tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19922276.post113948752807461280..comments2023-11-29T07:39:34.401+00:00Comments on Carla Nayland Historical Fiction: The Blookreader AwardsCarlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11901028520813891575noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19922276.post-1139658849056572872006-02-11T11:54:00.000+00:002006-02-11T11:54:00.000+00:00Cat vacuuming: over on http://groups.google.com/g...Cat vacuuming: over on http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.sf.composition it was used a lot at one point, especially by Mary Gentle. In fact, I thought she may have coined it - she generally has a wonderful turn of phrase.Alex Bordessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18360540101147770320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19922276.post-1139655919434655052006-02-11T11:05:00.000+00:002006-02-11T11:05:00.000+00:00All is made clear :-) Sounds cuter than 'displace...All is made clear :-) Sounds cuter than 'displacement activity'.Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11901028520813891575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19922276.post-1139623271234434652006-02-11T02:01:00.000+00:002006-02-11T02:01:00.000+00:00Cat vacuuming is another useful concept I picked u...Cat vacuuming is another useful concept I picked up at Making Light, the nielsenhayden.com blog. It was in comment threads, so I don't know who coined it. <BR/><BR/>Any activity you engage in in order to avoid working on your book is vacuuming the cat. (The term works doubly well for me because of my protagonist's name!)Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16932015378213238346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19922276.post-1139605979763239222006-02-10T21:12:00.000+00:002006-02-10T21:12:00.000+00:00Cat vaccuming??Cat vaccuming??Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11901028520813891575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19922276.post-1139600976035726112006-02-10T19:49:00.000+00:002006-02-10T19:49:00.000+00:00It was the Crapometer that gave me the ideaAha! I ...<I> It was the Crapometer that gave me the idea</I><BR/><BR/>Aha! I remember the haiku, but I thought this was better, because it gave me a fair idea of the story arc.<BR/><BR/>I don't think I'm going to enter the contest, though, for fear of cat vacuuming.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16932015378213238346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19922276.post-1139600213538163312006-02-10T19:36:00.000+00:002006-02-10T19:36:00.000+00:00It was the Crapometer that gave me the idea. Some...It was the Crapometer that gave me the idea. Somebody submitted one as a haiku, and I thought how much nicer it must have been for Miss Snark to read that than several hundred words of prose. When I came across the review competition I remembered it, but I can't write haiku so a limerick had to suffice. Are you going to enter? I'm sure he'll be delighted if you do - for a competition organiser, the more entries the better.Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11901028520813891575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19922276.post-1139581762016098302006-02-10T14:29:00.000+00:002006-02-10T14:29:00.000+00:00Lady Ceridwen ... What a great little synopsis - I...<I>Lady Ceridwen ...</I> What a great little synopsis - I wish you could have submitted this for Miss Snark's synopsis Crapometer!Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16932015378213238346noreply@blogger.com