Sudoko/Heroes
Oct. 22nd, 2008 11:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
erastesI can't do sudoku. I don't know why, and it kind of annoys me. I'm good at those cross grid logic puzzles and I can do a lot of puzzles in general, including skeletons and when I get into the groove I can crack the Times Cryptic
OMG HIRO???????????? WTF?
but I think that sudoku must use a particular part of the brain that I'm not used to using. There was a daily quiz sudoku TV programme on here a while back and I tried to follow it, but they'd be yelling "ONE!" before I'd even processed that the grid was on the screen. It does annoy me - I don't like NOT to be able to do something. I don't do anything really well, but I can do a LOT of stuff well enough for a pass grade. To not be able to do something at ALL drives me nuts.
Editing's been tough today. I've reached a dark place in the book. I haven't read this section for a couple of years and to dive back into it has been traumatic today. Still have nothing but praise for my editor. PD Publishing didn't like my Witchfinder - they said that they didn't like that he was a religous sadist. I didn't defend him - he's a Witchfinder - what were they expecting - but Running Press seem to get him completely. They don't question his actions in any way. But what I like about the editor is that she pushes me constantly - "What is this character thinking now?" "Why hasn't he thought of [person] since [place]?" "Don't leave it here, give us more." I'd heard of "rewrites" but until now had no conception of what they consisted of. Until now, editing rewrites were grammar, punctuation and a few comments on the text - this is showing me that the editor has read this meticulously, knows my characters inside out, and wants to see them expanded as much as I'm able.
This is a lovely post about literature and alcohol. Thanks to Mick Dementiuk for the link. I really must try all of these...
OMG HIRO???????????? WTF?
but I think that sudoku must use a particular part of the brain that I'm not used to using. There was a daily quiz sudoku TV programme on here a while back and I tried to follow it, but they'd be yelling "ONE!" before I'd even processed that the grid was on the screen. It does annoy me - I don't like NOT to be able to do something. I don't do anything really well, but I can do a LOT of stuff well enough for a pass grade. To not be able to do something at ALL drives me nuts.
Editing's been tough today. I've reached a dark place in the book. I haven't read this section for a couple of years and to dive back into it has been traumatic today. Still have nothing but praise for my editor. PD Publishing didn't like my Witchfinder - they said that they didn't like that he was a religous sadist. I didn't defend him - he's a Witchfinder - what were they expecting - but Running Press seem to get him completely. They don't question his actions in any way. But what I like about the editor is that she pushes me constantly - "What is this character thinking now?" "Why hasn't he thought of [person] since [place]?" "Don't leave it here, give us more." I'd heard of "rewrites" but until now had no conception of what they consisted of. Until now, editing rewrites were grammar, punctuation and a few comments on the text - this is showing me that the editor has read this meticulously, knows my characters inside out, and wants to see them expanded as much as I'm able.
This is a lovely post about literature and alcohol. Thanks to Mick Dementiuk for the link. I really must try all of these...
