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1000 for a 100 update and some cute dog pics because, hey, why not

On April 1, 2011 · 1 Comment · In kiddo life, writing

So, I hit 20,000 words on the wip today!  Woo hoo!  That’s aprox 20% draft complete.  Which still leaves 80% to go, but it’s much less fun if I think of it like that.  These are crap 20,000 words, scenes of mostly dialogue to be fleshed in with actual writing later.  But that’s okay because [...]

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how writers do what they do: Elaine Isaak

On March 29, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In writing

Today we have the fifth in my author interview series on creative process.  Welcome Elaine Isaak!  I’m just going to dive right i here….

Maya: Hi, Elaine!  Can you describe your writing process for us?

Elaine: It works best when I can write every day–and when I’m in the goove for a book, [...]

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how writers do what they do: Alethea Kontis

On March 25, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In writing

Today we have the fourth in my author interviews on creative process.  Alethea Kontis has published in a variety of venues such as poetry, children’s picture books, essays, the editing of a short story compilation, and, coming soon, her first novel, Sunday.  I’ve pretty much only written novels, with only a few side trips into [...]

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Rango and the Story Engine

On March 23, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In reviews, writing

I saw “Rango” this weekend with the kids, an entertaining Western about a misplaced chameleon lizard and a town drying up in the Mohave desert.  Visually, the movie is superb, the dialogue is awesome, the jokes are funny…but both Paul and I found ourselves getting bored in the middle. Despite it’s excellence in many ways, [...]

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1000 for 100 update

On March 22, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In writing

I’m cranking along on the new book and now have 11,000 words of draft.  So that’s, in theory, 11% project complete.  Not that I know for sure the finished draft will be exactly 100,000 words, haha, but that’s a pretty typical number for me.  The last novel clocked in at 99,800 and the novel before [...]

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he uses his grammatical powers only for good

On March 21, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In writing

I have never had one of my novel manuscripts professionally copyedited before.  I have a friend who reads for me (Hi Cathy!) who is great at catching typos, but this striving for the Perfect Manuscript (in AP Stylebook customs, if not in content) is new to me.  I am so glad I looked at this [...]

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how writers do what they do: Will McIntosh

On March 18, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In writing

All righty, today we have interview #3 in my on-going series on how writers write.  I am so pleased to interview Will McIntosh because he just (ok, it was last September, but to me it feels like about ten minutes ago, what is up with this rocketing ahead time thing?) because Will just WON THE [...]

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1000 for 100 update and some aliens

On March 18, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In writing

Another two days, another two thousand words in my 1000 words a day for 100 days project.  Maybe I need an acronym.  Anyway, that’s seven days, one week in, 7% project complete.  I’m doing research during scraps of time during the day and long-hand noodling with thoughts, dialogue bits, scene ideas while I eat or [...]

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how writers do what they do: Gareth Powell

On March 16, 2011 · 3 Comments · In writing

Today we have the second installment in my author interview series, woo hoo! If you missed the first installment you can click here to read Nancy Fulda tell us about how she works. But today we have Gareth Powell, science fiction author of The Last Reef, Silversands, and the upcoming Recollection, talking about how [...]

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1000 for 100 update

On March 16, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In writing

5 days in, 5000 words, 5% of a novel draft completed. Full steam ahead.

I love all these Fs, such fabulous, frenetic alliteration.

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