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50 Books Starting Over
I decided I'm going to start, appropriately in January. I know, I know . . . all those books that no longer count. But it will be a lot easier to track this way. And I even have a spreadsheet!
So far:
1. The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin ( Read more... ) -
Update on Writing and Books
Writing:
Well, as usual, the writing is going well. I haven't had motivation problems with first drafts in a long time. Plundering Freedom is sitting at 64,477 words after a writing marathon at Forward Motion this week-end ( Read more... ) -
Special Topics in Calamity Physics
As I promised, here is a review of Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl. This book is amazing. The comments by other writers in the front of the book mostly consider it a cross between Catcher in the Rye and Nabokov, but as I've never read Catcher in the Rye, I really cannot say anything about that. It's far more emotional than ( Read more... ) -
End of NaNo. Books.
Well, I won NaNo with 52,946 words, but the novel is not finished yet. Probably have another 50k or so to go ( Read more... ) -
Progress
This week has been hard on the writing front. First, I had a lot due this week for school: test on Tuesday, presentation Thursday, and 2 papers due Friday. Thankfully, one of the Friday papers has an extension, so I'm finishing it up tonight ( Read more... ) -
NaNo Nostalgia
I got inspired by a blog entry by David Bridger, and felt a need to post something myself ( Read more... ) -
I Have a Plot!
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Writing Pre-work Questions:
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Writing Again
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Books and more books...
Well, let's see.
I'm trying to keep a record of what I've read, to see if I can do the 50 books a year thing. Since I last posted, though, what have I read?
I had to go back and look, since it's been so long that I've posted about the books I'm reading. Anyway, here goes:
I still haven't finished World Without End. It's a very, very LARGE ( Read more... )