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NaNoFeed: day one dawns a little late
This year, I am setting out to do the Lost Weekend (12,500 words a day in four days) and combine it with a fitness challenge (12,500 steps a day). Ambitious. And I’m already behind, at least on the exercise part. … Continue reading
Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 20 October 2013 (Character interview: Yasmin from Inside the Jump)
I am the Ship, these fifteen years. I am the Ship’s-Heart, and none but my captains know that I was ever anything else. I am the same as I ever was, think the same thoughts, even dream, but the air … Continue reading
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NaNoFeed: official opening of the 2013 NaNo novel season, with banner reveal
This year’s NaNo project began taking on a life of its own rather earlier than its predecessors, no doubt because I had good buddy Truant to talk with, and because I got an early start on character interviews. I had … Continue reading
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Writer’s Notebook: Imitations 2 – Durova excerpt
A couple of years ago, our MnNaNo writer’s group did regular challenges. This one was set, I believe, by Brian (Expatrie on the NaNo boards): Imitate a given passage from another writer. This week’s Writer’s Notebook entry takes up a … Continue reading
Coffeehouse tour
Moscow got spring before we did here in the Twin Cities, but the last of the unseasonable fluffy white stuff has melted off and today I am abroad and afoot, taking the first walk of the season not in the … Continue reading
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NaNoFeed: by popular request, the large version of the NaNoBanner (click to view at full size)
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Interview: Writing Community and National Novel Writing Month (Part 1), with Becca Patterson
Writer Becca Patterson, aka Mreauow, is one of three Municipal Liaisons for National Novel Writing Month in the Minnesota: Twin Cities Region. In this three-part interview series, she talks about writing in community in November and year round. E. P. … Continue reading
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Six Sentence Sunday, 9 September 2012 (Max and the Ghost)
At the top of the vertical in this problem, the point P was an airplane in flight. An airplane in flight, high above the clouds—but the sky was empty. They weren’t in the flight path from the airport today. Cirrus … Continue reading
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Writer Interviews: Devin Harnois, part 1 (One Writer’s Story)
This is the first of a series of interviews with like-minded writers about their writing process, new works and advice for other writers. Today, I’m interviewing Devin Harnois, my good writing buddy, National Novel Writing Month co-conspirator, and beta reader. She’s … Continue reading