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January 6, 2014

How Writing a Novel's Rough Draft is Like Taking a Really Long Road Trip…

Through No-Man's Land. In a foreign country. At night. With one headlight. And a dodgy map.... It goes something like this. Okay.  I'm starting to get the hang of this now.  I'm starting to know what to expect.  I'm starting to figure out how to ride this bull. No wait, let's just stick with the road trip analogy.  Less confusing that way. So.  I've got a map of where I'm going and where I eventually need to be - that would be your vague outline, the one I suggested you create during ... View Post

Filed Under: Living the Vision, Writing Tagged With: plot process, realization, the good thing, the plan, writing

January 1, 2014

Project List for January… 2014!!!!!

That's right people!  It's a BRAND NEW FREAKIN' YEAR!!!!And I'm ready to KICK IT'S ASS!!!  ;)How 'bout you?I really like New Year's Day.  It's a new leaf, a fresh start, a clean slate, whatever other analogies you'd like to make.  They're all true.  But only if you mentally buy into it.And I just went ALL IN.2013 was a fantastic year for me personally, on all levels.  I didn't sell nor publish a single thing, but my writing career has reached levels I am very proud of, and I fully plan on ... View Post

Filed Under: Living the Vision, Project List, Writing Tagged With: new year's resolution, the good thing, the plan, word count, writing

December 14, 2013

Trial By Fire: Lessons and Habits Finally Realized and Learned in NaNoWriMo Year 2

And I thought I'd learned a lot from my first year of participation in NaNoWriMo. Pah. I confess that my transition, I feel, was a bit rockier than most in the beginning last year, likely because up until that point I had spent the previous nine years writing only fanfiction, which is a completely different beast than original fiction (and NOT just for the obvious reasons, but that's a whole different post...).  It took me awhile to settle into the original fiction brain last year. But this ... View Post

Filed Under: Boot Camp, Living the Vision, The Learning Curve, Writing Tagged With: book in a month, nanowrimo, plot process, progress report, realization, story formation, the good thing, the plan, writing

December 11, 2013

Bait, Fish, and Reel Report for November 2013

Someone once said that to be a successful and productive writer, one had to do the equivalent of “cutting bait, fishing, and reeling ‘em in, all at the same time”! This translates to writing as working on projects-in-progress while at the same time submitting completed projects to potential markets and also continuing to cultivate new ideas for future projects. In case you missed my previous post on this subject, at the end of every month I compile a list of what I accomplished as far as ... View Post

Filed Under: Bait Fish and Reel, Clarksworld Magazine, Living the Vision, Poems, submissions, Writing Tagged With: A Storm of Swords, book in a month, Clarkesworld Magazine, George R. R. Martin, nanowrimo, No More Rejections: 50 Secrets to Writing a Manuscript that Sells, poem, progress report, submissions, the good thing, the plan, word count, writing

December 11, 2013

Bait, Fish, and Reel Report for October 2013

Someone once said that to be a successful and productive writer, one had to do the equivalent of “cutting bait, fishing, and reeling ‘em in, all at the same time”! This translates to writing as working on projects-in-progress while at the same time submitting completed projects to potential markets and also continuing to cultivate new ideas for future projects. In case you missed my previous post on this subject, at the end of every month I compile a list of what I accomplished as far as ... View Post

Filed Under: Bait Fish and Reel, Clarksworld Magazine, Living the Vision, Poems, submissions, Writing Tagged With: A Storm of Swords, George R. R. Martin, poem, progress report, short story, submissions, the good thing, the plan, writing

December 7, 2013

30 Facts about my 50k Words in November

This post idea comes from A Girl Who Writes, who tagged me in her post in a tricksy attempt to con me into doing this very thing!  I suppose it worked.  Lol. I know I have been super quiet around here for the past month, but I did, indeed, WIN NaNoWriMo, having written 50,327 words in 30 days!  I posted a few excerpts throughout November from the NaNo WIP - if you happened to miss them, check out the Writing Prompt Wednesday category and you'll find them there easily enough! Things will get ... View Post

Filed Under: A Girl Who Writes, Writing Tagged With: book in a month, nanowrimo, story formation, the good thing, the plan, word count, writing

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