Hello Out There! I\’ve been thinking a lot about my last blog post. I\’ve argued with myself about how much I really need to know about the two characters I mention in the last blog. They are my MC\’s mother and father. They are important to the story, but are they trying to take overContinue reading “Camping with Emily”
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And Here.We. Go.
To quote the late, great Heath Ledger in his role as The Joker, \”And here.We. Go.\” If you\’ve seen this line in the movie, then you know he\’s expecting a big explosion and fantastic results, but he is underwhelmed when nothing happens. No explosions. No people scurrying for cover. No chaos. No results. I feelContinue reading “And Here.We. Go.”
Nothing… I Got Nothing!!
When I made the decision to start NaNoWriMo this year, I knew I wanted to continue my story from the 2010 NaNo I wrote. I knew my characters had more to do, to say, to share. As I started sorting out ideas for the next book, I realized I would be writing backwards. My secondContinue reading “Nothing… I Got Nothing!!”
Getting in the Mood (rawr) …
When I\’m writing, really writing, I feel more like … me. Writing, for me, is a release of thoughts running randomly through my head at various times of the day. Writing allows me to make sense of nonsense. Putting words on paper taps into something inside me that nothing else reaches. I feel more alive,Continue reading “Getting in the Mood (rawr) …”
Chaos Managed..
This year I am using Scrivener to write my NaNoWriMo novel. I downloaded the free trial, but I think I am already convinced. Typically, I jump right into something new and figure it out along the way. Scrivener begged me not to do that, so I read the entire tutorial on the use of theContinue reading “Chaos Managed..”
Feeling all the Feels…
I\’ve been thinking a lot about my characters. Where do I want to begin this story? How will they meet? How much do I put into this story? All of these questions lead me to more questions and while I realize these questions only make sense to me here\’s what they sound like in myContinue reading “Feeling all the Feels…”
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