October 2011

Failure IS an Option

Failure IS an Option

“It’s not fair,” my 13yo will whine. “You’re right,” I’ll usually say. “I worked a lot already!” she’ll point out. “Yep.” “I should get to go!” “You’re right,” I’ll agree again. “Now. How much does [the mountain, the clock, the rain] care about everything you said?” I’m trying, you see, to teach my daughter that

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Perhaps We Should Run Away Again

Perhaps We Should Run Away Again

For MY mental health, I need to withdraw. Also my head hurts and it is pissing me off. KD retreat day, for the moment at least. I will get away from everything and take my writing in there and get my ass back into the editing that I took too much time from. I need

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A Check-In

A Check-In

So it’s been a while since I proclaimed my goals here, and I haven’t checked in recently. 1. To WRITE, not play on the internet. Well…let’s just say I haven’t had a lot of time for playing on the internet lately. Oh, and I got two stories in to Turtleduck Press on time (pretty much),

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Using the Save the Cat! Beat Sheet

Using the Save the Cat! Beat Sheet

Editing Joss is not as much fun as writing him was, but it’s still been pretty fun. (I’m getting back to that tonight, I swear!) I’m using Blake Snyder’s Beat Sheet among other tools to figure out what’s missing that needs to be in the book, or what is there that shouldn’t be. It’s not

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About #3GoodThings

So the other night I sprung #3goodthings on a friend, and it occurred to me I’ve never explained it. Sometimes I just do it, and sometimes people join in. In my head, this is how it works. YMMV. Negativity is everywhere, and the internet makes it easier to shout our complaints into the ether, so

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NaNo Decision: This Time I Mean It

NaNo Decision: This Time I Mean It

So after a couple months of trying to decide–in my off moments that should have been spent on all my deadline-y stuff–what to do for NaNo, I had decided to write the third in my epic trilogy of magic, gay and win, Hiro’s Quest (yes, it’ll be renamed.) I really want to write it, you

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