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Halloween Frolics

Posted in Editing, tagged , , on October 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Happy Halloween!! I’m writing this Thursday night, in between spurts of packing.  Tomorrow my son and I are going to Laura’s house to babysit her.  Then in the evening when Jenny and Phil get home from work, we’re taking the kids trick-or-treating!  We’ll probably just go to Jill’s apartment and Pat’s house, and maybe a [...]

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Dream Muses

Posted in Writing, tagged , , on October 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Have any of you ever had a dream that inspired you to write a story? I know Syd has, and Stephenie Meyer comes immediately to mind (not that I know her personally, but still, she counts). But I’m not the type of person who usually remembers her dreams. And when I do remember something, it’s [...]

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Quick Frolics

Posted in Editing, tagged on October 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Quick writing update: Wednesday I had a setback, with no writing at all. But yesterday and today I made some progress. I finally moved past the early chapters, which required a lot of rewriting. I’m hoping the rest of the chapters will go faster now. I’m feeling a bit sick today though, so I hope [...]

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Sacrifice

Posted in Writing, tagged , on October 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Today’s topic:  what sacrifices do you make in order to write? In the past year, I’ve given up TV altogether.  Once in a great while I’ll watch a movie, but that’s about it.  If I’m in the middle of a deadline, I don’t allow myself to read for fun (which is why I’ve resorted to [...]

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Frolicking to Music

Posted in Editing, tagged , , on October 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »

This week I finally wrote an opening scene that received a seal of approval from two friends!  I was so excited!  I ended up cutting all of my original Ch. 1, instead starting with the truck ride to Eddyville.  But I changed the dialogue, and the tone is darker, more tense, with hints of a [...]

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Falling Behind (and catching up)

Posted in Writing, tagged , , on October 13, 2008 | 4 Comments »

We just got home after a great weekend of visiting family and friends (with successful road trips both ways–woohoo!). I was able to visit test-readers Jenny and Kim and discuss my story with them, which was fun. They had a lot of great advice, and Jenny even gave me a CD to inspire my Muse. [...]

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Frolicking Home

Posted in Book Reviews, tagged , , on October 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »

We’re getting ready to embark on a five-hour (at least) car trip to visit my parents.  My mom has Columbus Day off, so I figured it would be a good time to take the trip I’ve been wanting to take for awhile.  No matter where I go, their house still feels like “home.”  I’m just [...]

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The Ever Elusive Ch. 1

Posted in Writing, tagged on October 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I have to admit it–Ch. 1 is killing my schedule and my goals for October rewriting.  Killing them with a huge, blunt axe.  But since Ch. 1 is the most important chapter in the book (at least in terms of grabbing the attention of agents and readers), I consider all this axe-wielding a necessary evil. [...]

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Frolics to the Past

Posted in Editing, tagged on October 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Turns out, there is an advantage to never throwing anything away.  Hard to believe, but true.  This week, in an attempt to prepare for my characters’ transformation from junior high to high school, I dug through my filing cabinet in search of my high school memorabilia.  Not only did I find my transcripts and a [...]

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