Looking in on my year end goals

Back on June 15th my writers group set goals of what we’d like to accomplish by the end of the year. Now that we’re halfway there I  thought it would be a good time to remind myself what those goals were and check in on my progress. June 15th Goals for Year End 1. Finish [...]

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Nano Win!

Hey there blog people! For the first time I hit my Nano 50K early, at 7:30AM on the 28th to be precise.  I used the rest of the month to get in a few more words but mostly I got lazy.  Now we’re into December and I’m ready to get going again!  Well almost, I [...]

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Working Title

Sin’s Long Labyrinth. It’s my working title.  It’s from Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage by Lord Byron and the moment I heard the phrase I knew it was perfect.  It reminds me of the classic science fiction titles that promised momentous journeys of the mind.  It is an ambitious title that inspires me to strive to live [...]

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Halfway

It is now halfway into Nano and I start today about 8000 behind, including what I need to write today.  (See, it’s not so bad). The 15th seems like a good day to take stock.  I have shelved the steampunk novel I started for a time when I can do the research necessary to let [...]

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It has begun.

Nano is here.  So far, well, it’s been OK.  I’m behind but I have tests this week so my focus is elsewhere.  That’s okay, in past Nanos I’ve always lagged behind only to make herculean leaps forward every couple of days.  Last year I wrote 17,000 words in one day.  So I’ll take this week [...]

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Long Overdue

Writing Update Looking back at my archives and seeing how my last post was October ’09 I’d very much like to blame Nanowrimo for my failure to update but that would be unfair and untrue.  It definitely contributed to a lack of posting in November (that wonderfully hectic bliss that is Nano) but after that [...]

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