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@Three_Star_Dave Literarily speaking. Excellent. in reply to Three_Star_Dave # @ChuckWendig @doycet I want one of you to write a couple of blog entries on DESCRIPTION, when how and why. I suck at it. in reply to ChuckWendig # I finished Act I of the book yesterday, in which the main character, in his 40s, decides […]

Sometimes I write blog posts already knowing, more or less, what I’m going to say.  This is not one of those times. Steven Brust is discussing the ethical use of humor over on his site.  To sum up,  in one case, someone used humor against a friend of his; the friend was hurt; the offending

@doycet I think it's a poem,too. I was cruising through poetry sites, waiting for the hiccups to stop, and there it was. in reply to doycet # Grats! They were great 🙂 RT @cmpriest My first royalty check from Tor arrived today. The Eden series finally earned out! Wooooo! # @doycet Now I want to

@doycet Bwahahahahaha! in reply to doycet # Doing more rewrites on Chapter 12. I think the problem wasn't the main character's confusion, but that he never changed. # Moved on to Chapter 13. Still not happy with Chapter 12, but less confused. # I like Doc Hawver. # …who is a character in Chapter 13.

Back from looking at a karate place – we're in. They work REALLY well with kids. # Now, back to the chapter. I totally rewrote this one recently, so it's looking peachy already. # Done: Chapter 12/32. "I was concerned, you understand, because I was liable to suffer the most jail time." #DeNoReWriMo # Do

Critique group cancelled….Yay! A night off. A chapter behind….Booooo…. # I…can…do…this. Ungh. # Gah. My book always makes me cry. # @BarelyKnit Your brain will do ANYTHING to try to trick you into stopping. Every year. Imagine you're doing a fundraiser marathon. in reply to BarelyKnit # Done: Chapter 11/32. "Earth is what happens to

@BarelyKnit Why, DeAnna Novel ReWrite Month. Didn't you know? 32 chapters, 30 days. in reply to BarelyKnit # Bra update: The kind with the squishy stuff in the middle is the best. Memory foam….like whipped cream that's seen better days. # @Three_Star_Dave It's supposed to remember where all my squish squashes 🙂 in reply to

I got a Razer gaming mouse off Woot this time, dammit. No timing me out *today.* # Pomplamoose *is* good. RT @doycet I want to write the way Pomplamoose makes music. Nature Boy – http://bit.ly/pO40n – Damn. # @doycet WANT that accordion. http://bit.ly/38uKK4 "Favorite Things" # Dammit. Today's another long day – 20 pages for

Dunno about you, but when I’m afraid of something, I put it off. Some days, it’s easier to edit than others.  Today, I’m finding all kinds of reasons to avoid starting on the editing, so I’m going to give myself one last delay and try to find out why I’m scared of editing today in

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.