Valentine’s Day is almost here! While some people question its reason for taking up space on the calendar, it’s a great reason to read a romance. Like my novella/long-short story, Selfie Sessions! At about 10,000 words, you can read the whole thing while you eat a few cookies in front of the fire. Decorating your…… Continue reading On V Day, Bigfoot, and Doing My Research
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Oops! I did it again
Here I am, 30k words into the manuscript, and I’m STILL dodging conflict right and left. I’ve introduced a number of potential situations where things could go wrong, and I’ve left them hanging. I just don’t like making bad things happen to people! I want them to be mildly uncomfortable, and then I want that…… Continue reading Oops! I did it again
My Friend Abadi
For some reason, Scrivener doesn’t have page numbers. Or, it probably does, but I haven’t found the setting to put them in. I pasted it into Word just now to get a rough idea of what 24k words looks like, and it’s 77 pages! At least, it is in Abadi 12pt. I find Abadi easy…… Continue reading My Friend Abadi
Boosted
I just noticed that I keep setting up my chapters to be dramatic and action-packed and then backing off and having everything smooth over. Why do I do this? Oh, right. Because I hate conflict. Sometimes I even like to read books where good things happen to good people, and then there’s a happy ending.…… Continue reading Boosted
It Was a Beginning
NaNo came to an end, and I’m nowhere near the end of my novel. I’m nowhere near the middle, either. BUT I accomplished my goal. I established a routine, and I wrote some words every single day. Now, the goal is to continue that until the book is done. My stats for the month were:…… Continue reading It Was a Beginning
Anchors & Intervals
Casting a novel with pictures of celebrities isn’t the same thing as using a character someone else created as the basis for a book character, which is arguably either stealing or fanfic. I enjoy making an album on Pinterest with all my characters and then looking at them when I’m having trouble anchoring the story…… Continue reading Anchors & Intervals
France & David Bowie
I’m not typing at the break-neck speed that I have in many years past, and I blame the slow start on my characters. This year they aren’t all just versions of me, so it’s taking time to get to know them. I’m also having trouble settling on writing music. This morning I listened to a…… Continue reading France & David Bowie
NaNoWriMo
The month has begun well, but I’m not anywhere near the word count goal yet. I don’t even know exactly what it is, but that’s not a concern at the moment because I’m having trouble getting to know my characters. Will I have to write scenes from each character’s perspective until I understand how each…… Continue reading NaNoWriMo
On Planning, Themes, & Truth
In the lead-up to November 1, I’m thinking a lot about my next novel and planning for National Novel Writing Month (NaNo). The one in queue for publication (as soon as I finish the synopsis and submit it) has a strong focus on behavioral health and chemical dependency, and I’ve decided to make substance use…… Continue reading On Planning, Themes, & Truth
Blog
On Blogs & Blogging Welcome to my blog! Over the past ten years, I’ve written thousands of blogs for other people, but until now, none for me. Well, I got paid for the ones I wrote for other people, so technically I did write them for me, too. They weren’t mine, though, which made them…… Continue reading Blog
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