Random invite from estate agent selling former parental abode to join their 'property hub'. Ten months since it went on the market and almost two since we agreed a sale so my reaction is basically Ogodz what's gone wrong this time...

Can I just crawl back into my burrow to hibernate a bit longer?

It has always bugged me...

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This is more or less what I said.

Weirdly, hadn't seen this when I was *cough* musing on 3-act structure earlier.

Most of my stuff shakes down into 5 acts, including the cursed novella which is neither epic nor fantasy, but is multi-POV (well, 2 POVs).

Have scrolled back. Wishing you all the best with whatever's needed next. x

Heh.

Fight! Fight!

I would break conventional 3-act down as:

Beginning
Middle
Middle
Middle
Middle
End

It’s no wonder those middles sag.

Can't stay silent any longer: Three-act structure is really _four_ acts.

Blimey. Most of those didn’t reach our rural backwater.

Truth.

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Okay. You just drag the tab down from the bar across the top. Cool.

Just accidentally dragged two tabs into a split browser pane and have no idea how, except earlier today I was wishing I could...

Would have been really useful then.

I think I prefer katsu!

:D Had never heard of it until today. Completely out of touch.

I can comprehend pistachio ice cream, but struggling with the chocolate concept when there are perfectly good pistachios to gnaw on instead.

It’s certainly reached Shap Co-op. Whether it’ll stick around is another matter!

I’m not a convert.

Huh. It’s distinctive, I suppose.

Don’t think it’ll tempt me away from mint Aero..

Odd yellow/green packaging for _pistachio_ flavoured Aero.

Wut?

My body keeps reminding me I’ve entered ‘Use it or lose it’ territory.

On the plus side, I’m currently about 5lbs lighter than I was when I was 38 and can still touch my toes (for what little use that is…)

It’s been ridiculous - wasn’t the plan at all! Most of my book collection is still packed away in boxes…

It really has! Between them, Covid and Yorkshire Dales planners did some kind of weird time-distorting stunt…

Working on what I fervently hope are the finishing touches to the house we began renovating in August 2019. Decided to revisit Shadows of the Apt and see which will reach the finish line first - the house or the series.

Currently downloading Book 4.

Ooph.

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I hate Al and I refuse to use it Peter, if you don't use Al a bunch of super rich men will lose a lot of money I already said I hated Al Harry, you don't need to sell it to me

BP okay when I managed to dial down the WILL NOBODY THINK OF THE POOR CHICKENS GETTING BLOWN AWAY IN THEIR SHED?