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Nanowrimo Update III

Sorry if these updates bore you, but I am a writer, and ’tis the season for National Novel Writing Month. Don’t worry, though. It will be over soon. (Don’t I know it…) I am up to 33,731 words as of last night. I might have gotten more, but I was keeping one eye on Ravens …

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Nanowrimo Update II

Today begins the second full week of Nanowrimo. How am I doing? I’m happy to report that last night I broke the 20,000 word mark. That may not be a lot by the standards of many who do Nano, but a few things to consider: 1) I am on track, according to projections, to get …

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Nanowrimo Update

I’ve decided to go ahead with it. That is to say I will begin my next “official” novel (NN2) by way of Nanowrimo. I’ve mentioned before a few of the hesitations I had about doing this. Those hesitations still exist, but in the end I decided to go through with it for a few reasons. …

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Confining the Mess

One way or the other, I will be starting Novel Number Two (Henceforth referred to here at NN2) in the near future. I’ve discussed the possibility of using Nanowrimo to get a head start on it before. I’m closer to making that decision now, (I have to be, November is getting closer every day.) I’m leaning …

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Minor Issues in My Fiction

I realize you’re bound to take with a grain of salt any assessment I make of my own writing. While I maintain that a writer can in fact evaluate his own work, (often being more of a critic than others are of it), I’ll understand if you are skeptical. But a writer spends more time with himself …

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