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Dec 1, 2011, 2:03 pm
Surprisingly, there’s no emotional ‘it’s over’ surge. You’d think there would be.
See you next year, NaNoWriMo!
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Nov 30, 2011, 4:18 am
… It’s after one in the morning. My legs are a bit sore, as are my ears, the music in the headphones a bit too loud.
After two years, I’ve finished my first draft of The Artificer’s Angels.
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Oct 12, 2011, 2:37 am
In the Devil’s Shadow
Uriel Collins knows that he is a resurrected man. He knows that he was once a villain by the name of Isaac, though he does not remember anything prior to his violent death. He’s going to Mileston anyway, to seek out whatever remnants of the life he may have inherited from ... Comment - Like
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Sep 22, 2011, 3:00 pm
Do we have our plots ready?
(Who’s in?)
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Sep 15, 2011, 10:41 pm
So, as I progress through the coding of my web project, I’m left with the knowledge that I’m running out of my original design sketches and HTML. In fact, I’m coding pages’ content in PHP and having nowhere to put the data. Now I’m reduced to making horrible looking bullet lists.
I’ve w... Comment - Like
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Sep 6, 2011, 2:27 am
So. Stabbing myself in the ankle– not fun.
Less fun: finding out that while I can handle my own blood without a problem, seeing the bits of me under the blood and skin makes me go faint. Fun fun fun. I feel like such a… girl.
Besides that, I found a book at the store the other day– The Seven... Comment - Like
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Aug 16, 2011, 11:38 pm
After a great many design revisions, programming crash courses, and yet another critique group that didn’t quite meet my expectations, I’m pleased to announce that development on Geta-Beta.com is officially underway!
Geta-Beta– a bad pun based on the term ‘beta-reader’.
After trying a go... Comment - Like
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Apr 30, 2011, 8:00 pm
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So, my writing really suffered when my computer died mid-month. Bad Eliza. No cookie. But as I’ve been writing one thousand words a day or so since Norwescon, maybe that can make up for it?
In other news, I’ve finally gotten back the reins on my plot, I’ve br... Comment - Like
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Apr 28, 2011, 2:15 am
Hey guys! My computer is down, sortof dead, so my posts will be few and far between. My apologies.
In any case, Norwescon was amazing. I didn’t know beforehand that Heather Dale was going to be there, which made an already incredible weekend rave-worthy. Those of you who don’t know Heather Dale... Comment - Like
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Apr 7, 2011, 9:12 pm
Just a quick update on my novel, and ROW80.
My goal: 250 words/day, 5 days/week.
Thus far,
Monday: 742/250
Tuesday: 389/250
Wednesday: 416/250
It’s a tiny goal, yes, but it makes what I actually do look impressive.
I’ve noticed something about one of my characters. He’s perhaps the mos... Comment - Like
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Apr 4, 2011, 2:27 am
A round of words in 80 days: A writing event where you set your own goals.
It starts tomorrow, so I’m volunteering last minute. I crashed on NaNoWriMo 2010, and since this event is a little more forgiving, I’m back at it.
So, my goal for the next eighty days is this: 250 words per day or more,... Comment - Like
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Mar 22, 2011, 11:58 pm
So, I’m back to (slowly) working on The Artificer’s Angels again (huzzah!).
And I thought to myself tonight, “You know what I really need while I’m avoiding this paragraph? A nifty online word-per-day word count tool that’s available online. But not a word count widget. More of a graph-t... Comment - Like
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Mar 21, 2011, 12:41 am
A short sample I thought amusing enough to share. The composition is a bit awkward, but despite its flaws, it still makes me laugh.
Mister Abraham Gennyson sent several letters.
One letter he sent to Mister Pennyrose in Height’s Falls, a rather rich city that two old artificers had retired in (w... Comment - Like
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Mar 15, 2011, 12:43 am
I’ve had a crazy idea for a bit now, to hire commissions from a bunch of different artists for some characters for a young adult steampunk adventure novel I’m writing. (Yes, it’s The Artificer’s Angels.)
Here are the details.
There are seven major characters in all– five men, two women. ... Comment - Like
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Mar 14, 2011, 3:03 am
The fourth step of the anatomy of plot: Meeting the Mentor.
The Hero with a Thousand Faces
The Ordinary World
Call to Adventure
Refusal of the Call
Meeting the Mentor
Crossing the First Threshold
Tests, Allies, and Enemies
Approach
The Supreme Ordeal
Reward
The Road Back
Resurrection
Return with t... Comment - Like
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Mar 13, 2011, 5:45 am
For Write Anything‘s Spoken Sunday exercise.
The Artificer’s Angels, chapter thirteen, part one. Steampunk fantasy.
This is the start of my novel’s chapter thirteen. Miss Merrily Soarin and Miss Polly Owens are traveling in each other’s company aboard a steam tram, continuing their search ... Comment - Like
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Mar 9, 2011, 10:19 pm
It’s been a while since I paid attention to this blog, and now that I’m taking a look at it with fresh eyes… well, I see some things I’d like to change.
Expect some things to be moved around and altered over the next week– fresh pages, better organization, the works.
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Mar 8, 2011, 9:45 pm
Last September, I told a man I worked with about NaNoWriMo (national novel writing month). This is normal. I am easily provoked into gushing about my writing projects. This man’s wife heard about it from him. She’d always wanted to write a book. So she joined up. And she wrote her 50k. And then ... Comment - Like
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Mar 5, 2011, 10:15 am
Copied from the piece of lined paper taped beside my computer. They help me.
1. Let bad stuff happen.
2. If it sucks, write it anyway.
3. Make every scene go somewhere.
3.1. Surprises are a good thing. Don’t make your outline a Bible.
3.2. No, you don’t need to know where you’re going.
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Mar 4, 2011, 3:14 pm
Be not afraid of greatness:
Some are born great,
Some achieve greatness
And some have greatness thrust upon them.
-William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night
The third ‘step’ of the anatomy of plot: Refusal of the Call.
The Hero with a Thousand Faces
The Ordinary World
Call to Adventure
Refusal o... Comment - Like
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Mar 3, 2011, 7:41 pm
Onto the second ‘step’ of the anatomy of plot– what Joseph Campbell called ‘the call to adventure’.
The Hero with a Thousand Faces
The Ordinary World
Call to Adventure
Refusal of the Call
Meeting the Mentor
Crossing the First Threshold
Tests, Allies, and Enemies
Approach
The Supreme Orde... Comment - Like
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Mar 1, 2011, 12:45 pm
Lately I’ve been studying The Hero’s Journey, or, in its original form, Joseph Campbell’s The Hero with a Thousand Faces. The simplified form of this goes through twelve ‘steps’ to define a story.
The Hero with a Thousand Faces
The Ordinary World
Call to Adventure
Refusal of the Call
Mee... Comment - Like
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Feb 27, 2011, 8:47 pm
Hello Internet! … Yep. It’s been a while. What have I been up to?
Well, I fell behind NaNoWriMo, crashed and burned for the first time. It seems that writing a seven main character novel, starting at the twisted middle without a firm outline, and pressing yourself to a sprint and a marathon at ... Comment - Like
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Nov 11, 2010, 10:22 pm
So, how is NaNo going for everyone?
I’m behind– probably as far behind as I’ve ever been at 14k/18.3k par– but I’m also taking some time off of work to rest and not get sick. I’m hoping that I can catch up.
Also, while I love this book, sometimes it takes me to very strange places. Has... Comment - Like
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Sep 25, 2010, 3:57 pm
I have a theory: working a job while trying to write is good for your book. Or, I think it is, in my case.
I’ve noticed that I don’t write as much when I’m not employed. Often times I’ll drop off writing entirely and try not to think about the novel. I’m not sure why this is. Perhaps my e... Comment - Like
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Sep 18, 2010, 5:30 pm
I received this morning a thoughtful critique on the prologue of ‘The Artificer’s Angels’, my steampunk novel. The gentleman in question had several good things to point out: a contradictory description, some wayward sentences breaking the flow, and imagery problems, all of which I was very gr... Comment - Like
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Sep 15, 2010, 5:19 pm
Because I’m a hopeless addict, I’ll again be participating in this year’s NaNoWriMo. If you don’t know what that is, and you want to write a book, go check it out. If you are participating, buddy me!
Since I’m only halfway through The Artificer’s Angels, I’ll be finishing that this ye... Comment - Like
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Sep 11, 2010, 4:51 pm
This is a topic I’ve meant to tackle for a while now, mostly because children are so often so badly written in stories, and partly because I’ve failed to find any good advice on the matter online. Anyone with any tips, tricks, or thoughts on the topic, please, post them in the comments.
Childre... Comment - Like
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Sep 8, 2010, 6:53 pm
So. It’s been a six month absence since I wrote on here. My apologies to my online friends, for disappearing without announcement. It wasn’t my intention. I needed a break (though I don’t think I understood that consciously).
It’s funny, how much your life can change in six months. I’ve m... Comment - Like
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