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Bending the Laws of Time and Space

This is my accountability report for the week that ended on 16 April. This week I added 1,738 words to my WIP*. At my current rate, it will take me about a year to finish. That’s not acceptable, so I...

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Pantsing and Plotting

One of the ongoing battles that writer types face is the eternal struggle between being a Pantser and a Plotter. Each earns its name from the way they write. Pantsers write by the seat of their pants....

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Gulp, Deadline

“What gets dated gets done.” – David Foster (twitter:@DavidHFoster) Having a deadline for the first draft of my Unicorn story has been a motivating force in my planning. The same dynamic of a deadline...

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WIP Update 30k!

Last night, I passed the 30,000 word mile marker in my manuscript. This is the now the longest story I’ve ever written, and I’m not even to my climax yet (but it’s coming very shortly). I’m actually a...

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No NaNoWriMo

It’s October and astute calendar watchers will no doubt notice that subsequent to October is November. November means many things. Thanksgiving. Thursday Night Football. Black Friday. It also means...

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First Draft is Done

Well, it’s done. I wrote the words “The End” in Dream Chaser last night. Over the past several months as I’ve been working on this, I wondered how I would feel when I finally wrote those words. The...

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My Mysterious Reader

A couple of days ago, the American Christian Fiction Writers blog had a post where guest poster S. Dionne Moore talked about her process of figuring out her ‘Most Likely Reader’ or MLR. It was a...

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Ten Opening Sentences

Idea stolen from Tami and Bre. The opening sentence is key to any story or novel. Tami and Bre have been talking about some of their favorite opening sentences, and I decided I would add my own. “Who...

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Is It Trunk Time?

As I observe the calendar, I notice it’s the last week of September. That means that November, and the madness that is NaNoWriMo is fast approaching. I opted not to participate in NaNoWriMo in 2011...

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The Next Big Thing (Tagged)

The talented and magnanimous Tami Moore tagged me for The Next Big Thing meme. Answers apply to my recently trunked novel, Dream Chaser. What is your working title of your book? Dream Chaser Where did...

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