I’m editing a 92K-word story (32 chapters) in 30 days as an alternative to NaNoWriMo. I don’t get to write another book until this one has been sent out. Dammit. And I have three more NaNo books that I need to rewrite. I’ve been a bad author lately, all first drafts and no rejection slips. […]
Remind me not to drink all the martini in the shaker anymore, no matter how good the olives are. Ugn. # But it was soooooo good. Blue cheese-stuffed olives + Bombay sapphire = yummeh. # Rhonda puts together the best girls' nights: http://www.mackenzieschophouse.com/ (But I liked the carpaccio at the Warehouse better.) # All right,
Witness decrease my ability to slack off. RT @doycet I love how you're tweeting your editing updates. # I KNEW I was missing something. RT @BarelyKnit Wine? Check. Super Girl jammies? Check. Ready to write. #NaNoWriMo # Like a Taco Bell burrito at 2 am when you're drunk RT @mightymur those who say food doesnt
I feel that way about my legs all the time. RT @mtfierce Shave hastily, repent just about immediately. # And armpit hair! @ianthealy sure, but you're so tall you've got more leg to maintain than the average girl # @bonniebythepeak You know what they say about having legs that go up to your armpits…"That's a
My brain wasn't working…it's amazing what goldfish crackers with extra orange can fix. # Hey @doycet – I'm reading the book out loud before I pass each chapter. Seems to help cut a LOT of crap. # Taking a break before reading the chapter out loud. Had to write five pages to replace a lame
RT @Dabeak The Delete key is the mindkiller, i will let it pass through me and only I will remain. The delete key is the mind killer… # @bonniebythepeak Thanks! Gimme some quote, baby 🙂 in reply to bonniebythepeak # dknippling Done: Chapter 4/32. "Sam squatted by the corpse. 'Who's that?' he asked. 'Old friend
PRONUNCIATION: (AK-nist-uhs) MEANING: noun: The part of the body where one cannot reach to scratch. ETYMOLOGY: From Greek aknestis (spine), from Ancient Greek knestis (spine, cheese-grater). USAGE: “In what has to be the longest post-election season in living memory, the last five months have felt like an acnestis upon our collective soul; like that little
Thus begins DeNoReWriMo. # Done: Chapter 1/32. #DeNoReWriMo # @Dabeak Yep, DeNoReWriMo is my own personal rewrite grind. What are you working on? in reply to Dabeak # @Dabeak Well, turn of your twitter and write then! Answers, dammit. in reply to Dabeak # Done: Chapter 2/32. #DeNoReWriMo. "When a lady tells you to smell
Had a blast last night at the Cottonwood Day of the Dead open house. I want to make a bone half-mask… # And the Halloween work party wasn't bad, either. Hats off to Pumpkin & Pi. # Today: Mouseguard at FalCon. http://warhorn.net/FalCon/ Goodness…I am being social this weekend. And geeky. # November begins DeReWriMo, De
I was blathering about last year’s NaNoWriMo strategy over at ***Dave’s writing site, Doing Write, and realized I always need more blog posts… I’ve done four NaNoWriMo-style novels (30 days, 50K words). The drafting, while a bitch, is the easy part for me; I need to learn how to rewrite efficiently, which has been quite
