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Failure is not an option…right?

If I had known October 31st how crazy my November would be, I probably wouldn’t have signed up for NaNoWriMo again this year. Seriously. Due to extraneous and unavoidable circumstances, I was gone or otherwise occupied during the first half … Continue reading

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NaNoWriMo 2012

It’s the last day of October, which means it’s that time of year again. 🙂 No, no, I don’t mean the upcoming holidays–although those will be here before we realize it–I mean that time of the year. The time when … Continue reading

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NaNoWriMo 2011 After-Action Report, Part 3: Story Evolution

I don’t know about anyone else, but I blinked and January disappeared. O.O I’d intended to get this last part of my NaNo blog series up weeks ago and, well, obviously it didn’t happen. Anyway, welcome. 🙂 I’m covering story evolution … Continue reading

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NaNoWriMo 2011 After-Action Report, Part 2: What I Learned

As I’ve mentioned, I am a reformed seat-of-my-pants writer. I love those sudden bursts of inspiration where I sit down and write multiple pages of something in a white-heat, but those bursts tend to work best for short stories, initial … Continue reading

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NaNoWrimo 2011 After-Action Report, Part 1

I don’t know about you, but my November whizzed by so fast I’m still trying to figure out where it went. Originally, I intended to blog about how things were going with NaNoWriMo but… *laughs* Yeah, obviously that didn’t happen. … Continue reading

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50,000 Words or Bust…

…fortunately it wasn’t a bust. 😀 My grand total ended up being 50,414 words. NaNoWriMo win! More on this whole process later–I’ll be traveling tomorrow, but I should have downtime over the next week. I will say this now: NaNo … Continue reading

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