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Happy Halloween; or, Dressing Up For The Holidays
(Post-A-Day Challenge, Day 31) Yay! I made it to Day 31 of my Post-A-Day Challenge! Which means that come next month, we’ll be back to our usual two-or-three times a week schedule, of which one will be a Thursday NaNoWriMo … Continue reading
It’s Almost Here; or One Day Left Until NaNoWriMo
(Post-A-Day Challenge, Day 30) So earlier in the month, I posted a list of tasks I hoped to accomplish before this year’s NaNoWriMo begins on November 1. Let’s see how I did: 1) Installing New Keyboard. Status: WIN! Got that … Continue reading
Getting To Know You; or, An Interview With Your Character
(Post-a-Day Challenge, day 29) One of the ways you can get to know your characters a little better is by conducting an interview with them. Asking them the right kinds of questions can reveal things about them that you might … Continue reading
Dragon Friday #4
(Post-A-Day Challenge, Day 28) It’s Friday. You know what that means…. The Dragon, The Wench, and Her Wardrobe (working title) © 2011 Sheila McClune Part 4 Teri tactfully avoided discussing my trip any further when she sat back down at … Continue reading
Retail Therapy; or Shopping For A Creative Spark
(Post-A-Day Challenge, Day 27) [Almost there…stay on target….] This evening, my friend Rivka and I decided to go out and engage in a little low-budget retail therapy. We headed over to the ARC thrift store. I love shopping at thrift … Continue reading
Plot Decisions; or Weighing The Possibilities
(Post-A-Day Challenge, Day 26) I just finished running the last few chapters of the first book of “The Daughters of August Winterbourne”* series past my critique group. As part of the critique, two members of the group questioned one of … Continue reading
Weather Or Not; or, Let It Snow?
(Post-A-Day Challenge, Day 25) As I write this, the season’s first snow is falling outside my window. Sadly, it does not appear that we’ll get the 18″ some forecasters were predicting. I’m thinking we’ll be lucky to make 3″ by … Continue reading
Too Much “Was”; or, One Easy Way To Add More Life To Your Writing
(Post-A-Day Challenge, Day 24) In my on-line critique group, this was my week to receive a critique. As always, my group provided helpful feedback, catching all (or at least, many) of the things I missed. One person pointed out to … Continue reading
It’s Dangerous To Go Alone; or Do You Know Where Your NaNoWriMo Support Group Is?
(Post-A-Day Challenge, Day 23) Today, I attended a NaNoWriMo panel at MileHiCon. Since I’m a NaNo veteran, there wasn’t a lot that I didn’t already know, but I was intrigued by the discussions of NaNoWriMo as a social activity rather … Continue reading
Things You Learn From Conventions; or It’s About More Than Just The Writing
(Post-A-Day Challenge, Day 22) I love going to science fiction conventions, especially the more literary ones like MileHiCon (which is where I am this weekend, hence the lack of internet connectivity). These conventions aren’t about meeting your favorite actor … Continue reading
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Dragon Friday #3
(Post-A-Day Challenge, Day 21*) Okay, yeah, I know. I missed posting the last couple of days. But that’s because the Hyatt management are a bunch of greedy bastards who have to squeeze every last red cent out of their guests. … Continue reading
Postus Interruptus; or, You Want Free WHAT?
Sorry guys. No free wi-fi at the Hyatt Regency Tech Center, under any circumstances, ever. (I’ll rant more about that later.) So I’m still writing my blog entries for my blog challenge, but I won’t be able to post them … Continue reading
Saving For Later; or What Became Of This Year’s Plum Crop
(Post-A-Day Challenge, Day 20) When Beloved Husband and I moved into our house a few years ago, we discovered that, among other things, our property included a couple of ume plum bushes–small Japanese plums. Well, of course, when life gives … Continue reading
Living A Creative Life; or, How Do You Know When You’re Doing It Right?
(Post-A-Day Challenge, Day 19) I saw a quote about creativity the other day that gave me pause for thought: “To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.” -Joseph Chilton Pearce Which sounds profound and wonderful, … Continue reading
Officially Registered; or NaNoWriMo, Here I Come!
(Post-A-Day Challenge, Day 18) Today, I finally got around to officially registering for this year’s NaNoWriMo challenge. Not that it was an urgent task–I still have a few days left before the beginning of November, after all. But it always … Continue reading
Another Goal Achieved; or, A Clean Desk Is A Sign Of…
(Post-A-Day Challenge, Day 17) Ahhh. The smell of furniture polish is in the air. That can only mean one thing: Today was desk-cleaning day at my house. One of my pre-NaNoWriMo prep goals was to clean off my desk, and … Continue reading
And Then What? or, Pacing
(Post-A-Day Challenge, Day 16) (Gah! Somehow this got saved as a draft last night instead of getting posted. It should count anyway, right?) Found myself indisposed with an unhappy tummy today, so I took the opportunity to read through one … Continue reading
NaNoWriMo Icons & Banner; or, Spiffing The Place Up
(Post-A-Day Challenge, Day 15) (Yes, I know, it’s technically tomorrow, but I haven’t gone to bed yet, so it still counts. Neener-neener.) Okay, so today, I made myself some icons–and a banner–for NaNoWriMo. I’m going to try for a couple … Continue reading
Dragon Friday #2
(Post-A-Day Challenge, Day 14) Time for another installment in the story I started last week. The Dragon, The Wench, and Her Wardrobe (working title) © 2011 Sheila McClune Part 2 Of course, it didn’t go that smoothly. It never does. … Continue reading
Prose To Poetry And Back Again; or, All The Other Cool Kids Were Doing It….
(Post-A-Day Challenge, Day 13) Okay, so…. After seeing this on a couple of other writers’ blogs, I decided to try it myself. The idea is to take your prose and break it into lines and stanzas like a free-verse poem. … Continue reading
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