Category: books
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Creativity Tips for When You’re Not In the Groove
Before I started writing this post, I got up from my computer. I work from home, in the corner of my dining room, and I needed a change of scenery, so I went upstairs to my bedroom to lie down. I played MahJong on my Kindle. I read a few pages of a book on…
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Starcat’s Favorites: A Writing Win
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I did it! I finished writing 50,000 words in November – with three days to spare. I’ve never finished early before. Woo hoo! The novel I’m working on isn’t done, but I’m taking a few days off from it. I have another book that I’ve been editing, which is wanting my time and attention: Follow…
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Sprinting to the Finish: NaNoWriMo Days 24-27
NaNoWriMo, November 2019, DAY 24 – 2003 words Dear Diary, I did my writing in the evening, after a day of making more holiday cards and then going out to dinner with BlackLion and some of his co-workers. No sprints this time, but I didn’t seem to need them. The scenes are rolling out of my…
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Ahead of the Game: NaNoWriMo Days 20-23
NaNoWriMo, November 2019, DAY 20 – 1861 words Dear Diary, I had a long day today, and got home in the mid-evening. I was going to do writing sprints, but no one was on Discord, and Brent went to bed early. So I just wrote on my own. It went well, for the most part. I’m…
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More, Please: NaNoWriMo Days 17-19
NaNoWriMo, November 2019, DAY 17 – 1982 words Dear Diary, I like Sundays because that’s usually my day to sleep in a bit. Not that I get up particularly early most days. I’m not a morning person. Today BlackLion and I went to the casino with my parents and brother. We played the slot machines and…
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Take a Break: NaNoWriMo Days 14-16
NaNoWriMo, November 2019, DAY 14 – 2055 words Dear Diary, No sprints tonight. They hadn’t started yet by the time I was ready to write, and Brent wasn’t home. So I just wrote my scene by myself. When I sat down to write this evening, I had just 1021 words to go to make it to…
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The New Book: NaNoWriMo Days 11-13
NaNoWriMo, November 2019, DAY 11 – 2006 words Dear Diary, Monday again, and a holiday at that. I’m feeling much better, and my shift at the radio station didn’t tax my voice too much, which is good. I thought about writing in the morning, before I left, but that didn’t happen. Based on when I’ve checked…
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To the Bridge: NaNoWriMo Days 8-10
NaNoWriMo, November 2019, DAY 8 – 1896 words Dear Diary, I feel crappy. Hack, hack, sniffle, sniffle. Standard head cold. Yuck. Still, thanks to hot soup and Tylenol, I wrote a goodly amount of words this evening. Also, in Googling for standard word counts in my genre, I found an article one shouldn’t read while still…
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Just Keep Swimming: NaNoWriMo Days 5-7
NaNoWriMo, November 2019, DAY 5 – 2250 words Dear Diary, I voted today. I worked on my business. I took a yoga class with BlackLion at our favorite studio, and we made “breakfast for dinner” together afterwards. And yeah – I wrote some more words. BlackLion and I did another word sprint, and then I just…
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Resistance Is Futile: NaNoWriMo Days 1-4
NaNoWriMo, November 2019, DAY 1 – 2878 words Dear Diary, I thought I’d write about the process of writing during this November, for National Novel Writing Month (aka NaNoWriMo). Because, you know, 50K just isn’t enough words (is there a sarcasm emoji?). Actually, it’s because, on my 5th year doing NaNoWriMo, going for my 5th…