Monthly Archives: December 2011

Six Sentence Sunday, 11 December 2011 (Annie Brown and the Superhero Blues)

Posted on December 11, 2011 by

Then Sunny’s cell phone buzzed, and the look on her face told all: that was Courtney. Courtney having issues, Courtney being needy, Courtney needing bodyguarding as she went clubbing: Courtney with the black hair and pale pale skin and six-inch … Continue reading →

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Apprenticing with the dead: smashing the four-dimensional fourth wall (Alexander Herzen)

Posted on December 10, 2011 by

My fiction is full of time-slips and voices from the past surfacing in the present, and foldings-over that make the chain of causality obscure at best. You know what they say: write what you know. The voices in the next … Continue reading →

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The curious dance of order and chaos

Posted on December 9, 2011 by

After yesterday’s break, I realized that it was indeed “rest” rather than “being lazy” that made me take a break from looking at the NaNo novel. Today I woke up with very clear ideas about the missing parts: how the fantastic … Continue reading →

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In between times… resting

Posted on December 8, 2011 by

It felt odd not to write today. I read, and I rested, and that was it. The story is cooking, and I am not sure where it’s going. It’s cold outside and I spent the day dozing on the couch … Continue reading →

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Coming back to the beginning, or lessons from the cook pot

Posted on December 7, 2011 by

Sometimes you don’t know what you were setting out to do until you’ve done it. Last year, I wrote my first completed story arc for National Novel Writing Month. For the first time, I sent a work out to beta … Continue reading →

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Finishing the darn thing…

Posted on December 6, 2011 by

… isn’t easy, but neither is landing a plane. In stories as in chess, the opening and the endgame open up abysses under our feet. Desperate to stuff all of the important parts into Necromancer and Barbarian before National Novel … Continue reading →

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Writing Goals check-in

Posted on December 5, 2011 by

It’s a snowy Monday night, and I’m still recovering from National Novel Writing Month. I wrote 85K words of novel draft alongside an estimated 10-15K words of blog posts (posting every day adds up fast). So we’re looking at a … Continue reading →

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