Category Archives: Writing

Short Story: Erica’s Funeral

This makes me nervous. I’ve released ebooks online before, for years actually, however, this is the first work of fiction that I’m releasing into the wild…and in a format other than PDF. So, there’s plenty of opportunity to learn (and … Continue reading

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SFP: Hungry Garden, Short Story

It’s about time that I got back into some sort of blogging rhythm here, after being a lazy bum for the last week or so. (I guess my read-a-thon hangover was worse than I thought.) I’ve decided to take the … Continue reading

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SFP: Night Princesses, Stuck on Chapter 12

OK, I’m not really stuck. So, I went back and finished chapter 11 although I said I was going to pause and write chapter 12. Now that I’m actually writing chapter 12, it’s slow going. Not because I don’t know … Continue reading

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SFP: Night Princesses, Continuing Chapter 11

Progress, progress, progress. That’s what I’m making. Hooray! I was able to finish not only chapter 9, but also chapter 10. Now I’m working on chapter 11, which will be sponsoring today’s SFP. Actually, it will be the first three … Continue reading

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Word Counts Are Hellspawn

From My Official Writing Blog (the hard copy) dated 03.14.11 Ever since my first NaNoWriMo I’ve had an irrational fear of word counts. Don’t have enough words? Too bad, you fail; what you’ve written barely qualifies as a short story. … Continue reading

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SFP: Night Princesses, Starting Chapter 9

I’d hoped to start doing the SFP’s beginning with chapter 1 of the MS, cautiously dubbed Night Princesses, but I really don’t feel like traveling back in time right now. I’ve just begun chapter 9, so I’m going with that. … Continue reading

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A Turn Has Been Taken

From My Official Writing Blog (the hard copy) dated 03.14.11 My sister woke me up this morning because I was supposed to read her the next chapter in the story. Luckily she’d just gotten off work and felt tired so … Continue reading

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I Am Writing a Novel. Hoozah!

From My Official Writing Blog (the hard copy) dated 03.13.11 I know I’ve said it before, that I have six (or maybe eleven) unfinished manuscripts trapped in a cobwebbed Banker’s Box cluttering up my office closet. I know that I’ve … Continue reading

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