

For years, I existed on the internet as “Awakedragon.” (I think my Twitter handle might still be that.) I’m claiming my own name now, but as a nod to my beginnings, this is now the AwakeDragon Blog!
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CNTRL-F is My Best Friend
My manuscript is complete. It’s an odd sensation, because I’m not getting the urge to jump up and down and squeal excessively (or collapse in a bed and sleep) as I thought I would. There’s a…
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This Fallow Ground
This is a good point to keep in mind! I find myself doing my best story plotting and character development doing things besides writing.
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One Scene Left, adsjfkafhjdnsaf!!
I’m seriously one scene away from having a completed novel and I CAN’T SEEM TO WRITE IT. WHAT IS MY PROBLEM? It’s like a spying/knowledge discovery scene where she sneaks around a psych ward after…
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New Year Resolutions and Other Blah
Resolutions: write at least three times a week and blog at least once a week. Ta-da! There you go. Okay, sure, this post is a few days late… about four. But it’s my once a…
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Exciting Announcement: First Official Publication
It’s happened. My first official publication has officially happened. One of my short stories, titled “Fire Alarm Testing,” was accepted into the third volume of the Analekta anthology a few months ago; and it has just been released….
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Why You Should Ignore 90% Of Expert Writing Tips
Very good advice to keep in mind
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Love Triangles: [Insert That Overused Line From A Robert Frost Poem]
This is an excellent, excellent post that has some great points.
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NaNoWriMo: Concluding Thoughts
50,454 words completed in 30 days (well, more like 28). It’s a bit after NaNoWriMo actually completed- but better late than never, right? (I would like to find an example of something where being late IS worse than…