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Fin.
17,822
I didn't make it, but I'm proud all the same. This is more fiction than I have ever written in my entire life (no joke). I also learned a lot along the way.
Congrats everyone! I am looking forward to next year already. -
Inspiration Post #5
In my quest to find reference photos for Welham Hall, I came across this set on Flickr regarding a Fanhams Hall located in Hertfordshire, which I found to be very inspiring. While the set has plenty of contemporary photos of the place, I am more interested in the ones dating back to the 1940s, because I imagine Oliver's alternate reality to have ( Read more... ) -
Inspiration Post #4
It was Martha who saw the lake first. It was Katherine who noticed the sign on the cottage, and it was Mark who caught the turtle, and it was Jane who made the wish. But it was Martha who saw the lake first. The others didn't see it until at least ten seconds later. Or, as Katherine put it, at long last when all hope was despaired of, the weary, ( Read more... ) -
Oliver Wendell ... Holmes?
We interrupt our usual programming with this special, random morning tidbit:
Virginia (after reading the first post): "Oliver Wendell? You mean 'Oliver Wendell Holmes?'"
Lol, not quite. Although it now explains why I thought the two names, Oliver and Wendell, seemed to "belong" to each other. But for the record, I had no intentions of naming Oliver ( Read more... ) -
Inspiration Post #3
"How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live."
- Henry David Thoreau
I like to remind myself now and then that, while writing is wonderful, there is life after Nanowrimo. ;) -
Day 2 / 30.
Word count: 0
Really. This is becoming too amusing. -
Inspiration Post #2
"If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, you must be the one to write it."
- Toni Morrison -
Day 1 / 30.
Word count: Zero. Ø. Zilch. Nada.
However, my roomie did help me brainstorm. A lot. I am still very much plotless, but at least I know that I won't be writing about Eleanor this year. -
Inspiration Post #1
"The secret to being a writer is that you have to write. It's not enough to think about writing or to study literature or plan a future life as an author. You really have to lock yourself away, alone, and get to work."
- Augusten Burroughs
