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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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Why I missed my Thursday 300 post
(I trust my readers are title-readers, but if not, go back and read it. Done? Okay.) I had a cold and was traveling to Abilene, TX, for my five year college reunion. That’s why. The following came about while waiting in the airport Friday morning (I was supposed to arrive in Abilene Thursday night, but…
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Babblings about character development
As I’m currently fighting off a cold/potential bronchial infection and therefore find myself disinclined to pursue nonsedentary activities, I’ve been reading that vampire book set in WWII that I mentioned buying my last Miscellany Monday post. So far I’m wishing I’d gone for Keri Arthur or Kelley Armstrong. Or that I’d even decided to spend…
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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”…
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A post about fall with numerous footnotes
I have a love/hate relationship with fall. Actually, “hate” is too strong. Even “dislike” is a little too far on the negative end of the shades of meaning scale. It’s more accurate to say I have a love/mild regret relationship with fall. Fall brings pumpkins. Pumpkins means pumpkin pancakes (try the ones here*), pumpkin ice…