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Day 41
For some reason I managed to write. I got a lot done in about an hour and I’m really shocked by it. I can’t really explain it. I just looked at the next chapter and I just started writing. I … Continue reading
Posted in Novel, Outline, Personal, Rough Draft, Writing
Tagged chapter, long chapter, lots of writing, more than usual, projects, sleepy, tired, writing
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Sincerely
I have been trying very hard to make time for writing. Over the last few weeks, as I’m sure it’s been clear, I haven’t been getting anything done. There are a few reasons for this: 1. Despite being down one … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Writing
Tagged apologies, bogged down, health issues, sadness, sorry, too much to do, topple over, writing
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Day 37
For the last few days, maybe closer to a week now, I’ve had this idea bobbing around my head. At first I decided I would just write whatever came to mind, and then today I continued to think about it. … Continue reading
Posted in Novel, Outline, Personal, Rough Draft, Writing
Tagged chapters, fun, imagination, manuscript, new story, novel, personal, pet project, rough draft, sick, writing
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Day 21
All right, so there’s a good chance that many of you will think I’ve gone mad at the news contained in this post. That’s fair, because I must have my reasons but also, who would do that? Maybe it’s normal … Continue reading
Posted in Novel, Outline, Personal, Revised Draft, Rough Draft, Writing
Tagged feel like a disaster, feeling better, re-outlined, re-wrote, starting over, writing
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Update!
I want to start this post by saying it is absolutely beautiful outside today. The weather is just perfect and I’m hoping to be able to do most of my other work out here today. I think my dogs agree … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Writing
Tagged balancing life, beautiful day, lack of posting, laptop, new job, repairs
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Twitter helps!
As most of you know, I have a twitter account. I hadn’t used it too much except to talk about blog posts and have the odd writing comment or tip to throw out there. Recently though, I was added to … Continue reading
Posted in Novel, Personal, Writing
Tagged followers, group appreciation, thank you, twitter
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Day 15
I thought I would get back into it sooner but unfortunately it took longer than I expected to recover from that job. I’m glad I have, and several things came up last week that prevented me from being in the … Continue reading
Posted in Novel, Personal, Rough Draft, Writing
Tagged back at it, rough draft, rusty, showing vs telling, writing
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And we’re back!
Okay so it’s officially over; my month of employment has come to an end. It’s been one hell of an experience too. I enjoyed the work quite a bit but I wasn’t a fan of the long hours that changed … Continue reading
Posted in Novel, Personal
Tagged #temporary hiatus over, olympics, sleep, writing, writing coming soon
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Temporary Hiatus
A quick update. As it appears, I did not end up having time to write so far this week. I was up early this morning for training and will be heading back out there for my shift shortly. I am … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged blogging, february, job, temporary hiatus, update, will miss this, writing
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