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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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‘Portal Woes’ update!

I finished the third draft of Portal Woes today! *happy dance* (Hopefully the final draft, sans a few minor things my beta-readers will invariably pick up.) Most of the third draft revisions went swimmingly, with only a few hiccups here … Continue reading

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Back from Hiatus

First day of fall and it’s a balmy 76 degrees out on the front porch this evening—a far cry from the triple-digit weather we had most of this summer. A nice breeze, courtesy of an impending storm, and lots of … Continue reading

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Life Rolls

A couple of months ago, Kristine Kathryn Rusch wrote an article for her The Business Rusch blog series that talked about dealing with unexpected, potentially life-altering events. She and her husband, Dean Wesley Smith, call them ‘life rolls’. (The term … Continue reading

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“You Get Ideas From Daydreaming…”

Quote of the day: You get ideas from daydreaming. You get ideas from being bored. You get ideas all the time. The only difference between writers and other people is we notice when we’re doing it. ~Neil Gaiman Love this! … Continue reading

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