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• 05:26 producing for ABC News Online #
• 20:24 trying to use Streetview to get an idea of what it would be like to fly through Brisbane #

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• 05:21 producing for ABC News Online #
• 11:47 Kemble as a first name: who would've thought ping.fm/QnBDo #
• 12:06 what ever happened to the shandy: one part beer, one part lemonade, 100% fun en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shandy #
• 19:49 I could be crazy, but I'm thinking about a substantial rewrite of my OBMB story. #
• 20:25 phone calls to Mum do not count as procrastination #

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• 11:05 went and saw new Bond flick last night. Awesome! #
• 11:06 Have now watched four movies in four nights. Time to get back to work, methinks! #
• 12:13 addicted to stupid game on my mobile. This is why I must *never* buy a gaming console. #
• 19:46 going to do a bit of work on the story, but I'm pretty tired so it won't be much. #

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• 06:33 checking out user submitted pics of flood damage in Brisbane. #
• 11:34 posting emails on ABC News Online Opinions page #

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• 01:31 on flood watch #

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• 08:09 rostering. do not approach the glass. #

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• 08:37 this atm is 'closed' ... you can tell by the red bar at the top of the machine! ping.fm/8Y6wR #
• 11:34 deadweight... could be followup for 'dead air'?? #
• 19:46 You don't win a war by dying for your country. You win a war by making the other son-of-a-bitch die for his. - General Patton #

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• 05:36 producing for ABC News Online #
• 10:36 hell on earth: ping.fm/TLEX1 #
• 20:11 looking up 'razor wire'. Since wikipedia, I've become obsessed with checking every minute detail... #
• 20:14 ah, these things are called czech hedgehogs ping.fm/qe6Vo [ping.fm/Xin9R] #

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• 19:21 once more unto the breach, dear friends... let's take it from the top... story rewrite 3. #
• 19:27 for elva, this is what a belt feed looks like! ping.fm/hU1H3 [ping.fm/VrDlE] #

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• 19:05 finished 2nd rewrite of story last night. So giving it a break in favour of Empire. #

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• 13:22 going home to investigate carpenter ant invasion. #
• 20:29 working on the story when I'd rather be watching The Empire Strikes Back #

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• 04:33 sub-editing for ABC News Online #
• 07:11 Hoax NYT declares end to Iraq war ping.fm/eQaS0 #
• 08:33 Visit ancient Rome via Google Earth: ping.fm/No9cb #
• 19:51 still editing my story. #

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• 04:31 sub-editing for ABC News Online #
• 20:14 working on the story. We're on speaking terms again. #

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• 05:30 I've got three works nominated in the Aurealis Awards. Wish me luck! ping.fm/iA7M0 #
• 19:53 editing the damn story. Yes it's the 'damn' story now. We're not on speaking terms. :) #

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• 04:49 producing at the ABC #
• 06:20 had forgotten how cold it is in our office. will have to get some tramp gloves. #
• 09:44 why is Boba Fett such an icon? #
• 10:38 anyone know if Optus Fusion is worth it? Seems to be but often with these things you don't end up saving any money. #
• 20:19 getting ready to post JS's story back to her, and also a copy of OBMB to ER. #

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• 08:14 looking to interview a forensic pathologist. #
• 20:32 reviewing some excellent feedback from JS on my OBMB story. #
• 20:34 @acidic trouble is, it has to pierce an ENTIRE alien spaceship (and yes, the caps are justified!) #

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• 14:18 trying to find out more about the QWC writing races. Email me if you know what the deal is. #
• 15:08 Chillaxing with coffee, choc & aust dark fantasy & horror 2007 #
• 19:23 do you work with dead people? If so, please email me. #
• 20:19 interestingly, you yell 'frag out' when you throw a grenade. You yell 'grenade' when one is incoming. #

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• 11:44 editing story. looking forward to returning to work on monday #
• 19:30 does anyone else feel that writing is sometimes like a war with oneself? #

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• 11:34 checking out photos for Brains for Breakfast #
• 19:45 trying to plug a massive hole in my story. trying to ignore sore tooth. #
• 20:02 wow. intense. (the tooth ache, not the plot hole). had to go sit in darkened room for five minutes. #
• 20:57 reading all about armour-piercing munitions. think i'm gonna have to make something up. #
• 21:36 1st draft: knocked some rough edges off. now sending it to people i trust! #

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• 06:18 editing my OBMB short story and giving my 18mo daughter an early morning cuddle. Now *that's* multitasking. #
• 19:38 checking out The Canal by Number 13 co-author Mark Wagstaff ping.fm/Y3CsS?product_id=1 [ping.fm/dLJDd?product_id=1] #
• 19:57 reading about fragmentation grenades #
• 20:33 reading about pulse rifles. could be the sort of thing H&K get into in a couple of hundred years time #
• 22:24 have finished a rewrite of my OBMB story. It's still very rough. #

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• 11:08 trying to knock my OBMB story into shape. Rough going. #
• 15:11 Kids do not follow the rules of physics. They r so small & yet it requires so much energy 2 get them moving! #

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Writing on holidays

My last holiday, I took the laptop, believing I would be able to squirrel away some writing time. I didn't, and it was a big disappointment (in terms of writing, not in terms of the holiday).

So when we went to Sydney, I didn't take the laptop. I didn't even take a print-out of any of my existing projects. All I took, writing-wise, was a shorthand notebook, a biro, and a copy of a story a friend had asked me to critique.

It turned out to be a great decision. Without the pressure to work on an existing project, in a new setting, and without the laptop, it turned out that I wrote quite a bit (not sure how many words because I haven't transcribed them yet) of a story that I thought was dead.

Until the holiday, I hadn't thought about this story for a couple of years.

And of course, that flows on to other projects, because you realise that projects are never really dead -- all you need to do is pick up the pen (or open the file) and start work again.

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• 14:43 back from Sydney. Exhausted but happy. #

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• 09:38 I love my lappy, but nothing beats pen & pad 4 sheer simplicity #

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• 09:21 Writing... Right after i get myself a cuppa #

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• 08:32 Working on a story i haven't touched 4 years. #
• 09:26 I wish i had telekinesis #

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