Sunday, October 31, 2010

Crit Dare Day 9 - On a Roll

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Momentum is a wonderful thing. It can take a while to build up, but once you really have it, it carries you. And as I thought, throwing mys...
Saturday, October 30, 2010

Crit Dare Day 8 - Too Busy Writing!

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I was too busy writing to remember to post! (Yay!) I did do my critique for the day, and I submitted Chapter 11 to the group, which should ...
Friday, October 29, 2010

Crit Dare Day 7 - Should You Write Two Books At Once?

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Two more chapters critiqued. And more writing on multiple scenes both from the WIP, and a little work on The Serial. Wrote maybe 1500 wor...
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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Crit Dare Day 6 - Actual Writing!

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After today my schedule just might go back to something approaching normal. We have finally achieved full staffing. All the new student ai...
Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Crit Dare Day 5 - Stuck Inside of Row K With The Can't See Blues Again

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I did three crits today to finish up what I have of this book. She keeps telling me that there are only 30 some pages left, but I haven'...
Monday, October 25, 2010

Guest Post - What Makes a Character a Hero?

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I'd like to welcome Chris Kelly, blogger at Dun Scaith , who is currently on a blog tour for his new book, Matilda Raleigh: Invictus . ...
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Crit Dare Day 4 - Progress!

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Critique does do good things to clear the head sometimes. One of my critique group commented on an odd reaction of Gwen - wondering if it m...

Crit Dare Day 3 - Small Progress on All Fronts

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I posted two more critiques tonight. I want to get ahead because I have three evenings of work in a row this week. (Well, one isn't work...
Sunday, October 24, 2010

Crit Dare Day 2 - Juggling

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Too much going on for things to have gone as well as I'd hoped, but I actually got a lot done. First, I decided to let my brain run free...
Saturday, October 23, 2010

The Critique Dare - 9 Chapters Read

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The challenge until November 30 (or as I call it "NaNoWrongMo") is to critique a chapter a day. My critique group's rule is t...
Friday, October 22, 2010

Que Sera Sera (Or Don't Chase Markets)

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I went to see The Man Who Knew Too Much (1955 version) in a real theater today. I really wanted to have my current work-in-progress ( The M...
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Heinlein's Rule Number 5 - You Must Keep It On The Market Until Sold

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And on the one year anniversary of this blog, we finish up the series on Heinlein's Rules of Writing . "You must keep it on the mar...
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Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Heinlein's Rule Number 4 - You Must Put It On The Market

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(This is a series on Heinlein's Rules of Writing - Start with the introduction here .) One of my favorite movies about writing isn't...
Monday, October 18, 2010

Heinlein's Rule Number 3 - You Must Refrain From Rewriting Except to Editorial Order

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(NOTE: The Insane Marathon that is my "real" life has continued to have an impact. After a big family crisis today, I have no min...
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Sunday, October 17, 2010

Heinlein's Rule Number 2 - You Must Finish What You Start

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This is a series on Heinlein's rules of writing ( Intro here , Rule 1 here ). Finishing is a skill. Seriously. Most writers don't s...
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