Writing Life

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

Admin Note

EDIT: Each post will have a different password–it will be the last word inย the name of the post. Okay, in twenty minutes I start writing. I’ll snip when I’m done. The snips will be password protected so my book won’t be searchable. The password is George. Because I want it to be. This post will […]

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NaNo’s Eve

Forget All Hallow’s–it’s the eve of NaNo! 0603–wake up and get up. Plan is to go at 0700 to Starbucks for coffee and NaNo planning. 0700–cheer on Aussie friend as she hits midnight and starts writing! 0728–My ride had a call from Israel. That takes precedence over informal meet-for-coffee, and I don’t mind at all.

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Blogging NaNo

Apparently I’m blogging my NaNo. I hadn’t been able to come to a decision, but I asked friends to talk me out of it and I’ve met every argument, so… Yeah. This should be interesting. Here’s my reasoning–no one is going to bother stealing the incredibly rough first draft of the middle book of a

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No AC at Work=No Brain at Home

It was ninety-five degrees today. You know how you feel when you slowly cook all day long in your own sweat while pretending to be comfortable and professional? Yeah. Completely typical–I start recovering brain cells and it’s time to go to bed. *sigh* Some plotting done–more deciding limits on characters and stuff. I seem to

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Shaolin Monks and Mayan Mysticism

This NaNovel is going to be awesome. If the research weren’t so fun, I’d be jumping up and down, I’m so eager to start. But the research is fun. Llamas are fascinating, magic and mysticism and the practices of shamans are all intriguing, and I can watch Shaolin monks and old kung fu movies and

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A Day Out

Okay, so it was a day taking bus after bus to get the kid to a couple appointments. I was out. It counts. We actually had some fun. Spent too much money, but what else is new? My kid deserves dinner out once in a while. At odd moments I tried to plan, but I

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Organization

NaNo planning proceeds apace. Or sort of, anyway. I wonder if there exists a way to plan in an organized fashion? Generally I have notes in every direction, and spend a lot of time sorting them. I’ve been trying for years to find a better way and I haven’t. The best I’ve come up with

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