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Last Minute NaNoWriMo-ing
After spending the day plastering my parent’s house, I signed up for National Novel Writing Month in true last-minute form. So okay, another yay-I’m-going-to-do-NaNoWriMo post. (To be honest, I didn’t even know there was an actual website you interacted on, I thought it was just something you did) It’s slightly funny, because I’m so stinkin’ close…
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Purple Bangs
So I dyed my bangs purple. It’s another one of things I’ve been doing lately just because. It’s a little unsettling, because I’ve been a huge self-analyzer since…well…probably as long as I can remember. And now I’m doing things just because I can. No internal struggle over the why. No big identity crisis. Though, I’m probably directly contradicting myself…
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What Is It With Those Pesky Emotions
Writing was a bit off last week… Yes, again. I’ve been in a wee bit of a funk with that whole done-with-college-now-need-a-job-also-didn’t-write-for-two-months-because-I-was-in-DC thing. Coupled with personal relationship stuff that rather exploded, that was a no on the whole writing subject. What is it about emotions that really screws everything up? And how interesting is it…
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The Art of Less Telling More
My particular skill in writing is dialogue. Or at least one of them is. If it can be expressed by two characters conversing, most likely I will be doing it in that way. Maybe too much. Actually most likely too much. I’m not sure why dialogue became my thing. I’ve just always seen these vivid…
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Writing Schedule, Activate! (?)
I’ve had a horrible writing week, which makes me cranky. I do have a few excuses, mostly revolving around finishing up my last week at my student job and the awful traffic that has sprung up due to the rain returning (seriously, it’s just rain people. Not all of you will melt). I’ve also let myself…
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Secondary Characters Stealing the Show
I used to write my secondary characters as place holders. They served a purpose and maybe had a name and then move on. I think they’re exerting revenge, because they’ve started coming out the woodwork and stealing my plot. I didn’t notice at first. I was naive. It started with the innocent-seeming, doe-eyed character in…
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Social Commentary and the Kindle App
I’ve always been fascinated by social and political commentary. Right now I’m (finally) starting up Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game, after staring at it on my shelf for much too long while thinking that “I really should read that.” I blame college. I mean, really – why must it be so difficult to actually read…
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Jumping Off the Cliff into the World of Social Media
Here it goes. Stepping off into the unknown. Beginning an adventure into the increasingly befuddled world of blogging. After months of research, hesitation, and the general feeling of being overwhelmed, here is my debut. As most working-to-be or already-there authors know, a social media presence is required in the day of decreasing publishing house budgets…
