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tag
My Odyssey-fellow, Rebecca Roland, tagged me for The Next Big Thing Blog hop. Rebecca's really cool. I read her novel, Shards of History, a few years ago at TNEO and thought it was really neat. I'm really excited to see that it's now been released into the world.
And with a very pretty cover, too.
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shadow memory winners
And the winners are...
Marilisa Otero
Urb Anism
Chedward
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shadow memory contest
And then, twenty minutes after I blogged, it occurs to me: I should do a contest for Shadow Memory.
If you'd like a chance to win a copy of SM, please drop me an e-mail at l_prieto @ att.net. You have until Wednesday morning to enter.
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writing update
My Nano update is waaay late. I did get close (40k) but the cold fought for my attention. It was my best year, though. I hope I'll do even better the next time I do Nano ( Read more... ) -
nano day nine
Hah! I'm catching up :)
I credit the tuna sandwiches and iced lattes we picked up at Le Boulanger this morning. Armed with the brain food, I was able to focus on DD and not worry about silly things like making breakfast/lunch/dinner.
Now if I can keep this up throughout the weekend, I won't be struggling to make up my word count next week.
13673 ( Read more... ) -
seven days...
I'm still struggling to catch up from last weekend but the writing is going pretty well.
How well?
10066 / 50000 words. 20% done!
Things I've learned so far:
* Don't bother making an elaborate breakfast. You won't want to take that much time away from the computer. Peanut butter and jelly is the breakfast of champions.
* If a character has a ( Read more... ) -
it's still day three
At least it was when I began writing.
I usually have trouble writing on weekends. It's the time we go shopping, run errands, and go to the occasional movie. Today, though, I managed to squeeze in a few words.
How many?
5002 / 50000 words. 10% done ( Read more... ) -
nano day one
Around the house, we joke that Nano is cursed for me. Either I get sick, Jen gets her gallbladder taken out, or I get food poisoning. Every year I try, though. One of these days I'll succeed ( Read more... )