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NaNo (10,280) and Life

I have gotten little done for NaNo, though I have every intention of catching up at some point. It’s always hard when you have visitors. I once again don’t like what’s happening in my story, but rather than rewrite it, I’ve decided  to make my character a little older and see if that helps fixContinueContinue reading “NaNo (10,280) and Life”

Making Characters Suffer

As part of my new year’s resolution, I have a new schedule (as anyone who knows me at all would have already guessed).  I get up at 5:00 AM, do a quick 10-minute workout (sometimes Calisthenics and sometimes stretches as instructed by the chiropractor), get dressed, do hair and makeup, grab the lunch my husbandContinueContinue reading “Making Characters Suffer”

Writer Envy

Today – or rather, this afternoon – was spent at a coffee shop writing. A perfect thing to do on a holiday. Well, more research than writing. I finally reached that point in my book where it was hard to proceed without an actual timeline for the California/Oregon trail. So I spent hours trying toContinueContinue reading “Writer Envy”

15 Minute Challenge – Day 7: Final Thoughts

Yes, I did my 15 minutes. I used it (well, really, half an hour) to finish up a couple scenes I stopped in the middle of last week. I have no profound things to say about my self-imposed 7 day challenge. Certainly nothing that hasn’t been said before by “real” writers and multiples of them.ContinueContinue reading “15 Minute Challenge – Day 7: Final Thoughts”

15 Minute Challenge – Day 6: Giving Breanna a Backbone

One significant flaw I think I have mentioned before is how quickly Elizabeth’s mother went from being weak, conciliatory, and non-confrontational to speaking her mind and ordering people around. Granted, I know from experience that it can happen to even meek people when the occasion is right, but to turn around so completely seemed inconsistentContinueContinue reading “15 Minute Challenge – Day 6: Giving Breanna a Backbone”

15 Minute Challenge – Day 5: Developing Characters

I’ve been having an issue with my main character in Picture of the Past almost since the beginning. I didn’t like her. I didn’t intend for anyone to like her at first, but to gradually sympathize with her as she changed – but I didn’t like her even when she changed. She seemed so -ContinueContinue reading “15 Minute Challenge – Day 5: Developing Characters”

15 Minute Challenge – Day 2 – Getting Back Into the Mindset

Actually written yesterday, August 30: I have a lot more free time than usual tonight due to my husband being gone for a guy’s night and having nothing in particular scheduled. I was going to go to the Library of Congress to do some research and writing, but it is a dreary, rainy night, andContinueContinue reading “15 Minute Challenge – Day 2 – Getting Back Into the Mindset”