The AwakeDragon Blog

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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  • The Benefit of Two Projects At Once

    Somewhere in the haze of NaNoWriMo and my own butt-kicking, I’ve managed to add 6 chapters to a WIP I haven’t worked on all year. Maybe it’s me procrastinating finishing my 2016 NaNoWriMo project, maybe…

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  • The Concept of Flood Without Water

    Earlier this year I conceived a fun idea: an antediluvian post-apocalyptic sci-fi. (That first word, in case you needed to know, means pre-bibical-flood). The idea started forming when I started reading up on things called…

  • I cannot get into my MC’s head and it’s driving me insane

    So basically, NaNoWriMo ended and I was feeling all refreshed and ready to go back to battle it out with my WIP. Then I sat down to start writing. *crickets* So either I waited too long…

  • Swiss Cheese Manuscript

    Well my NaNoWriMo manuscript looks like swiss cheese right now with all of the holes in it. No, not plot holes – literal holes in the… plot. (Okay, ‘plot holes’ is misleading. I’m talking about…

  • Surprise!

    I wrote 52,000 words in 23 days. As of now, I’ve written 59k in 27 days, and that’s not with what I will write today. This is definitely the most I’ve ever written for NaNo! It…

  • #NaNoWriMo Update: I hate my novel?

    So a few days ago I wrote a rant about how much I hate my current #NaNoWriMo project. I can’t remember if I’ve hated projects before for NaNo — and I don’t have time to…

  • NaNoWriMo Update: Tough First week

    I knew this NaNoWriMo was going to be a little different, mostly because of how busy I am compared to the previous years I participated. But it was a real struggle to keep up with word…

  • Obligatory “What am I doing for NaNo” Post

    Synopsis for the win: The banished king of the Underworld has a plan: kidnap one of the Fertility Daughters, who’s magic powers the prosperity of the Overworld, and force her to marry his son to save…

  • What is half-published, you say?

    Half-published is when you’ve signed a contract with a publisher but your book isn’t out in the world yet. Because yeah. That’s what’s happening. With me. Like, what? Me? I have a what now? *deep…