All Posts Tagged Tag: ‘writing’

• They Fight Crime!

  He’s a lounge-singing chivalrous cowboy who believes he can never love again. She’s a mistrustful green-skinned mechanic with a flame-thrower. They fight crime!

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  “A Sword Called Rhonda” Now Available as an E-Book

  “Hey, Karma,” Rhonda the sword whined, “I need to go, like, shopping.” She hung from the wall of my small home in what used to be suburban Palo Alto. Being far away didn’t help. I could hear her just as clearly as if I’d held …

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• The Joy of Fountain Pens

  Sure, fountain pens are a bit fiddlier than your average ballpoint. But they do have their advantages.

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• Crossing Jordan

  Opening bit from the pilot. I loved it for its quick characterization of Jordan and her issues. “So, Jordan, what brings you to our anger management workshop today?” “Well, I was, uh, remanded here by my place of employment. I kicked my boss in the …

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• Stupid Dialogue

  Woke up early today. The beginning of Chapter 20 has some especially stupid dialogue, but I’m leaving it for now. I’m really making some great novel progress and some headway into post-Clarion life. Today is a “sort stuff out” day, to deal with all the …

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• Career Counselor

  Need brain to thaw. Spent two days without writing a whole lot after the “blat” of last week. Somehow, I thought today (meaning yesterday as I write this) was Tuesday, not Wednesday, so I was ill-prepared for my writer’s group this evening. Still, it was …

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• Chugging Along

  Well, I’ve been chugging along and happy with my progress. My secondary character has taken to complicating the plot unduly, which is always wonderful (tends to happen in my work about 2/3 of the way through, so he’s right on schedule). In my case, I …

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• No Jury Duty

  Up to 31 pages on the novel. Am going out to breakfast in a few minutes as a reward for progress. Yay. It’s not me struggling either — I have genuinely built up more steam and enthusiasm now that I’m 75k into the work. I woke …

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• Life Changes

  Been busy writing. I’ve written 23 pages on my novel since Clarion and started another story. I haven’t yet started revising anything since it was my goal to complete the first draft of a new story first. I went to a seminar on life changes, …

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• Mileposts Home

  My last postcard, sent from Kansas, arrived today, a week after it was sent. The post card for Missouri, sent from the same box, arrived two days earlier. I’d meant to post mileage markers, because I thought that was interesting. I didn’t start keeping them, …

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