Tag: NaNoWriMo
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As Sonja pointed out, I have been AWOL, thus denying you your not-quite-NaNoWriMo voyeurism. Sorry! Here’s my best estimate of the current word count. I’m still behind on typing because Wednesday was busy, Thursday was weird, and today I’m just tired. Word Count – Aug 14, 2009: The bright spot has been adding 2 new…
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From an NPR story on the new book “Magicians,” which sounds pretty sweet: The author says he used to care about being a “literary novelist,” but now all he cares about is telling a good story. ME TOO. Me. Freaking. Too. I don’t want to go into a rant, because that’s too easy. It’s too…
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No, I’m not schizo. But I am finding that certain characters speak to me more vividly than others. Today, for example, I hit a stride when I introduced the main character’s best friend. She just flowed out of me, fiesty and over-the-top and oh-so-easy to write. Similarly, Reggie from Twenty-Somewhere is always a blast to…
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1. Yay for Jeanine winning So You Think You Can Dance! 2. Yay for my winning a free copy of Allison Winn Scotch’s “Time of My Life”! (Thanks to The Divining Wand for that!) 3. Yay to hitting the $10 mark (i.e., 30 copies sold) with my Amazon offerings! I’ll be putting up a new…
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Word Count – Aug 5, 2009: Sadly the past two days have not been as productive as the first few. A couple of the hours I lost last night were to my writing group, though, so it’s hard to say that wasn’t worth it. The couple hours of Bones reruns, on the other hand… (I…