This one turned out quite grainy, but I kind of like it anyway.
Unidentified green creature stalks cubicle dweller
What’s green and yellow, has six legs, and waits for you outside your door?
I don’t know, but it watched me carefully as I locked the door only an inch or two from its head. I think I’ll name it Mr. Leggy.
Screens and comments
Over at Penmachine.com, Derek espouses the virtues of the flat-panel monitor… without actually owning one. He suggests several brands, but I can just cut to the quick and recommend the Samsung Synchmaster 191N. It’s big, it’s bright, it rotates 90 degrees to portrait mode, and the price is very reasonable.
The difference between LCD and CRT is amazing: where a CRT can be blurry, distorted, and can flicker, the LCD monitor provides a steady, crisp image. I’ll never go back to a CRT if I can help it.
I mention this here only because Derek refuses to put a comment link on his blog, which annoys me to no end.
Fourth, fifth, and sixth words
Last night saw a productive start to my story. I started by deleting the first three words that I’d written previously. I now have 1,900 words of chapter one. Our hero has said several things already and had a swallow of scotch before hearing the bad news. But I can’t tell you about that without giving away too much. Hee hee hee.
Incidentally, River Selkie and I have decided that a little friendly competition will provide some extra motivation to complete our novels. As she’s already about 28,000 words ahead of me, she’s aiming for 100, 000 words (roughly the end of her novel) and I’m aiming for 75,000 words (roughly three-quarters). The first person to reach the target will give the other a virtual pat on the back. Regular readers of our blogs will be able to keep tabs on our progress. Egging us on would be extremely helpful. Egging us with real eggs would be less helpful, however, and messier.
Stones
Watching TV: the Rolling Stones, live in Toronto. Wow. Those guys still rock.