writer at play
Posted in linktopia on Oct 30th, 2009
For those of you who are doing NaNo this year, here are a few links: No Plot? No Problem!: Chris Baty’s book on getting through NaNo. Hey, you still have time to run down to the bookstore and speed-read it before the 1st. Paperback Writer’s pre-NaNo checklist, with t’s crossed and i’s dotted. While you’re [...]
Posted in writing process on Oct 25th, 2009
One week left until November, and the start of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo for short). For those of you going, “NaNowhat?”, this November thousands of frenzied novelists (would-be and otherwise) will pound away at their keyboards, aiming to amass 50,000 words of a novel. The massive amount of wordage in so short a time [...]
Posted in kai, numbers, short stories on Oct 24th, 2009
Since I haven’t posted about my progress recently: Kai’s book is at 26, 181 words. Rainbird (the short story I’m currently working on) is at 1,169 words. I’ve been researching how to design a winged humanoid (solution: your typical fantasy fairy or angel is highly improbable). Isn’t it amazing the things you can find people [...]
Posted in pretty pictures on Oct 21st, 2009
I’ve been terrible about posting pictures (I’m even worse about taking them off the camera in the first place!). The pretty part of fall is almost over, with most of the trees having turned and shed their foliage. It hasn’t been the best of seasons, with a lot of rain and a freakishly early snowfall. [...]
testing….
Posted in kids at play on Oct 15th, 2009
Back when we were studying the African savanna, the kids and I spent a morning making these cute zebras: I printed off a zebra coloring page to use as a template and cut out zebra shapes from black and white construction paper. The kids put on masking tape and paper strips for stripes. We also [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 10th, 2009
September reads: The Luxe by Anna Godbersen: The gorgeous dress on the cover is what enticed me back into fiction early last month. I wish I could say the story itself was as riveting. In spite of the intriguing premise, I found myself frustrated with the characters, who mostly just sat around and let things [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 7th, 2009
This is a public service announcement. (I always like saying that!). Many if you may know that I’ve gone through Holly Lisle’s novel writing course, How to Think Sideways. The course runs for six months, guiding a writer through the novel writing process from conception to revision in weekly lessons. It also includes access to [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 5th, 2009
I took last week entirely off because friends were visiting. I’ve spent the last few days catching up with housework, getting back into writing, brainstorming a story and getting back into school. I’ll be back soon, with a reading roundup for September. How are you all?