Yesterday I forgot it was Friday, and thus forgot to blog. Hate when that happens. Holidays always mess me up. Everyday feels like Saturday during a vacation! We’re visiting my parents all weekend and eating insane amounts of food in celebration. Yesterday I saw my friend, Jenny, too (who gave me the new Snow Patrol [...]
Archive for November, 2008
The Merits of Fanfiction
Posted in Writing, tagged fanfiction, Stephenie Meyer on November 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Hi, my name is Erin… and I secretly write fanfiction. No, this is not a support group meeting. And honestly, I haven’t written fanfiction in over a year. Before now I’ve tried to separate my two worlds of writing, but yesterday they collided. First, let me give you some background. I had never participated in [...]
Organizing Frolics
Posted in Book Reviews, Research, tagged Diana Wynne Jones, organizing, world-building on November 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
After Tuesday’s post, I felt motivated to get organized. Wednesday night I rustled up every notebook and paper I could find involving music. I made a new spreadsheet containing every song for every chapter of the four planned books in my series. Only the Eyes of Lightning playlist is somewhat stable; other playlists will likely [...]
Statistical Frolics
Posted in Editing, tagged Editing, EOL, rewriting on November 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As promised, I finally got around to finishing the comparison stats for my story. Which probably won’t interest anyone except my test-readers… or maybe just me, LOL. Anyway, here are the differences between the version my test-readers read over the summer (2nd draft) and the version I just finished last week (3rd or 4th draft, [...]
A Quick Note
Posted in Editing, tagged questions, rewriting on November 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Happy Election Day! I can’t remember ever being so excited about an election. I feel like I’m watching history happen. I just hope that it’s a history we can be proud of. I should be updating or discussing a topic, but I’m in the middle of a marathon effort to finish revisions today. Four more [...]
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