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am currently occupied sharpening fuzzy things
Whoa, it’s June. How the frell did that happen so fast?
I’ve spent all month working on Sweetheartcatalyst. I now have an agglomeration of wordage that I’m calling “Chapter 1″. It’s been very slow going, like wading through molasses. I realized that part of the reason for this is… um… apparently, I’m actually writing a crime novel. Something I have ( Read more... ) -
story bible
The good:
I finished “The Collapsing Hills” (a 5K-ish short story) and passed it on to my crit group and have gotten some very useful feedback. Maybe a new light bulb is starting to glow in the murky depths of my writing brain, because I do feel like this is the most “done” first draft of a story I’ve ever managed to produce. Honestly I feel like ( Read more... ) -
there are mermaids
Well, this post is long overdue, but better late than nevah! Back in March, I attended a three day workshop in Madison, WI (“The Fire in Fiction”) with superagent Donald Maass and bestselling author Nalo Hopkinson.
I first heard Mr. Maass speak at the Surrey Writers Convention in 2007. It was an hour-long workshop entitled “Three Types of Tension ( Read more... ) -
news & progress
I started spelling the title of my WIP as Sweetheartcatalyst, all one word. It looks better to me that way. I dunno, maybe I’ll change it later. Maybe not.
So my official word count is now a little over 16K. Yay! It helped that I was able to copy and paste a few scenes from the old draft of the story. I think when this is done it ought to be 70 or ( Read more... ) -
and then some
And the “bad guy”, Sergio. Doesn’t look so bad, does he? Trust me, he is what is commonly referred to as a “monster”. I did this drawing too hastily and it didn’t come out all that great, the proportions are “off”, but I just wanted to put something up. I like having a representation of each character even if it isn’t the end-all, be-all. This is ( Read more... ) -
in a drawing mood
The “good guys” of Sweetheartcatalyst: Voula and Kelly/Darnell. (He goes by two different names in the story, it’s complicated.) I like how Voula came out; her look is pretty much based on the lovely Melina Kanakaredes, except shorter hair and I tried to make her look older & tougher. As for Kelly/Darnell, he’s based on a couple of stock photos of ( Read more... ) -
A little mousekeeping
I've removed a couple of folks from my list: people who seem to have disappeared from LJ, and are no longer posting or commenting, nor presumably reading. If you are indeed still out there, and want to remain on my list, please let me know. Otherwise, I wish you all the best (although since you've disappeared from LJ, you're most likely not reading -
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So in the past week or so, I’ve managed to freak myself the *hell* out, twice, with my own writing, specifically with some situations I’ve chosen to put in my current WIP.
First of all, I had a scene where my main character and an important secondary character have to visit a mother and tell her that her daughter has died. And not just died-she was ( Read more... )
