Category Archives: Writing
New Year’s Resolution Reading Challenge
I don’t normally make extensive New Year’s resolutions, beyond my annual "I will not stab anyone in [insert year here]." I borrowed that one from Rachel Herron in 2010 and it is a worthy goal worth re-committing to each year … Continue reading
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Ink sampling
I’ve been sampling various combinations of ink and fountain pens. It’s a huge surpise how different pens with the same ink give wildly different results. Using my TWSBI 540 pen with Noodler’s Black Swan in Australian Roses ink gives a … Continue reading
Projects in progress and stalled
If ever there was a year where I don’t complete NaNoWriMo it’s this one. Too much going on to have brain real-estate tied up with a novel. I may stage a dramatic comeback mid-month but it’s not looking very likely … Continue reading
NaNoWriMo – T minus 10 days
Ten days. Keyboards on standby, tea ready to be brewed, notebooks filled with plot debris, friends and fiends recruited, donor halo firmly in place. We’re doing this. I have a stack of index cards in three different colours, with events … Continue reading
NaNoWriMo – T minus 20 days
I’ve spent October thinking I wouldn’t have anything to write beyond one cool concept. The novel is competing for brain real-estate with 30 self defense techniques and 11 kata that I need to have pattern-perfect for my third degree brown … Continue reading
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NaNoWriMo – T minus 30 days
Now is the time to panic, if you haven’t already started. We’re writing a NOVEL in a month’s time, we must be mad. October is the month of the Great Site Relaunch, all the posts in the NaNoWriMo forums get … Continue reading
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NaNoWriMo – T minus 50 days
I love November because that’s when NaNoWriMo happens and we write novels together. I love the camaraderie, the intensity, the goals, the notes, the team challenges. I love having a story at the end of it. There are 50 days … Continue reading
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For the love of fountain pens
When I was in school, fountain pens seemed to be required. Everyone had them and you could always borrow a cartridge if your pen ran out. Ink came in stubby blue or black cartridges and the pens had enough space … Continue reading
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Plans and Previews
I’m currently reading (and annotating the glitches in) my 2011 NaNoWriMo novel with a view to finishing the story. The last three chapters are missing and I need to tidy things up and put a pretty bow on them so … Continue reading
Tidying a loose end
I’ve been writing a short story a month for our post-NaNoWriMo writing group, Fictional Authors, and utterly neglecting the ending of my 2011 novel. I’m planning to re-read the story so far and my planning notes, and get the thing … Continue reading