|| Another November has come and gone, taking with it this year's NaNoWriMo challenge. I have won it twice in the past, amassing just over 50k words in Novembers past, so I have certainly proved that I can put my butt in the chair and bang away on the laptop. What I have not done … Continue reading Na NO WriMo
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A Trifecta of #NaNoWriMo Inspiration
|| NaNoWriMo is once again almost upon us, and I will once again be diving in. In my imagination I'll be able to write a couple times a day, midmorning and early evening, perhaps. Writing with the ease and wit of a seasoned author, I'll smile as I type. Similes will radiate like a warm, … Continue reading A Trifecta of #NaNoWriMo Inspiration
Why ALL Fiction is Science Fiction
Why ALL Fiction is Science Fiction* || Imagine if you will a recording studio. There's a control room with tables and banks of countless knobs, switches, and slides, used to control almost every sound produced in the sound booth. Here, soundproofed from external noise the musicians, actors, or foleys ply their audiotastic trade. Writing, at … Continue reading Why ALL Fiction is Science Fiction
Works In Progress Go Boink?
Scientific Works in Progress Goes Boink? || Yes. Yes they do. In the last six weeks I have invested, all told, just under 5,000 words and over 20 hours in my current Work In Progress (#WIP). I am about a third of the way through and I realized last night that I need to just … Continue reading Works In Progress Go Boink?
The Writer’s Conversation
The Writer's Conversation A few years back I had the pleasure of meeting the ridiculously talented Tony Noland, when his work brought him Portland ways. I offered to show him around the city a bit, but we didn't make much past Powell's coffee shop, where we talked for quite awhile about writing. This was, perhaps, … Continue reading The Writer’s Conversation
Proprietorship
Proprietorship D. Paul Angel This started as my About page, but has now taken on a life of its own. Instead, in honor of Canada Day, I am relegating it instead to my Aboot page where I think it is more appropriate. I am a struggling writer. It says so much, and yet so little. … Continue reading Proprietorship
Well Sh!t
So, I am literally only a couple posts into this write-every-day-and-post-it-challenge and I am already realizing the error of my ways. Sort of. I posted the review of the Wheel of Time series, even though I didn't feel that great about it. Nor did I particularly feel all that pleased with Wash is My Co-Pilot. … Continue reading Well Sh!t
Write More Right Now
I started this blog about a year and a half ago. When I first created it, I populated it with several different categories, as a means of organizing the subjects I wanted to write about. I have done an OK job of posting #FridayFlash pieces, but have pretty much neglected everything else. So, I am … Continue reading Write More Right Now
NaNoWriMo 2014 – And so it begins…
I am once again diving into National Novel Writing Month! My story is titled, Intersecting the Abyss. Here is the synopsis from my NaNoWriMo page: Two ships meet in the vast, empty abyss between stars. One is huge, if not massive. It is a "Millenial Ship," a massive colony ship travelling from Earth to a … Continue reading NaNoWriMo 2014 – And so it begins…
Re — The Look
(The above drawing by Felicia Cano is the best match to my imagination of Umbridge that I have come across) I would offer that J.K. Rowling's Dolores Umbridge, of Harry Potter fame, is the best literary villain I have ever encountered. From her smug condescension to her self-righteous superiority, I cannot think of an antagonist … Continue reading Re — The Look
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