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NaNoFeed: The Stopwatch and the Word of Honor

The whole secret of being a professional writer is showing up to work. Whether you call it BIC (Butt in Chair) or daily practice, it consists of two simple components: the stopwatch and the word of honor. You make an … Continue reading

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NaNoFeed: A picture worth a thousand words

Talked last night with Writing Buddy Devin Harnois about the cover design I have in mind for her opus Emma and the Air Pirates and it grows more real the more I talk about it. I decided a while ago … Continue reading

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NaNoFeed: The Long Strange Trip

The long strange trip is the only reason I write at all. It’s like reading, except this time I’m in the driver’s seat. I get to live other lives, and go places that are impossible … if not impossible for … Continue reading

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Six Sentence Sunday, 6 November 2011 (Annie Brown and the Superhero Blues)

The Picture disturbed her because it hid the secret that none of them, not Apollo and Sunny, not Annie and Rafe, had wanted to go to prom. Their parents had had such a good time at their prom. For all … Continue reading

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NaNoFeed: And here’s the excerpt! (link)

So (until October 2012, when they clear the NaNoWriMo site for the re-launch) here is the link to some excerpts from The Necromancer and the Barbarian: A Love Story. Feel free to comment here!

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NaNoFeed: In the meantime, in between time, ain’t we got fun

The two things that are great about a write-in are: 1) writing, and 2) not writing. The basic theory, of course, is that we’re all getting together to place Butt in Chair with headphones on, and using the Power of … Continue reading

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NaNoFeed: The Gothick Muse

Some people have an Internal Editor. I have a Board of Censors, the fearsome chief of whom is a dread character whom I’ve nicknamed Pollyanna Candyass. She insists that everything be Nice. No conflict, no ugliness, no nasty people doing … Continue reading

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NaNoFeed: Patron Saints

Even though I left off being Catholic a long long time ago (let’s just say: before the fall of the Berlin Wall) certain notions have stayed with me, just because they are useful. One such: patron saints, mere mortals who … Continue reading

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NaNoFeed: Writing Friends

We all get by with a little help from our friends. One of the things that I’ve gotten from National Novel Writing Month is writing friends: a whole passel of them. The first time I did the challenge, I was … Continue reading

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NaNoFeed: Day One, eyes like fried eggs

Yeah, eleven hours at the cafe (and yes, we followed the Coffee House Rules and bought stuff and tipped generously throughout)… and the teenytiny screen with the NaNoWriMo site up… OK, maybe a little bit too much. But I scored … Continue reading

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