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NaNoWarmUp: Recap: Week 1
So, I’ve had a fairly rollercoaster-y writing week. Below, I’ve extracted some entries from my journal.
Day 1
Tue, Oct 1 2013
{7.33 a.m.}
NaNoWarmUp is here! Oh, and hello October!
I am so excited to begin! Coffee and cupcakes for breakfast. LET’S DO THIS!!
{3.40 p.m.}
Have only written 786 words. 14 words until I’m done for the day, but ( Read more... ) -
The NaNo Journals
So, Day 3 of NaNoWarmUp is officially almost over for me, but I thought I’d start a NaNo journal documenting my experience for the next two months of daily writing commitment.
To the uninitiated, NaNoWarmUp is the brainchild of the fabulous Kat Zhang (author of What’s Left of Me and Once We Were) and the wonderfully inspiring Savannah J Foley. ( Read more... ) -
Review: Saga, Vol. 1
I am a noob to the comic book world. My first introduction to the world of graphic novels came in the form of Fairest, the spin-off to the wildly popular Fables. It plunged me into a world so brilliant I was left gasping. But that is a story for another day ( Read more... ) -
Conversations with the Cast (of my WIP)
NaNo, Day 23:
Hello my darlings! It’s been a while since I saw you-
I’m sorry, what’s that? I’ve been avoiding you?
Wh-what! I haven’t-no way-Never!
How can I? You folks are some of the most brilliant and fascinating people I’ve ever met! Yes, of course I know you’re fictional…but the compliment still stands.
I looked the other way? When? I just ( Read more... ) -
Falselight: My First Teaser Ever!
Ok...wow. I see I fell off the face of the Earth back there. But fear not LJ (and friends!), I am, in fact, quite alive and well, and I have not abandoned thee!
Chalk it up to procrastination and scatter-mindedness (is that a word?!).
In fact, to prove that I haven't abandoned you, I'd like to post a teaser...
...My very first teaser ever, yay!
Ok, I ( Read more... ) -
To write at 5 a.m. (also, 14-hour famine!)
As far as I can remember, I’ve always been the night owl. At my worst, I’d wake up just hours before the sun was setting and crawl into bed just as dawn lightened the sky. Yeah…that was bad.
Thankfully, these days I’m not half as nocturnal, which makes dragging myself to getting to work a little easier.
This month though, I have to force myself to ( Read more... ) -
To the Boy Who Lived
How to bid goodbye to Harry Potter, the Boy Who Lived, the Boy Who Made Others Read, the Boy Who Brought Magic Back, My Generation’s Thing?
Two nights ago, as I watched the credits roll, red-eyed and puffy-faced, it hit me; finally, truly slapped me in the face: Harry Potter, the story-nay, the consistent theme threading my childhood- has come to ( Read more... ) -
Not a Drop to Drink
Some, if not most of you, already know about this awesome campaign hosted by the fabulously amazing Kat Brauer. She teaches, she bakes, she crits, she lives in Japan, AND she’s saving the world a drop of water at a time! (Kat - you are sort of living my dream life!)
Kat's goal was simple -- simple in the sense that it was powerful, yet easily ( Read more... ) -
Chasing the White Rabbit: WIP Update
So…I realise I’ve fallen off the face of the Earth these past few weeks - but here I am again, popping up to say Hello World! I’m alive!
I also realise that for a blog that’s meant to document my writing journey, it’s woefully lacking in any mention of what I’m working on.
And the reason for this is…well, to be honest, I’m still wrestling that ( Read more... ) -
Anthem of the Week
So, apparently I've been living under a rock. I mean, what other explanation could there possibly be for not having heard of Adele before?
Thus, Anthem of the Week. Seriously, guys, I've played this song maybe a million times since I discovered her sometime this week (Tunes play count is a little more conservative and says I've played it 57 times ( Read more... )