*tears out hair *

[erastes]

Research is a right pain sometimes. I've just spent two hours writing one sentence because I wrote "a woman, wearing a..." and stopped dead.  Then I had to go and research fashion, more particularly Italian fashion in 1933, which turned out to be not as simple as it appeared.  The depression AND fascism had influenced fashion a great deal.

Now I'm stuck again over something STUPID.  What's the thing called that you carry a mixture of cake around on?  You know, usually silver or plated, and has a handle and several stories?

ETA: CAKE STAND - I'm an idiot.  Thank you enolabloodygay

Comments

[enolabloodygay.livejournal.com]

Well, I'd call it a cake stand.

[semioticwarrior.livejournal.com]

The capital letters caught my eye before I read the rest of the post.

Of course I read "cake stand" as "cock stand."

[crawling-angel.livejournal.com]

I was like that over 'the thing that measures the fares in a taxi'

A taxi meter!

[emlynley.livejournal.com]

I'm totally with you on the research thing. I learned to put "blah blah" in there or I'll spend hours and lose momentum writing. Now I have a whole novel full of little stuff to research, but it's probably more efficient to do all at once, since it's mostly the same sources. We'll see how it works out this time around.

[lee-rowan.livejournal.com]

I had a brain freeze like that this morning. Is Mercury going retro again?

For a fashion note like that, I'd probably put she was wearing a (hot Italian period fashion)and just go on, or the sentence would wither and die.

[joannesopercook.livejournal.com]

TELL ME ABOUT IT. I have days where I write five words, look something up; five more words, look something up. Talk about annoying...