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So one of the problems I've run into with using magic in my series is that doing research is really difficult. My online searching keep running into pen and paper roleplaying games or online MMOs instead of anything that's actually historically probable. Luckily I've got a few books at home that help me get to some really useful information, even ( Read more... )

So even though I am re-reading The Hobbit right now in preparation for Peter Jackson's film release in just a few weeks (can you say excited?), I promise you that I didn't have it in mind when I wrote my bit today. It just so happened that the path that leads to the witch's house kind of acts like the Mirkwood elves partying in the woods. So if you ( Read more... )

Just a quick post this afternoon. After being sick last weekend I ended up being so slothfully behind that I ended up spending most of the day today playing catchup. Amazing how it only takes a day or two of non-writing to get you skewered.

( Finally posting some writing statistics! :P )

My 200th post and I just hit over 10k words on NaNo. Hooray!! Amazing to realize that I've been posting here for what, almost two years now? It's awesome to think I've been writing stories for so long, and actually getting stuff published. (It still amazes me that folks are willing to pay me for stories that come out of my head. As someone who ( Read more... )

Some days are definitely tougher to knock out a word count than others. Especially when you're trying to get extra in during the weekend in preparation for a busy week ahead. This was certainly one of those days. I'm not quite sure what I think of a few subplots that I started out, so they got tossed out the window. I don't think I'll be missing ( Read more... )

So my trio of protagonists were told to seek out a contact, and um, he kind of turned up dead. I definitely didn't mean for that to happen! Trying to decide now how he died and if it'll be leading to the real baddie or not. Hmm, decisions, decisions! I guess there are worse things to have to decide on ( Read more... )

So far so good. I just squeezed in my final bit of writing for the day, though I suppose I did do a bit over. Whenever I first start out NaNo I always feel so very behind the first week or so. I like to have a nice buffer word count in my belt before I start really feeling comfortable. On top of that, when I haven't written anything in a while, it ( Read more... )

It's definitely one of my favorite times of the year. Amazing costumes, spooky buildings, and a butt-load of candy - what's not to love? We had our Halloween bash last weekend and even though it was epic, I admit I'm still a little worn down from it. Just so you know, Friday the 13th Part 3 in 3D is one of the funniest horror films I've seen in a ( Read more... )

So a few nights ago I did a whole bunch of research for my NaNo novel, a supernatural adventure tale set in 1880s New Orleans. I had to figure out of what kind of method they would use to travel from the location I left off in the last book, a city in Texas, to New Orleans. Now that sounds a lot easier than it actually was.

I knew they would be ( Read more... )