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How to say 'to be done', etc.
Put le (with) before the verbal noun:
Tá sé le déanamh. It is to be done. (It is for doing.)
Tá scoil nua le tógáil. A new school is to be built.
Tá an mhonarcha le dúnadh. The factory is to be closed.
Tá Seán le bheith ann. Séan is to be there.
Tá cruinniú le bheith ann. A meeting is to be held. (lit. is to be there)

Giving strong advice:
The phrase used is ba cheart do (should), i.e. the ba form of the copula plus ceart (right) plus do (to, for) - the sense is roughly that it would b right for (me, you, etc) to... The imperative form of the verb (a) is contrasted here with ba cheart do (b):

1. Téir abhaile. Go home.
Ba cheart duit dul abhaile. You should go home.
2. Tabhair cóta leat. Bring a coat with you.
Ba cheart duit cóta a thabairt leat. You should take a coat with you.
3. Labhair leis. Speak to him.
Ba cheart duit labhairt leis. You should speak with him.
4. Tosaigh arís.
Ba cheart duit tosú arís.
5. Cuir stop leis. Stop him/it.
Ba cheart duit stop a chur leis. You should stop him/it.

Dropping do (dom, duit, etc.) gives an impersonal meaning.
Ba cheart stop a chur leis. It should be stopped. (lit. A stop should be put to it.)

The negative form is níor cheart:
Níor cheart duit dul ann. You shouldn't go there.
Níor cheart é a dhéanamh. It shouldn't be done.

Ba cheart (and níor cheart) can also be followed by go (that):
Ba cheart go mbeadh sé go breá. It should be fine.
Níor cheart go mbeadh sí i bhfad. She shouldn't be long.



And the intensive ramp-up to Dragon*Con of little mends and neurotic freaking out about everything begins. Yaaay. On the other hand I finally went out and got myself a dress form so I don't have to worry about trying to figure out where to sew and pin and sew things while they're on me. So that'll be useful, and I also have boxes for my costumes that include parts that can't be hung up so easily. Like wigs. So once I finish each costume the last few bits of the way I can put them all away and then just bring out the boxes for Dragon*Con! Which is less than three weeks away. Two and a half weeks? Augh.

I've got my schedule worked out though. So, bit by bit, all the tasks will be done? Writing wise I'm not doing too badly, though I really, really need to get Gods and Monsters done by the end of today and get a fucking backlog going on that. Fortunately I also have almost all the blogwork done for this week, and the rest of that can come tonight. Which actually means I may be creeping somewhat ahead in writing work in general, which would be fanTABulous. I also have finally booked time for playing with Scrivener! Only a day late or so? And. And at some point I need to get organized about my online presence, my advertising things, everything else. I just. I don't know, I kind of want to trust that my backbrain has all of this well in hand and at the same time augh so many things to juggle.

I think this is part of... something. Why Scrivener irritates me so. It offers a lot of tools to organize your novel and so on, but I've already learned to do this in my head. I always learned how to do this in my head, I organized it, I developed mental tools while people were developing programs. And trying to do it outside of my head feels weird and wrong. And clunky and clumsy. But I do think I like the formatting tools.

So, um. Today on the schedule it looks like all Gods and Monsters all the time at work, and then various and sundry fiddly tasks tonight. With playing around with Scrivener, and then after the boy leaves for work finishing up Person of Interest. If I'm lucky I can finish it up and do caps and put it all in and have that done and not have to worry about it for the rest of the week!