What an Odd Day

[queenoftheskies]

It stormed today. Really cool. Reminds me of Nashville weather.

Work is getting scarier...in many respects. Got attacked verbally today by a really scary fellow who was mad because I wasn't a Bush supporter. Told me that torture and murder were the US's right. Told me we needed to wipe other people out. Told me the people who didn't have jobs here in the US needed to be weeded out and destroyed...survival of the fittest. And, that he supported Bush so all this could happen. The guy already creeped me out...he's new...now it's worse.

Finances at work are worse. Owner keeps spending more money, writing more bad checks. Sigh...will it never end?

Beginning of the End 1161 words today

141,379 total words to date

Maybe I'm coming to terms a little with the fact that I can edit and change later and that it's good to get things down. At least for today. :)

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Sheesh! These Bush supporters are frightening, aren't they? I just can't imagine viewing the world that way. But, then, the freak at work told me it was because I was too soft and that only the toughest survived.

So, I looked at him (he's 25) and I said, if I'm so soft, how have I survived as a single parent for 9-1/2 years and gone from the welfare that my ex had me on to being Controller for an aerospace company, taking care of three kids the entire time with no child support, and now even putting one through college?

He, of course, had no response except that, "Oh, well I didn't say YOU were soft."

Then he tells me that the unemployed people who can't get jobs are just being weeded out cause it's survival of the fittest and I pointed out to him that he'd been unemployed and the only reason he has his job (which he's only had for a few months) is because he has a sister who loves him (and used to work for our company) who got him the job.

He, of course, didn't think that had anything to do with anything.

Oh, it's a relief to hear from another writer who likes to write long novels. There's just always so much to include, I feel, in order to tell the story PROPERLY. I guess I could condense some, and I know I'll lose page count when I edit, but I hate to skimp, when I can write the entire thing, you know?

I've heard that first novels should be under 100,000, so maybe that's going to cause me trouble. I don't know. But, I guess the trick will be getting read in the first place.

I just bought a fantasy novel yesterday that's 764 pages. I LOVE long novels personally.