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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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NaNoWrimo? Advice Sought.

I’d like to hear your thoughts on a decision I need to make soon. November, as many of you know, is National Novel Writing Month. They call it NaNoWrimo for short.  As the name suggests the point is to start writing a novel on November 1, and have at least a 50,000 word rough draft …

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Ty’s Big Old Box O’ Writing

Over the weekend I had to empty my bedroom closet so my brother-in-law could get in there and fix the hinges on the door. (As of this writing, I have yet to put all that crap back, but that’s another matter.) Among the temporarily relocated objects were a series of lidded plastic storage bins. Each …

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Don’t Struggle With Every Word.

I take pride in my writing. Being a writer, I have to. I’m not about to have my name on lazy trash. I grant you, any given piece of writing may not be a masterpiece from within my opus, but not everything I write is intended to be. Still, I believe my quality control is …

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