I’ve been really pathetic about blogging lately, so have some linkspams and random thoughts.
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When my laptop died just over a year and a half ago, I made a plan: when I built my desktop I would use Linux until the new version of Windows came out (and I had saved up for it). But since I liked Ubuntu so much, I felt no need to do the whole dual-booting thing.

But given the recent-ish changes in Ubuntu (which I wasn’t exactly a fan of) plus ( Read more... )

I was going through my old writing files when I came across the blurb and the first 200 or so words of a YA superhero comedy novel I had scribbled down. Since I won’t be touching it any time soon, I’ve decided to share it with you. So here, have the hastily-written beginning of My Hero, His Villain and Me.

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Spirited Away is a personal project of mine where I read through a bunch of faerie books (stand-alone and in series) and then talk briefly about them.


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So it’s the start of week two for NaNoWriMo and I have been busy writing away. Having the outline is really helpful and Scrivener is wonderful too.

Anyway, to share a sample, here’s my rough-and-definitely-unedited prologue.

Liverpool, England. 1927.

I died in a pool of blood on my bedroom floor. My throat had been torn open and the boy I thought ( Read more... )

So. NaNoWriMo begins in less than 24 hours - for me, anyway. I am both terrified and excited about it all. And as part of my last-minute preparations I am cleaning making sure I have all my software on my comp installed and set up the way I like it, as I have recently done a fresh install of Ubuntu to upgrade to 11.04.

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So I am preparing for NaNo11. Some of the things I have been doing are:

• Outlining using bits of paper stuck with blu-tac to a board my father normally uses for doing jigsaw puzzles on (fortunately he has spares).
• Fleshing out scenes in a new way in a notebook (which I really like doing, I have discovered).
• Trying to make a playlist (currently at five ( Read more... )

NaNo is coming, which means it is time to get ready. I need to come up with an idea (check), outline my plot (working on it), come up with characters (a-yep), actually name the characters (some of them are done), make a playlist (three songs so far!) and do research.


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Shiny New Idea: Hi Catherine! I’m Shiny New Idea. Aren’t I awesome?!

Catherine: Oh man you are awesome, Shiny New Idea. You make me want to work on you right now.

Shiny New Idea: I know I am awesome but you have enough projects for now. Plus you need to let me simmer for a while.

Catherine: That is true. I wish I had the St. Trinian’s movie to ( Read more... )