Tag: novel
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Feedback
Artwork by RobbyCobalt As someone who sang and played guitar in a few different rock bands, feedback often makes me think of that shrill squeal that rips through the PA when you point the microphone at the speakers, or when your guitar amplifier has started picking up alien radio signals. Sometimes there’s just no explaining…
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A Knife to the Muse’s Throat (My NaNo Win)
I did it. I am an official NaNoWriMo winner. I brought in over 50k words in 29 days. I put a knife to the Muse’s throat and filled my pen from her opened jugular. On the thirtieth day, I rested. At the end of week three, I was falling behind. In lieu of my…
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To Recharge or Not to Recharge (NaNoWriMo Update – Week One)
Photo by Jordan McQueen I’ve been writing every day for a solid week on the sequel to my recently finished novel (as yet to be published, or officially announced) as part of NaNoWriMo. That’s National Novel Writing Month, if you’re not familiar. It’s been a lot of fun, but I’m also putting in a lot…
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NOVEL IS FINISHED!
photo by Dustin Lee Yes, you read that correctly. I have finished my novel, the very first one. Yesterday, around 9pm is when the last word was written. I had given myself a deadline of today, Oct. 31st and I brought it in a day early. A few days ago, it was looking bleak. I had…
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To Hum a Strain in the Face of Death
“A truly brave man is ever serene; he is never taken by surprise; nothing ruffles the equanimity of his spirit. In the heat of battle he remains cool; in the midst of catastrophes he keeps level his mind. Earthquakes do not shake him, he laughs at storms. We admire him as truly great, who, in…
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Tell Me Your Dreams
In honor of Lucid Dreaming Day this past Sunday, I feel I should mention the inspiration for this novel that I’m bludgeoning into submission. The idea actually came from someone else’s dream. I always feel that when I tell people my dreams, they don’t really care or they think I’m weird. But I like hearing…
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What Do You Expect?
I’m working on what I hope is at least the next to last draft of my first full-length novel. If I’m really lucky, this will be the last draft. What should you expect from this blog then? Probably not a lot about the craft of writing. There are so very many blogs dedicated to that…
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