It's been seven weeks since I've blogged, but with a very good reason. KND is completed (can I hear a "YAY ( Read more... )

It's been a while since I posted anything "writing related." This does not mean that I haven't been writing.

For the record: I AM WRITING MY TOOKUS OFF.1) I finished my proposal for LMB. This only took the better part of this year. I worked in tiny sprints and massive marathons. Funny how it's one of those stories I don't think about much when I'm ( Read more... )

I slept till 11:30 this morning ( Read more... )

Goals, goals, goals.

I love setting goals.

As my Grapemo goals have been reached, it's time to set others.

First, February goals in review:

Complete revisions on proposal pages on LMB
Complete synopsis of LMB
Send proposal and synopsis to agent for review

Goal for March:

Complete 100 pages of revisions for KND

Goals for AprilWrite a synopsis ( Read more... )

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NaNo has kick-started me into a project that I can't let go of, so--in spite of my best intentions--I've had to make the choice between writing and blogging ( Read more... )

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Well, today I wandered from the Land of I'm-So-In-Love-With-My-Manuscript to the Valley of What-The-Hell-Kind-of-Shit-Do-I-Think-I'm-Writing. But at least I made my 4K goal to make up for doing absolutely nothing yesterday. It only took me ALL DAY.

I'm totally tired of this grumpy guy's face, so I'm changing my word meter, probably tomorrow.


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What's interesting about this year's NaNo is that this dreaded first draft doesn't seem as devastatingly unreadable as previous NaNo attempts. Either (after 3 novels) I'm getting better at this "first draft" stuff, or I'm...well, totally in love with this project, in utter denial, and suffering from some serious delusions of grandeur.

Granted, there ( Read more... )