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NaNoFeed: another day with no words but a fair bit of gratitude

I didn’t write yesterday because the day job ran too late, and today it’s the day before Thanksgiving, so it won’t be until evening that I will have time to write.  (I’m writing this on lunch break at the day … Continue reading

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NaNoFeed: Absolutely no inspiration (except for the Muse of Research)

This NaNo novel has felt like a term paper; I’ve been keeping my eye on the clock, reviewing my research materials, and hacking the work out in chunks. Such success as I have had has depended upon keeping pace at … Continue reading

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NaNoFeed: And now, for the technical naughty bits (Excerpt!)

The viewpoint character of Cleopatra’s Ironclads is not your standard Cleopatra, and one sure sign of that is the lack of Naughty Bits as traditionally construed. To make up for that, there are geektastic scenes of engineering, in which Cleopatra’s design … Continue reading

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NaNoFeed: Greek fire, crankshafts, and a grocery list

After the tour, I’m 1300 words short of being caught up. I am feeling much better about NaNo and life after yesterday’s Minneapolis Central Library write-in, the Very Highly Moderated Write-in For People Who Want to Get Stuff Written, following … Continue reading

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NaNoFeed: writing in solidarity with the 28-hour writing tour (on my couch)

I need a T-shirt that says I survived the Ides of March. I wrote 5000 words tonight, between 6:25pm and 10:45pm (with breaks in between). Yay me, and why can’t I be this productive on other nights? Because I’m crazy-busy with … Continue reading

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NaNoFeed: Live from the 28-hour writing tour (The eve of the Ides of March)

Cleopatra had a rough night on 14 March 44 BC, like everyone else in Rome. (Special thanks to Bill Shakespeare for the weather report.) During the night the wind rose, and she heard it howling in the wee hours, whistling … Continue reading

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NaNoFeed: live from the 28-hour writing tour (murder most foul)

I have two murders to write tonight. One is historically attested (the assassination of Julius Caesar on the Ides of March 44 BC) in all of its journalistic particulars (who-what-when-why-where-and-how). The other may have been death from natural causes, though … Continue reading

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NaNoFeed: Live from the 28-hour writing tour

This year is different. This year is really different. I’m obsessing over three or four things at once (some of which will be unveiled in December), including visual character designs for Annie Brown and the Superhero Blues. I’ll be revising that … Continue reading

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NaNoFeed: a pause in the dark of the year

Special thanks to Becca Patterson, whose conversation about definitions of success sparked this blog entry. *** This is my year of NaNo-failure (which is to say, not brilliant over-achievement). Yesterday and today I skipped writing, and now I’m behind on … Continue reading

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NaNoFeed: the next project

The next project–yes, I’m thinking about the next project, even as I am pausing on the current one–is a space opera. It doesn’t have a name yet, but there’s quite a bit of it written already. I last touched it … Continue reading

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