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Teaser Tuesday at the New Website
You guys! I shared the first chapter of the zombie book I mentioned the other day. But you can only read it at my new website, where I'll be posting from now on! So add me to your google reader or enter your email address into the subscribe box so you can get notifications when I post.
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New Website! (Move Your Subscriptions Over!)
Hey guys,
I've re-launched my author site and have even commissioned a brilliant graphic artist to make me a custom header! I'm going to do all my posting over there from now on. I was even able to import all my posts and your comments from this livejournal, so none of our conversations have been lost :-)
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The 'And Vampires' Game, Conspiracy Theories, and Zombies
I invented a game. It's called the And Vampires game. What you do is take a famous book title and then add 'And Vampires' to the end of it, like so:- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and Vampires
- A Brief History of Time and Vampires
- Lord of the Rings and Vampires
- A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Vampires
- Roses of Ash and Vampires
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Life and Novel Update!
Today I sent the finished version of Roses of Ash to my agent! Hooray! It feels so good to finally get it off my chest. ROA went through four CPs and underwent some small character modification and word choice issues. Definitely the easiest draft of something I've ever had to edit.
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The Dogma of Hair
I'm not 'into' hair, and can barely manage to straighten my own (when it's not in default ponytail setting). Curling irons are beyond me. Heck, I don't even blow dry my hair - it makes me sweaty and my hand gets all vibratey and I don't like it. Plus I'm terrible at wielding the round brush.
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Camp NaNoWriMo and Renovation Projects
Camp NaNoWriMo started on Friday! I'm there under my typical username, planning to work on the Steampunk Cinderella story. Or I was planning. Because I kind of spent the first few days of Camp NaNoWriMo doing something else instead. Namely tearing apart my kitchen again.
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A Theme of Dreams
I've been thinking a lot about themes, and their existence in novels, particularly the novels I'm trying to write. I read recently that themes cannot be planned, they must emerge. That you can only establish your theme after you finish the first draft.
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The Advice I Didn't Take
Today I posted the following article over at Let The Words Flow. My question to you guys is... do you keep up with LTWF, or should I start cross-posting all my articles to this blog as well?
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After Roses, with a Birthday Vlog!
Firstly, thank you to everyone who commented with love and support on the posts about finishing ROSES OF ASH. You have no idea what kind of confidence that gives me to keep moving forward. <3
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