Writing Life

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

Characters Made Fun

Ever look into astrology? Check out this guy, he’s a blast. (That page, incidentally, is Taro and Rafe’s relationship. That’s where I got the tone of it, anyway, and good God does it work…!) One of my forum-friends tonight was talking about how she didn’t know her character very well, and various methods were suggested. […]

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Manifesto

Main Entry: manยทiยทfesยทtoFunction: noun Etymology: Italian, denunciation, manifest, from manifestare to manifest, from Latin, from manifestus Date: 1620 : a written statement declaring publicly the intentions, motives, or views of its issuer I am going get published because I am a great writer and I have wonderful stories to share.ย  I will introduce Taro, Eve,

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arghle

Today I paid the rent, took the roomie’s car through emissions (she’s out of town), worked out, went to the library, and mailed Taro to DAW. I also moved the dinner table back into the kitchen, washed all the stuff to go back on the kitchen shelves, and spent a couple hours consolidating a lot

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Three Weeks

Okay. In no particular order (except for one), here are the projects I’d like to work on in the next three weeks. September 23 is the beginning of NaNoPubYe’s Fall Warm-Up, and I’ll be doing that then. Aiaria’s Quest critique–I doubt I’ll do it first, but I do want to get it done. ‘Cause Aki

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Nearing the End

So my “forget writing, just survive” period is coming to an end.ย  I need some writing goals.ย  It shouldn’t be that hard.ย  Not like there’s a shortage of half-finished projects lying around, is it? Which makes it difficult.ย  Where to start?ย  What to finish?ย  In short, what’s the plan, Stan? Umm… Tomorrow.ย  I’ll make some

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Epiphany

Have I finally figured out how to balance work, writing, and family? We’ll see. I hope so; I have some really awesome people in my life who deserve a lot more attention than I’ve given them in the past. Now, though–I’ve made some decisions and I have good intentions, but…we’ll see.

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Because I Like a Challenge

Yes, the new character’s not talking is making things difficult and I’m not even writing him yet. But he has very expressive eyes. That should help. I did write today. 1,497 words of a fanfic I promised my roommate months ago. It was like pulling teeth! :mops sweat: But I did it. I’m going to

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