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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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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: 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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NaNoFeed: Day one!

It’s four o’clock in the afternoon and I’ve been camping out at the cafe since 8:30am. At 2pm I was joined by good writing buddy Devin Harnois, and we’ve been alternating bouts of writing with reading to each other. I’ve … Continue reading

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NaNoFeed: Between the Worlds

Today we’re on the eve of National Novel Writing Month, which coincides with one of my favorite holidays. In all of its faces, be it the Eve of All Saints, Halloween, Day of the Dead, or Samhain, this holiday celebrates … Continue reading

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NaNoFeed: Who are your people? A magic tool for finding out!

The best part of National Novel Writing Month is reading the forums and picking up new and interesting ideas about how to write. Once in a while I encounter something truly magical that revolutionizes my practice as a writer. So … Continue reading

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