NaNoWriMo is coming up…
I thought I’d share my silly NaNoWriMo preparations. Every year, I draw my characters, make a fake cover, and write a fake back-cover blurb that will hopefully morph into the query letter I use when I...
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I am so busy I barely have time to throw my dog’s ball until it is covered in poop and blood (oh, just wait, that’s the next post), but I wanted to take a moment to announce some good stuff. A friend...
View ArticleI Didn’t Want To Go On Your Stupid Quest Anyway
Two weeks ago, I had a burst of inspiration for one of my novels, a fantasy quest with goblins, elves, werewolves, and a crabby dragon. So I rewrote the first chapter to include more hookers. It’s one...
View ArticleNaNoWriMo 2012!!!1
Shut up, I’m excited. And instead of making you hear about it every day for the whole month, I have devised a clever system so you will only hear about it five times. I am a magnanimous blogger who...
View ArticleNaNoWriMo 2012: sketches & notes
NaNoWriMo excitement blathering post #2! OH THE HUMANITY. Sit down and pretend to read about my novel that doesn’t exist yet, and I will reward you with pretty scribblies. My friend Audrey suggested an...
View ArticleNaNoWriMo 2012: sketches & a Mad Libs peek at the outline
MONSTERS RAWRR! I got pretty busy, so I don’t have much of my outline done yet on paper, but I have almost two weeks left and a pretty solid skeleton of the story in my head, so I’m not too worried....
View ArticleI was weak.
They’ve been in our house less than twelve hours, so they’re still shy–especially with how friendly my other pets are. One of my cats just crawled up onto my lap to snuggle me and ignored them. They...
View ArticleNaNoWriMo 2012: Because It’s Fun
One of the best parts about NaNoWriMo: hanging out with and meeting other people who want to write a novel in a month. I hang out with “real” writers all the time, people who consistently finish and...
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