So, I’ve decided to challenge myself this year, by doing the A-Z Challenge. The idea is to read 26 books, each one starting with a letter of the alphabet. The use of A, An and The will not be included.

I’ve tried narrowing it down to books I own, that I haven’t read yet and whatnot, but it’s not so simple. But some of them do meet that criteria.

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Greetings!
I have just survived the first (almost) week of NaNo. And let me tell you, it is going really well.
So, here are my stats for the week:

01/11 Tuesday: 5,031
02/11 Wednesday: 3,306
03/11 Thursday: 2,000
04/11 Friday: 6,399
05/11 Saturday: 2,348
06/11 Sunday: 1,189

Total for this week: 20,273
Total word count: 20,273
Where I should be: 10,000
Words ( Read more... )

So, inspired by Beth Revis and Stephanie Perkins, the girls at Let the Words Flow decided to do a live blog where EVERYONE gets to participate, and I think that's an awesome idea.  Since it's already tomorrow in my part of the world, I'm starting my live blog now at *checks time* 1:34am.
Yes, I am crazy, why do you ask?

I'll update as I go, so feel ( Read more... )

Okay, so last night I was too lazy to write an update that I'd done my thousand words for the day, but never fear! I'm here to confirm that yes, I did write my thousand words. Also, I managed to write 1000 words today, with 40 minutes to spare.

I find that it's getting easier to write if I keep myself disciplined and if I make myself form a habit ( Read more... )

Hello again! I have decided to post every day for the next 2 weeks with stats from what I'd written that day (or the day before, in today's case), with random stuff that pops into my head or whatever. This is supposed to be a journal, after all.

Yesterday, I was running on  about 2 hours sleep, but still managed to write 903 words on my manuscript ( Read more... )

Man, you guys. I am LAZY.

I haven't blogged in ages. And I haven't written in ages. Pretty much the only thing I have been doing is reading. Which I suppose is good, but not great ( Read more... )

I'm currently listening to an audiobook of City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare. This is the first time I'd listened to an audiobook. Hell, the closest I'd come close to audiobooks was the radio show of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

I don't really like audiobooks, I've found. For a number of reasons.

Firstly, I can't multitask when I'm ( Read more... )

I have an odd relationships with Twisties (I'm not sure if any of you Americans have them, but it sounds like an American thing, so I'll assume you do) (on the off chance you have no idea what they are, they're just cheese flavored puffed... chip... things...).

Anyways, I love them. I really do. They're delicious. They're cheesy. They leave the best ( Read more... )

1. Finish editing Fool's Gold
2. Finish writing Phantasmagoria
3. Edit Fool's Gold some more
4. Get a pet
5. Get a job
6. Do some more editing
7. And some more editing
8. Have my CPs rip into Fool's Gold
9. Start another novel
10. And even more editing
11. Work on query
12. Your mom
13. Move out?
14. Read a million books
15. Some more editing
16. Query agents
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It's that time of the year, folks. The moment that most writers (the normal ones, at least) dread. It's time to edit.
And the victim? That silly steampunk novel that I wrote during the month of madness, also known as November.

For a nice little deal, I got the entire manuscript, all 106 pages of it (the page count might seem low to you, but I like ( Read more... )