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- February 28th, 2010, 4:17 am
- Forum: Procrastination
- Topic: Staddicts
- Replies: 18
- Views: 21281
Re: Staddicts
YAY! Although, I fancy my obsession quite a bit. I need to learn how to cope with the mounds of bound notebooks hovering over my desk and my utter panic when I can't find my lucky red gel pen. :-) If I got stuck on stationary, I don't now how I would handle it. All that stuff it soooo pretty. Almos...
Re: NaNoWriMo
I think there's two separate debates going on here.... 1. If NaNoWriMo (or anything for that matter!) gets you to sit down at your computer, avoid your full-time day job, the Bransforums, People magazine, and your children long enough to actually flesh out that book you've been knocking around in y...
Re: NaNoWriMo
The WIP I've been working on for about six months is only 35,000 words long, so I don't think I would be able to crank out 50,000 in just one month. It would be a great accomplishment for me if I could do that though. But I really don't think it's physically possible for the story to be any good. P...
- February 27th, 2010, 2:25 pm
- Forum: Procrastination
- Topic: Staddicts
- Replies: 18
- Views: 21281
Re: Staddicts
I'll help anyone who wants it Justine ;)
Re: NaNoWriMo
I'm glad I'm not the only one who has signed up for NaNoWriMo but after reading the forums, I can see what you mean about people feeling like failures casnow. I don't know that it would stop many people writing the story they want until November though, most people on there seem to have a couple of ...
- February 26th, 2010, 8:33 pm
- Forum: Books
- Topic: Favorite Lines from Novels
- Replies: 30
- Views: 12536
Re: Favorite Lines from Novels
All of my favourite lines come from Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels! Let's just say that if complete and utter chaos was lightning, he'd be the sort to stand on a hilltop in a thunderstorm wearing wet copper armour and shouting 'All gods are bastards' - The Color of Magic The duke had a mind that...
- February 26th, 2010, 8:17 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Gordon Korman's Advice on Dialogue & Adverbs
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2192
Re: Gordon Korman's Advice on Dialogue & Adverbs
That's a really useful idea actually. I didn't think of adding quirks to my characters dialogue to help differentiate between them. Thanks for posting this, it's given me a way to bring out my characters a little more instead of them being a tiny bit flat. I understand about having a lot on the go t...
NaNoWriMo
I saw someone else mention it in passing in another thread and I wondered how many people on this forum actually take part. I signed up for it for the first time this year and I'm already beginning to sketch out ideas for it. Who else is taking part and if you are, are you already beginning to sketc...
- February 26th, 2010, 8:09 pm
- Forum: Procrastination
- Topic: Staddicts
- Replies: 18
- Views: 21281
Re: Staddicts
*sigh* After a rough week I consoled myself with two adorable new A6 pads, one A4 Jotta pad, some Post-Its and a new parker pen. Most women who want retail therapy will buy clothes, shoes or a handbag but not me, I just want stationary. If I ever get a new man I'll be easy to please I suppose, all h...
- February 26th, 2010, 11:09 am
- Forum: Finding An Agent
- Topic: Request for a Full MS - It came...the rejection.
- Replies: 57
- Views: 18558
Re: OMG!!! Request for a Full MS!!!!
I'm late as usual, but I wanted to add my congratulations to all the others'. That's an awesome acheivement right there, way to go you!
- February 26th, 2010, 11:04 am
- Forum: Procrastination
- Topic: How old are you?
- Replies: 112
- Views: 46612
Re: How old are you?
I'm 29 and I started writing when I was 13 or so. The writing stopped for a while because I was busy being a young mum but I started writing again back in November :)
- February 22nd, 2010, 6:13 pm
- Forum: Books
- Topic: Comfort books
- Replies: 20
- Views: 7877
Re: Comfort books
There are only a a few books I consider to be 'comfort' books. One set is The Belgariad by David Eddings and the other is The Black Jewels Trilogy by Anne Bishop. Occasionally I'll delve back into Anne McCaffrey or Raymond E. Feist but more often than not, you'll find me with the first two.
- February 22nd, 2010, 6:09 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Speed reading and writing
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1973
Re: Speed reading and writing
When it comes to comments and blog posts, there are times I do end up looking like an idiot but that's okay because I know that I can be forgiven if I write something brilliant the next time. As for speed reading, my technique? It was having kids and being at university at the same time. I had very ...
- February 22nd, 2010, 3:38 am
- Forum: Social Media and Book Promotion
- Topic: Do you have a new blog post?
- Replies: 2655
- Views: 820506
Re: Do you have a new blog post?
I'm enjoying reading y'alls posts! I'm not a huge commenter, but I'll try to do better. :) I posted a teaser from something new I'm working on. And when I mean new, I'm only a few paragraphs in. :-P The password (to all my teasers) is teasertuesday. http://www.amandaplavich.com/2010/02/16/teaser-tu...
- February 21st, 2010, 6:22 pm
- Forum: Procrastination
- Topic: Staddicts
- Replies: 18
- Views: 21281
Re: Staddicts
OMG--finally a name for my affliction!! I have all these cool notebooks lying around--and I keep buying more...problem is I have notes in all of them and now I'm confused. I love post-its in strange shapes and bright colors. I love buying those little planners that I'm too disorganized to bring wit...