Work, shmerk. Welcome back.
Um, you're on the east coast, if my memory serves correct. How are you doing with this weather issue?
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- October 29th, 2012, 2:44 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: NaNoWriMo 2012 - Prep
- Replies: 21
- Views: 15812
- October 29th, 2012, 2:42 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Official NaNoWriMo 2012 Thread
- Replies: 42
- Views: 30153
Re: Official NaNoWriMo 2012 Thread
Love this! Project: Rewrite of my 2010 NaNo novel, a middle grade adventure story Goal: Hit 50K before Thanksgiving, but also to not stop until I have a complete story. I've found that I can hit 50K words no problem. FINISHING THE DAMN THING is the tricky part. I'm around for Twitter sprints, but ma...
- October 27th, 2012, 1:56 pm
- Forum: Procrastination
- Topic: The SQUEE GOOD NEWS Thread
- Replies: 356
- Views: 179221
Re: The SQUEE GOOD NEWS Thread
My SQUEE good news has nothing to do with writing, but here's the place to share it... I GOT A NEW JOB! When I returned from the BransforumFest in Vegas last March, I learned our research center was closing. After a few weeks of number crunching (and crazy amounts of stress), my boss thought he had ...
- October 27th, 2012, 1:26 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: The Coffee Shop - OCTOBER
- Replies: 28
- Views: 14292
Re: The Coffee Shop - OCTOBER
Holy buckets, Brenda! WAY TO GO!! I remember how awesome I felt when I hit my biggest word day last year during NaNo (just over 8K, thanks to the #1k1h sprints!). I hope you gave your brain some time to rest after that marathon! My Oct is shaping up quite nicely. I have a new outline for my MG story...
- October 26th, 2012, 5:29 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: How many Characters do you have?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 23596
Re: How many Characters do you have?
Ohh... interesting question. My MG story takes place in a school, so by default, there is potential for many characters. I haven't ever counted, though! Let's see: 1 main character 4 supporting characters 1 antagonist 6 2nd-tier supporting characters a handful of first-name-only students in the scho...
- October 26th, 2012, 5:24 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: NaNoWriMo 2012 - Prep
- Replies: 21
- Views: 15812
Re: NaNoWriMo 2012 - Prep
COOKIE!!! WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?! Hello, friend! Since I thrive in a pressure scenario, I enjoy participating in NaNo. However, SOMEONE GOT A NEW JOB !! Woot! Woot! And naturally, my first day is next Wed, 10/31. Poof! There goes that whole "writing during my free time at work" thing. But ya...
- October 15th, 2012, 4:41 pm
- Forum: Procrastination
- Topic: What T.V. shows are you watching?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 34666
Re: What T.V. shows are you watching?
Oh, man. I have a slight TV addiction. Thankfully, I start to trim the list come Nov/December because some are just that bad. Once Upon a Time Revolution* Bones NCIS NCIS:LA Criminal Minds* Supernatural* Fringe* * = shows that I CANNOT miss. Especially those last three. Fringe will end in a few mont...
- October 15th, 2012, 4:06 pm
- Forum: Books
- Topic: "Perfect" Novels
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6243
Re: "Perfect" Novels
I think there has been only one perfect book (in my opinion):
Marcus Zsuzak's THE BOOK THEIF
How he was able to work the narration, and the dry humor, and pack SUCH an emotional punch? The book is hands down, amazing. And to me, perfect.
Marcus Zsuzak's THE BOOK THEIF
How he was able to work the narration, and the dry humor, and pack SUCH an emotional punch? The book is hands down, amazing. And to me, perfect.
- October 15th, 2012, 4:04 pm
- Forum: Books
- Topic: Guilty Pleasure Books
- Replies: 10
- Views: 18722
Re: Guilty Pleasure Books
Oh, man. Guilty pleasure books? Yeah, I have them, too. The plot is recycled. The love triangle needed to end about 8 books ago. The family is so obnoxious and stale that I usually skim those scenes, and the side kick is quite possibly the most annoying character in literary history. But I can't sto...
- October 15th, 2012, 3:44 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: The art of the one sentence synopsis
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8851
Re: The art of the one sentence synopsis
Lol, Brenda. I thought the same thing. Jane goes back in time!! :) I HATED this exercise, but I cobbled something together that I feel is, well, not a suck-tastic as I thought it would be: 12-year-old David Fitzgerald is trying to survive boarding school in another country, but when he learns he is ...
- October 5th, 2012, 3:06 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: NaNoWriMo 2012 - Prep
- Replies: 21
- Views: 15812
Re: NaNoWriMo 2012 - Prep
Word. I'm TOTALLY in. I have 75% of my outline done, but I'm STUCK trying to figure out why my antagonist wants the Shiny Item that my MC is after. Gah! But, I'm going to a retreat center tomorrow morning and staying until Sunday. I'm bringing all my 2012 NaNo stuff with me, and if I can't break thr...
- September 5th, 2012, 4:27 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: The Coffee Shop - SEPTEMBER
- Replies: 33
- Views: 12679
Re: The Coffee Shop - SEPTEMBER
Sommer, I am SO proud of you for taking the leap and going to your doctor to find out more. Most people wouldn't even do that. Consider this the research phase of your novel. You're going to learn some new information and you'll spend some time figuring out how all the pieces fit together. Informati...
- September 5th, 2012, 11:30 am
- Forum: Procrastination
- Topic: Writers Who Run
- Replies: 14
- Views: 11983
Re: Writers Who Run
What does YOLO and YOYO mean?Beethovenfan wrote:Well, if my opinion helps at all, I say do it. You know, YOLO and YOYO and all that.
Sommer--STAY OFF YOUR FOOT!!
I'm inching closer to registering. Inch by inch...
- September 5th, 2012, 11:28 am
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: The hardest part of the novel
- Replies: 26
- Views: 13081
Re: The hardest part of the novel
I agree 110%, Sanderling. I struggle with beginnings in each story I've written. I agree--if I could just start on page 5, that would be so much easier. So then I try and start there, but feel like it cuts out this gentle introduction between the reader and the story. I'm getting better at it. I wri...
- September 4th, 2012, 9:30 pm
- Forum: Procrastination
- Topic: Writers Who Run
- Replies: 14
- Views: 11983
Re: Writers Who Run
Speaking of running, I'm putting some real thought into another half marathon. This one would be the last weekend in October and the race is a gradual down-hill slope for the first half, so most runners PR the race (personal record). After the hot mess of this spring's half marathon (cancelled due t...