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Category Archives: Writing
With My Head In The Clouds
This past week, I finally knuckled down and did something I’ve been meaning to do since…well, since NaNoWriMo last November. I moved my works in progress (WIPs) to the Cloud. I still have mixed feelings about this. On the one … Continue reading
Back In The Saddle Again
I’ve been a bad, bad person. Not only have I been neglecting my blog, but I haven’t been getting a lot of writing done, either. I could lie and make up some excuse about how life has been busy (it … Continue reading
Writing Thursday: NaNoWriMo, Week 3
This week, I feel obliged to start off with a link to a list the Denver NaNoWriMo group shared on Facebook: Ten Signs Someone You Know Is Doing National Novel Writing Month. I have to admit doing at least some … Continue reading
Writing Thursday (on a Tuesday): NaNoWriMo Week 2 (just a little late)
Oops. I really meant to post last Thursday. Really, I did. But, you know, life hap– Okay. I’ll be honest. Sometimes life doesn’t just “happen”. Sometimes you do it to yourself. So since I’m, being honest, the real reason I … Continue reading
Writing Thursday: NaNoWriMo, Week 1
Well, week 1 of NaNoWriMo has passed. And I’ve made good progress; at the end of the first week, in order to keep on target, I should have written 11,669 words (that’s 1,667/day times seven days). I’ve actually written 12,748, … Continue reading
Writing Thursday: NaNo Is Coming…
Okay, so unless you’re brand-new around here, you know that NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month, in which I and millions of other people across the country endeavor to prove ourselves certifiably insane by attempting to write a 50,000-word … Continue reading
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Writing Thursday: Advice for Aspiring/Perspiring Writers #3: Supernatural Forces Do Not Govern Your Writing
Since I seem to be on a roll with advice for aspiring/perspiring[1] writers, here’s my third entry, and I’ll admit up front that this one may be controversial: Supernatural forces do not govern your writing. So here’s the deal: Yes, … Continue reading
Writing Thursday: Advice to Aspiring/Perspiring Writers #2: Writers Write
Okay, since I sort of started down this path last week, when I talked about the fact that first drafts suck, I got to thinking about some other advice I’d give to someone who wants to write fiction. And I … Continue reading
Writing Thursday: Contest Results and Writing Advice
Hi, everyone! Yeah, I know. I haven’t blogged about writing in a while. Frankly, while I’ve still been writing, I haven’t had a lot going on that I considered blog-worthy. This week, that changed. A couple of months ago, I … Continue reading
Writing Thursday: NaNoWriMo Ate My Brain; or, How NOT To Do NaNoWriMo
Hello, blog. {shuffles feet} It’s been a while. I know, I know. I never call, I never write, I never even send e-mail. I’m sorry. I’ll try to do better, really I will. It’s just that sometimes, I get distracted. … Continue reading
Dear Internet: Please Help!
AaaaaaAAAAAaaaaaAAAAAAAaaaa!!! So…panic time. Two days to NaNoWriMo, and I have no idea what I’m writing. So, as always, I’m turning to the Great Interweb’s Hive Mind for advice. My options are: ——————– Story_Title: The Daughters of August Winterbourne, vol. 3.5 … Continue reading
Writing Thursday: Shifting Gears; or What To Do Next?
So. I’ve recently finished writing a short (for me) story. I need to go and work on something else for a week or two before I come back and give it the edit it needs (my critique group made some … Continue reading
Writing Thursday: Finishing What I Started, June 2012 Edition
So. Here it is, the beginning of June, and so far, I’ve met three of my writing goals for the year: Completed deep edits on Book 1 of The Daughters of August Winterbourne. Submitted same to a publisher (still waiting … Continue reading
Writing Thursday: Out Of The Nest; or, I Submitted My Story!
Sorry for the long absence on the writing front. Things got a little busy around here. So when we last talked, I was getting ready to submit my novel, The Daughters of August Winterbourne, to the Strange Chemistry Open Door … Continue reading
Manic Monday: An Apology and Some Link Salad
Dear Blog, I’m sorry. I neglected you shamefully last week. It was my fault for planning poorly. But I was also working to get the first seven chapters of my manuscript, The Daughters of August Winterbourne, edited and spiffed up, … Continue reading
Writing Thursday: Descriptions; or, A Sense Of Place
A beta reader of my WIP, The Daughters of August Winterbourne (Book 1) pointed out to me that my description of my main character Celia Winterbourne’s arrival in Oxford was…a little thin. Well, let’s see: Their carriage wended its way … Continue reading
Writing Thursday: Entitlement; or, What To Name The Baby (Chapters)
At the end of my latest round of editing on my WIP, The Daughters of August Winterbourne (Book 1), I came to an inevitable conclusion: The story is set in the Victorian era, so in order to give it a … Continue reading
Writing Thursday: Show Me; or, Making The Words Count
So as I mentioned last week, I had a dilemma with one of my scenes. It was telling, not showing. But at the same time, I was also trying to reduce my overall word count for this story. After looking … Continue reading
Writing Thursday: Showing, Not Telling; or, How Many Times Do I Have To Tell You?
I know this one. Really, I do. Show. Don’t tell. But when I’m trying to keep my word count down, sometimes it’s more economical to tell. Because showing involves using lots of words, you know. That “thousand words to paint … Continue reading
Writing Thursday: Brief Updates; or News From The Trenches
In a bit of a rush today, so I’m going to keep things brief. But this week’s exciting news is that I’m about halfway through my current desperate hunt for extraneous words in my WIP, The Daughters of August Winterbourne … Continue reading
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