Writing Life

The life most real to me. As evidenced by the preponderance of posts.

His Faithful Squire Giveaway

I’m so good at remembering to post stuff, yes.     Goodreads Book Giveaway His Faithful Squire by K.D. Sarge Giveaway ends November 15, 2011. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. ย  ย  ย  ย Enter to win  

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I’m Stealing Namibia

Or at least the Namib Desert. Here’s the deal–if you’ve hung around here at all, you know that I like to do things differently. When I came across the dare in the NaNoWriMo Fantasy forums to write a fantasy set somewhere “not pseudo-medieval pseudo-Europe,” I didn’t need the hint. It was already In the Plan.

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NaNo ZOMG

NaNo ZOMG

Pardon me while I flail a bit. I haven’t had time for much of that. NaNoNaNoNaNoNaNoNAAAUGGHHHHH!! *runs around in circles* Okay, I’m better. I spent the weekend so far working on STUFFS for NaNo. Last night an icon, today a banner (that I don’t know how to upload yet), and sorting out my notes. (Icon,

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Keeping History Straight

Keeping History Straight

The Dream’verse is a big place, and a lot of people live in it (this happens with universes) and a lot of books take place in it (seven and counting.) For years I’ve been looking for a way to keep track of things in the name of consistency.* I tried spreadsheets, but spreadsheets are unwieldy

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Using the Save the Cat! Beat Sheet

Using the Save the Cat! Beat Sheet

Editing Joss is not as much fun as writing him was, but it’s still been pretty fun. (I’m getting back to that tonight, I swear!) I’m using Blake Snyder’s Beat Sheet among other tools to figure out what’s missing that needs to be in the book, or what is there that shouldn’t be. It’s not

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NaNo Decision: This Time I Mean It

NaNo Decision: This Time I Mean It

So after a couple months of trying to decide–in my off moments that should have been spent on all my deadline-y stuff–what to do for NaNo, I had decided to write the third in my epic trilogy of magic, gay and win, Hiro’s Quest (yes, it’ll be renamed.) I really want to write it, you

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From the Files of Random and Win

First, search terms I am delighted led persons to my blog: Mayan Shaolin Monk semi naked cowboys Welcome, o persons of inquiring mind! Second: I was looking for something today, and conditions being favorable (meaning I didn’t have too much stuff piled in front of my file cabinet) the search led into my files which

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