So… yeah. This character and I are getting along famously. I don’t know whether anyone else will love her as much as I do, but things are just peachy.
I mean, the plot needs work, but the character is there.
Catalen is at a wealthy person’s house, and someone’s been getting her dressed up for a fancy dinner. Cat is a little out of her element, but she handles these things pretty well. At least, she has so far. She’s on a mission, and her self-confidence has yet to take a beating.
WIPpet math: 2 + 6 + 1 + 1=10 sentences. First draft warnings apply.
By the time Madam Hat is done with me, I’m trussed up like a hen ready for roasting. My waist looks waspish under this striped blue corset, and my tits are squished nearly up to my chin. I could eat off of them. I swear there’s room to balance a plate, maybe a cup and some cutlery.
But when I look in the mirror, I realize that I’m the one who looks like a feast. The full blue skirt puffs out so you can’t tell what’s dress and what’s me, and it’s long enough that I seem to be floating when I tiptoe across the floor. I’m all curves in this thing—not that I wasn’t damn fetching before, but now I look like the girls in movies.
Feck that. I look better than them. Definitely more fun and more capable, and less likely to blow away in a stiff breeze.
You know what they say goeth before a fall, right? We’ll just leave her to enjoy this moment for now.
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ROW80 UPDATE
Okay. I’m still trying to win NaNoWriMo, because all of my friends are getting pretty dragon badges, and I WANT ONE.
It’s the little things, you know?
So here’s the plan. If I can write 5,000 words today and 5,000 tomorrow, I’ll have done it. Three separate projects this month, but 50,000 new words. I’m not going to have access to my computer(s) after tomorrow, so this is it.
Wish me luck.
Oh, and as far as goals after that go… I do have this Bound-related short story back from my editor that I’d love to share with you all before Torn comes out, but I haven’t even read over the notes/corrections yet. So I guess that’s what comes next.
Other updates:
Reading— I did some this week! I read Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
I also finished Broken Aro (The Broken Ones Book 1)
It’s never too late to join in on ROW80 if you feel the need for some creative accountability. Here’s the link.
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disregard the prologue 
November 26th, 2014 at 12:08 pm
As for Cat–work it, girl, work it!
As for Malcolm, be sure to read Outliers! It’s fascinating!
November 26th, 2014 at 1:03 pm
Thank you! That’s the one I was trying to remember the title of. 🙂
November 26th, 2014 at 12:20 pm
“I could eat off of them. I swear there’s room to balance a plate, maybe a cup and some cutlery.” Omg. Hahaha! Actually, she’s better off not trying to eat in that…she’ll end up decorating her “shelf” that way. Not that I would know anything at all about that. Nope.
November 26th, 2014 at 12:35 pm
I have enough trouble with getting crumbs down my cleavage. 🙂
November 26th, 2014 at 8:31 pm
Funny, I have no trouble at all getting crumbs down my cleavage. They do that just fine without any trouble at all! ;-D
November 26th, 2014 at 12:48 pm
PS- you almost made me make a filthy joke in public. WELL PLAYED.
November 26th, 2014 at 3:55 pm
Corsets are definitely lots of fun (for a very limited amount of time). Unless you get your very strong husband to lace it and without even thinking he pulls it all the way shut in one go and you can’t breathe to save your life (literally). Then he’s all racing to get it back off you and you watch your falsely exaggerated curves shift back to all the old places and realize this wasn’t as sexy as you anticipated… Maybe that’s overshare, though.
November 26th, 2014 at 5:49 pm
Ouch. O.o
November 26th, 2014 at 6:32 pm
Yikes. But at the same time, you can do it. It’s a lot of words, but it’s what you love. You’ve got this. 😀
November 26th, 2014 at 8:35 pm
I’ve worn corsets a couple of times, though they weren’t cinched in overly tight. When the corset fits properly, and is adjusted properly, it feels like an all-over body hug, and can be wonderful! However, you have to wear clothes that are tailored for a corset, otherwise, you’ll look absolutely ridiculous with your boobs up to here! 😀
I need to write about 5000 words a day, too, if I want to finish before the 30th. I should be able to do it – my schedule’s pretty open for the rest of the month, but it’ll be tiring work. Best of luck to you to finish while you have the computer!
November 26th, 2014 at 11:06 pm
“I could eat off of them. I swear there’s room to balance a plate, maybe a cup and some cutlery.”
LOL
Reminds me of that Bridget Jones line: “I like a woman with an arse you can park a bike in and balance a pint of beer on.”
Combine the two and you’re sorted as far as food and drink (not so sure about the bike part)
November 27th, 2014 at 9:27 am
What gets stared at more than the large breasts of a waitress in a white shirt?
The large breasts of a waitress when someone’s spilled four mugs of cocoa, or a large container of vividly purple huckleberry vinaigrette on them, of course….
Not that I would know…tra la la….moving one.
Love this snippet. And, although my WIP for NaNo keeps stretching out, I have lots of extra words. Want some?
BTW, I’m liking Cat too!
November 27th, 2014 at 9:28 am
And that book sounds intriguing for me, as an uschooling mom. May need to add it to the forever growing list!
November 27th, 2014 at 1:13 pm
A BOUND RELATED SHORT STORY? Did I know about this? What’re you hiding, Sparkes? You think you can just casually drop that sort of tidbit like it’s a crumb of bread? *glares*
*continues to glare*
*still glaring*
Oh, and nice WIPpet, Cat is great and your voice for her is super engaging. I can’t wait for more of her.
December 11th, 2014 at 9:26 pm
Did I not have you look at that?
(hashtag delayed reaction)
December 11th, 2014 at 10:20 pm
Did you? Did I? Uuuuummmmm…. I don’t recall. You’ll need to refresh my memory. Perhaps it’s with my mojo.
December 11th, 2014 at 10:21 pm
It’s Rowan’s origin story.
December 11th, 2014 at 10:45 pm
I don’t think so. When would that have been?
December 11th, 2014 at 11:24 pm
I’ve been picking at it occasionally for the past year.
November 28th, 2014 at 4:11 pm
I love her humour – she had me at the hen for roasting comment! Good luck with NaNo – I’m cheering you on from across the pond! 🙂
November 29th, 2014 at 7:06 am
I love this character’s voice and her descriptions, particularly about the boobs. 😀