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May 9th 2012 in Obligatory Confabulation

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2011 Writing Goals

January 6th 2011

New Year’s Eve is my favourite holiday because it totally justifies my love of setting goals.  I set them anyway, all the time, but this gives me a specific deadline to work with.  It also prompts me to take a few moments to pause and reflect on the year that was and decide how to [...]

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NaNoWriMo is Finished

November 30th 2010

Before I retreat into a month-long hibernation of sleeping, I thought I’d pop by and celebrate another NaNoWriMo win!  I’m feeling particularly proud of this one because this year had some unique challenges.  For a time, I even entered into a period of despair during which I seriously thought I would not be able to [...]

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Blog Hiatus

October 14th 2010

Dear readers, I’m very sorry to have to announce that I’m putting the blog on hiatus until after National Novel Writing Month is done.  I thought I could get posts pre-written and posted, but I haven’t even had time to do that since it’s been completely overwhelmed by planning for this year.  Sadly, my novel [...]

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Acclamation: NaNoWriMo

September 30th 2010

Image by mpclemens via Flickr Category: Month-long writing challenge Title: NaNoWriMo Started out in 2007 and haven’t looked back since.  If you’re someone who’s trying to figure out if this writing thing is for you, I’d highly recommend taking part.  Also, since writing tends to be a bit of a solitary activity, this is a [...]

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Casting Decisions

September 28th 2010

Image via Wikipedia I’ve never done casting before, so this is all new to me.  Here’s what I’ve got so far . . . Main character: Eva Green Corrupt witch emissary: Helen Mirren A Prince: William Moseley His father, the King: Bernard Hill A Witch Queen: Sophie Marceau A Witch friend: Ellen Page A corrupt [...]

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Working Title: Hysteria of the Tiger

September 21st 2010

I came across a stroke of genius from a fellow writer on a message board that inspired me to come up with a naming convention for all my WIPs. She used the title of a song or a phrase from it for all of her WIP titles, and then changed them at the end when [...]

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Tiny Blog Hiatus

September 15th 2010

Hate to do this when the blog is all so new and fresh, but sometimes life hands you some lemons, and then you’re too busy making lemonade to blog. Short story version . . . my mom’s been having low iron levels for at least a year now. Doctor’s scheduled tests that didn’t happen for [...]

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Acclamation: whatchYAreadin?

September 8th 2010

Category: Blog Title: whatchYAreadin? As an author, I’m always looking for the good stuff to be reading. I mean, that’s what we’re supposed to do in order to be better author’s, right? And, I have a particular fondness for Young Adult fiction. My current WIP isn’t YA, but it’s a genre I’ve dabbled in before [...]

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