So, I've been very remiss on posting weekly progress reports, and I do have reason for it. Aside from being sick, there's been a lot going on these past few weeks, including but not limited to taxes, belated thank-you cards, and Odyssey LJ stuff. Half the time I haven't even felt like READING, and if that's not an indication of my current state of ( Read more... )

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I seem to remember introducing my friends list to the band Johnny Hollow, and if you enjoyed their debut as much as I did, you've probably been dying to get your hands on their second. And it's FINALLY out. It's actually been out for a few months in Canada (you can order the hard copy from Amazon, but you're going to pay out the butt because it's ( Read more... )

The grand old debate: gray versus grey. When I write, I tend to use grey for whatever reason, even though when I was younger, I couldn't stand that spelling and used gray instead. What changed? No clue ( Read more... )

So this month wasn't all that great in terms of number of books read, but to be honest, I hit a point where, for two weeks, I didn't want to read a single thing. I think I was feeling guilty for reading when I had taxes I was putting off, and then there was the fact that I was deep into brainstorming mode for my current project (which, I know, I ( Read more... )

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Starvation
Word Count: 18,662
Page Count: 92
Synopsis: Stalled
NO PROGRESSI could make apologies, but I won't. The brainstorming/synopsis session I had the week before was tenuous at best and managed to splinter apart with a little reflection and some much needed feedback. There's a lot missing out of this novel, basic ingredients that I really ( Read more... )

StarvationWord Count: 18,662 ( Read more... )

Starvation
Word Count: 18,662
Page Count: 92
NO PROGRESSThe plan for last week was to sit down and just write a long synopsis for my work in progress. It's not an outline, but it'd allow me to organize my thoughts and pay attention to specific story-lines to see what's going where and how it gets resolved, etc. My mental revisions from the week ( Read more... )

This month, I made a point of adding a little variety to my reading, because it's so easy to get burnt out on a specific genre when that's ALL you're reading. At least, it is for me. But it was a good month, for the most part, though some books certainly took their time ending. I've decided to add to the list books I can't finish, because while I ( Read more... )