathlynx on Jun 12, 2010 18:29:14 GMT -6
Actually, I understood that perfectly...where'd you get the w/p number from out of curiosity...At one point I broke down the character's/page in a few of my favorite books (mmpb of course) and then divided by 6 (since my average word length is 5) and found 380 words/page for most of the books...
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Post by Vampyre on Jun 12, 2010 18:30:07 GMT -6
Another example og math in every day living. Math, it's not just for school anymore.
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Post by JeannieHolmes on Jun 12, 2010 19:29:23 GMT -6
Actually, I understood that perfectly...where'd you get the w/p number from out of curiosity...At one point I broke down the character's/page in a few of my favorite books (mmpb of course) and then divided by 6 (since my average word length is 5) and found 380 words/page for most of the books... The 250 words/page comes from a "rule of thumb" in journalism. Double-space, Courier New font, 1-inch margins for manuscript gives you roughly 250 words/page.
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Post by JeannieHolmes on Jun 12, 2010 19:42:17 GMT -6
(begin rant)
So I was walking the Hell Hound about an hour ago and some idiot on a freaking bicycle comes out of nowhere with a big damn German shepard trailing along behind him. The GS is not on a leash, btw. I see the dog coming and stop but it is running full on toward me and Hercules (the Hell Hound). Herc starts barking and acting like he's going to protect me.
The GS (thankfully) swerves around us and Herc doesn't lunge at the dog but does try to change directions and go after it. He ends up jerking on the leash while I'm trying to hold him back and does a faceplant on the sidewalk. Herc's 13-years old and has bad arthritis in his hips and back. Getting up and down are hard for him and when he falls like that it hurts and sometimes he has trouble getting up after a fall.
I guess because we were on a slight hill it was a little easier for him to get up, or the adrenaline was working in his favor. Either way, by the time I got him and the leash sorted out, the idiot on the bike was long gone. Throw in the fact he was in the middle of the street and there were two cars coming from opposite directions at the time all this happen and someone could've been seriously hurt.
Now I'm sitting in my office, ticked off with elbow throbbing from when Hercules jerked the leash, my back is in knots, and hoping my ankle isn't going to swell because now it's starting to hurt too.
Oh, and I still have about 10-15 pages to write tonight before I can go to bed. Yay.
(/end rant)
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Post by ailishsmom on Jun 12, 2010 20:00:28 GMT -6
And the guy didn't even stop, did he? What a dickweed! Time to rally the minions and hunt him down like the weasel he is! We'll make him eat that bike piece by piece and then train the GS to pee on him! Who's with me!? FREEEDOM!!!!!
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Post by JeannieHolmes on Jun 12, 2010 20:05:55 GMT -6
No, he didn't stop. Neither did the drivers of the two cars. As for the other stuff....um, you're Head Minion...so.......
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Post by debim on Jun 12, 2010 21:27:10 GMT -6
This is a job for the CAT WRANGLING POSSE!
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Post by Vampyre on Jun 12, 2010 21:28:11 GMT -6
I suggest super soakers filled with pepper spray
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Post by Skitty on Jun 13, 2010 11:35:44 GMT -6
Author's Revenge - put him in as a bystander to the Big Showdown and have him hit by a stray shard/bullet/vampire and killed. Collateral damage!!! Don't kill the GS tho - it is not his/her fault his/her owner is a moron.
Hope you and Herc feel better soon Jeannie!
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Post by Michelle on Jun 13, 2010 21:30:41 GMT -6
This is a job for the CAT WRANGLING POSSE! What? Cat wrangling? Did I miss my cue? I'm on it!
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Post by Vampyre on Jun 14, 2010 19:12:45 GMT -6
It's like cat juggling but their feet don't leave the ground.
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