Maleficent May 500 words/day, all genres welcome

heyjude · May 1, 2010

Welcome to May, friends! :Sun:

Don't let the "maleficent" throw you. It's a friendly thread (unlike that challenge thread :evil

, haha).

Everyone welcome. Join in!

I got 1366 today, in the car no less, completing the first draft of an assignment. :hooray:

Midnight Star · May 1, 2010

I didn't know Maleficent was an actual word. Maybe "Magnificent" would make more sense. Oh geez. I'm beta reading threads now.

I got somewhere between 1800 and 2000 today. Not sure exactly...

heyjude · May 2, 2010

Maleficent: Doing evil, harm, or mischief.

It will also be magnificent.

kaitie · May 2, 2010

I thought that word sounded nefarious. I still would have gone with marveliferous. :tongue

Which is definitely not a word, but I don't care.

So we're in for a mischievous May, are we? *rubs hands together maleficently*

Spring · May 2, 2010

I think that "Maleficent May" sounds mellifluous.

HJ, 'tis official: you are wonderwoman. You finished the assignment? Seriously? I'm in awe. And I'm just a wee bit green with envy. Must keep nose to the grindstone...

Hey writers. Happy Sunday. My (insane) husband is off to run the Tough Mudder today. It's some crazy race where he'll have to run through fire, swim across a frozen lake, run through thigh-high snow, clear a 12 ft smooth wall, crawl under barbed wire, and shimmy his way through a long tunnel of tires. And that's just a portion of the 7+ mile challenge.
I ask...Why? *Sigh*
I will challenge myself to fold and put away laundry, feed the girls lunch, write at least 500 words, make my bed, and possibly paint my toenails. Phew! I'm tired just thinking about my day.

Midnight Star · May 2, 2010

heyjude said:
Maleficent: Doing evil, harm, or mischief.

Well it wasn't in my dictionary. Hmmph. :tongue

kaitie · May 2, 2010

Well, I managed 900 today. Not bad considering I left at 8 this morning, and didn't get home til 8 at night, eh?

ToddWBush · May 2, 2010

I'm not writing much this month, however, I will be around to throw in sarcastic comments and such.

Oh, and in honor of jude's choice of "maleficent" as the title of May's thread, and it's meaning, I've picked Gargamel from "The Smurfs" as my funny avatar of the month.

HistorySleuth · May 2, 2010

Yeah, I'm in again .....

DocBrown · May 2, 2010

Midnight Star said:
Well it wasn't in my dictionary. Hmmph.

Who owns a dictionary anymore? :Wha:

I got rid of mine years ago.

Don't we all use http://dictionary.reference.com/ by now? :PartySmil

Just one more thing the internet replaced in my house. I love the modern world. :e2cloud9:

heyjude · May 2, 2010

+1, Doc. Everything is on the internet!

BTW, maleficent is spelled maleficient in some dictionaries... Maybe that's part of the confusion... I'll go without the extra i cause I'm lazy like that... :sleepy:

DocBrown · May 2, 2010

1500+ today.

I'm hoping to at least average 500 a day sine it's unlikely I will be able to write on quite a few days. Maybe I'll be wrong and will get to write at odd times.

Spring · May 2, 2010

DocBrown, that's exactly the online dictionary I use, or more specifically, I love its thesaurus.

I got two words today. And I forget what two words they were. But I'm certain at some point this morning I added two.

That's it.

Midnight Star · May 2, 2010

DocBrown said:
Who owns a dictionary anymore?

I got rid of mine years ago.

Don't we all use http://dictionary.reference.com/ by now?

Just one more thing the internet replaced in my house. I love the modern world.

I meant the dictionary app on my iPod. :tongue

My parents might have a dictionary around here somewhere but it's probably buried in a box in the storage room.

DocBrown · May 2, 2010

Midnight Star said:
I meant the dictionary app on my iPod.

OOOOOOHHHHHH! A pocket dictionary. That explains it.

HistorySleuth · May 2, 2010

Spring said:
I got two words today. And I forget what two words they were. But I'm certain at some point this morning I added two.

That's it.

Well heck they were probably very important words! Hummmm ...
I'm innocent!
He died.
A bomb!
What the ....
Don't shoot!

Wow, you could have just created a "Holy crap, I never would have guessed that!" moment.

Two words is two words that could change everything.

Midnight Star · May 2, 2010

HistorySleuth said:
Two words is two words that could change everything.

So true. This is actually true in my novel. Two words do change everything.

HistorySleuth · May 2, 2010

heyjude said:
Maleficent: Doing evil, harm, or mischief.

It will also be magnificent.

Ohhhh Male-ficent. Must be another one of those guy things.

heyjude · May 3, 2010

You're on a roll, History.

kaitie · May 3, 2010

This thread is teh awesome!

Spring · May 3, 2010

My two words suddenly seems powerful and important. Thanks, HS!

I am so glad I wrote them yesterday!

heyjude · May 3, 2010

Hey, Spring, how did your hubby do at the Insaneathon this week-end?

Spring · May 3, 2010

Thanks for asking, HJ. He lived! He said it was a lot of fun. The atmosphere was low key and full of camaraderie. He saw a guy running the race in the one-piece Borat swim suit. Three dudes dressed as blue Avatar aliens raced too. Fun and funny.

He finished the race in good time and is enthused to do the next one in November. Methinks I've got an addict on my hands now.

kaitie · May 3, 2010

That's awesome, Spring, but I think the real question on everyone's mind is did your toenails ever get painted?

Spring · May 3, 2010

HA HA!!! Oh, Kaitie...alas, my toenails did NOT get painted. But I didn't fold or put away laundry either. So...ah...I failed my list fairly fantastically.

Maleficent May 500 words/day, all genres welcome

Making my own sunshine

We are once in a lifetime.

Making my own sunshine

With great power comes

Little Miss Sunshine

We are once in a lifetime.

With great power comes

Researching History's Mysteries

Hopes to one day write for food.

Making my own sunshine

Hopes to one day write for food.

Little Miss Sunshine

We are once in a lifetime.

Hopes to one day write for food.

Researching History's Mysteries

We are once in a lifetime.

Researching History's Mysteries

Making my own sunshine

With great power comes

Little Miss Sunshine

Making my own sunshine

Little Miss Sunshine

With great power comes

Little Miss Sunshine