Writing Life

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

Try Not to Look Away

So I checked in on CNN this morning to make sure the world hadn’t blown up while I was catching Zs. Due to their many newsfails, I’m disenchanted with CNN, but if all I want to know is “have we gone to war with anyone else?” or “did the gays reveal their agenda at last […]

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Inch by Inch

Inch by inch, my friend used to say, everything’s a cinch. Flylady tells me to take babysteps. So I’m stepping by inches! On page 61 of the file tonight. Page 59 of the manuscript. I spent much of my night poking at my bills. If I can find a way to reduce them by a

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Trudge Trudge

Page forty-six of MS. Page fifty or so in the file–it’s grown a bit already. I can’t wait till it’s done. I really need that vacation I’ve promised myself. Reading and writing fanfic, reading a few books, catching up on my magazine subscriptions…oh man. NEED. And then maybe I can move to my Victorian ghost-hunting

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Here Endeth the Slog

I actually finished the slog last night, but I was too exhausted to exult. I’m not in much better shape now. But. The slog is done. The first book of Hiro is edited, sorta. I’ve made the changes on paper. Now I have to make the changes in the file. It will change more as

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Eleven Days into April

And the struggle goes on. I am halfway through those last fifty pages if you look at the pagecount. Where I am in reality…gah. I am trying to edit the very first Hiro scene I ever wrote, way back before he was Hiro. I’ve found a place to fit it into the manuscript (where it’s

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Fifty More Pages

That doesn’t sound like much until I mention that the MS is only (was only) 150 pages long. Yes, folks, after a blasted month, containing fifty solid hours of editing, I am only two thirds through my MS. But the esteemed Colleen Lindsay has declared this No Whining Week, so I shall not whine. I

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NaNoEdMo = PWNED!

PWN, PWN, PWN!! *dances about* Holy CARP, that was hard! Hereโ€™s how it broke down, for the curious: 03/01/10 99 03/09/10 40 03/17/10 120 03/25/10 10 03/02/10 80 03/10/10 10 03/18/10 300 03/26/10 20 03/03/10 60 03/11/10 40 03/19/10 120 03/27/10 240 03/04/10 10 03/12/10 60 03/20/10 270 03/28/10 120 03/05/10 0 03/13/10 120 03/21/10

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