40009 / 65000 words. 62% done! To celebrate the rising word count, and to encourage myself to work a little faster, I decided to give myself a widget. I’m still a little disappointed with my daily word output this week but sometimes quality can’t be rushed. I’m edging up on a huge turning point in […]
I didn’t write over the weekend or yesterday. Today I managed 1967 words. That’s just under 8 pages. Not a record-breaking day but I’m encouraged. I even managed to type a dialogue scene while waiting in the dentist’s office. I received the fiction pieces for the WorldCon writing workshop. The format is a small circle
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I met Lesley Livingston, author of Wondrous Strange, at the AD Astra SF/ Fantasy conference in Toronto. She launched the book there and took place in a couple of interesting panel discussions. My favorite of these was a discussion of fight choreography and fencing. Livingston is a principal performer and founding member of the Tempest
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This week has been writing Nirvana with my son in camp but yesterday all that feel-good creativity ran up against crunch time. In the morning, I racked up a decent word count over 1 000 words but I had to dedicate the rest of the day and most of the night to editing. The absolute
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Anticipation is the name of World Con this year. It is being held in Montreal and I am very excited to be going. I am not a regular convention attendee but after having a great time at Ad Astra this year, I decided I could not miss the opportunity to see the 67th World Science
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I had a good writing day today, completing about 11 pages by 3:40. That brings my total to date up to 33 281 words or about 133 pages! I’ve passed the halfway mark. Happy reading (or writing)
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You have to check out the latin motto generator . I like the way it makes me look sooo smart to title this blog in latin. This motto is designed motivate. It means: in determination, victory. Today, after a pre-lunch start of 1053 words (5 pages), I’ve been getting distracted by surfing for writing blogs
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I’m a big fan of I should Be Writing (ISBW), Mur Lafferty’s podcast and blog of the same name. The “Mighty Mur,” as she calls herself, has just released the first in a series of PDF episodes outlining her discoveries as a “wanna-be fiction-writer” who is now a published author. It’s been very encouraging to
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