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Changes, they are a-coming, plus an excerpt
Updates I’m 27,000 words into my WIP, so that means I’m keeping up with the lesser end of my word count goal (7,000 words a week minimum, with 10,000 being better). I also signed up for some critique partners through Miss Snark’s First Victim a couple of weeks ago, and I think I found some…
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Hey, remember what this site used to be about?
Probably not, unless you happen to have memorized my home page. Which will at some point become an about page, as I’m thinking I might as well make the blog the home page. But ahem. This site used to be about how I’m an aspiring author of speculative fiction. I was going to build my…
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A fictionalization of my dog’s thoughts upon my early return home from work and our subsequent walk.*
(From outside, keys jangle and tumblers in lock turn.) Hark! It is My Person, returning to me at last! Joy overwhelms my soul. The only way to express my happiness is to retrieve my raccoon and squeak it repeatedly. squeak squeak squeaka (Door opens. Laptop, purse, and other workday accoutrements are placed on the table.)…
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Cooking for Ninjas: Pizza
Every so often, my brother asks me if I’ve written anything involving ninjas. This is probably not what he meant. Hey there, Hungry Ninja. I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking you’re hungry, but pizza? Pffft. That’s not ninja food. Because, after all, the origins of the ninja path and the pizza foodstuff do…
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Disenchantment excerpt
From Chapter 4. Might as well continue going in order. __________________________________________________________ Aelis found a secluded corner in the banquet hall and covered Lyra up with one of those ludicrous and pointless curtains while she went to find a servant to bespell into directing her to the dungeons. Since the glamour had affected the servants on…
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Disenchantment–exerpt
This bit’s from Chapter 3. I suppose I should mention that I’m not going to post the whole novel as I do have hopes of shopping it around for agenting/publication at some point. Plus (as is to be expected, given the nature of NaNoWriMo, there’s a lot of suckage that I don’t want others to…
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Disenchantment–excerpt
The first scene of this year’s NaNo. The one I’m writing after my change on Day 3, I mean. Not horrible, but I’m sure I can edit it into something better. But editing is sacrilege for NaNoWriMo, so that’ll have to wait. Anyway. ____________________________________________________________ 1. The charm lay heavy in Gavin’s pocket, a ball of…
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Thursday 300: NaNo Plot Development
Okay, at Starbucks, just hanging around until it’s time to head out for dinner theater. Promised myself I’d finally get some planning done, though by “planning” I currently mean freewriting and hoping something decent comes out of it. I have a Grande Skinny Cinnamon Dolce Latte by my laptop, and a book to read in…
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Thursday 300: NaNoWriMo Character Development
Okay, it being October, I’m starting to get semiserious about NaNoWriMo prep. I’ve changed my idea twice now, but I think this one is going to stick. I’m going with urban fantasy, which I’d initially thought to not do since I’d figured the market has to hit the saturation point fairly soon, but my trips…
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Thursday 300: Monster Prompt follow-up
Since the actual post is long enough, figured I’d put this in another entry. On the whole, I’m pleased with the monster prompt. Major issue is that there’s not enough hints from the beginning that Jeremy didn’t like his dog much, but for something that’s hardly edited (I added an “a” and changed a “for”…