nanowrimo – A Mad Pursuit

October 25, 2014

fantasy, fiction, nanowrimo, weird, writing

Introducing Two Brain Space

So, in what’s probably not a surprise, I’m going to be doing NaNoWriMo again this year. I’m in an even-year pattern, as it goes. But what is a surprise is that I’m doing it with Jonathan Wood, my good friend and fellow writer. It’s, in a word, spiderpunk. If you want to follow what we’re... / READ MORE /

November 26, 2012

nanowrimo, pilgrim of the sky, watcher of the skies, WIP, writing

accomplishments, goals, Joss Raddick, nanowrimo, writing

And that’s that. Farewell, NaNoWriMo 2012.

Even though I honestly had no intention of doing NaNoWriMo, as of this evening it appears I have “won” said writing frenzy. I have brought Joss Raddick from a little tadpole of a man to a Kraken. He is currently on an island, about to enter a Synod with a few other godlings, and he has... / READ MORE /

November 18, 2012

fantasy, fiction, nanowrimo, watcher of the skies

characters, fiction, rooms, spaces, writing

A Room of Their Own: A Look at Characters and the Spaces They Inhabit

The last few days I’ve been thinking about some interesting aspects of the writing process, particularly in line with writing this follow-up (not really quite a sequel) to Pilgrim of the Sky. And a great deal of it has to do with space. So, in the first book, Maddie leaves her space (her apartment she shared with... / READ MORE /

from Flaxman's Iliad - 1792. Public Domain.

November 14, 2012

blog, editing, fantasy, fiction, nanowrimo, pilgrim of the sky, poetry, watcher of the skies, WIP, writing

friends, Joss Raddick, karen gadient, life, nanowrimo, poetry, progress, Romanticism, writing

Watcher of the Skies and Thoughts on NaNoWriMo

So, my last post really did make it sound like I wasn’t doing NaNoWriMo, mostly likely. And apparently that’s the thing that got me going. Or something. I’m not going to try and explain it in too much details, but it goes something like this. I screwed up my back. I had to take medicine.... / READ MORE /

October 28, 2012

nanowrimo, Rock Revival, WIP, writing

#writecrazy, moving on, nanowrimo, outdoors, process, projects, writers, writing

No, no, NaNo!

So I’m not saying I’m not doing NaNoWriMo. And I’m not saying I am. I’m going to be mercurial and special about it, so there. Life is moving in about a thousand different directions as we speak (I haven’t written much this weekend but… I collected pine cones from the yard, and spray painted them... / READ MORE /

October 31, 2010

nanowrimo, the gnome and the necromancer, writing

NaNoWriMo: Thoughts on What it Means

I’ve read my share of NaNoWriMo arguments, dissenters espousing the uselessness of the event — always very happy to point out that 50K does not a novel make, that the end product is not a true novel (let alone in good enough condition to share with the world at large) and, of course, if you... / READ MORE /

October 25, 2010

editing, fantasy, indigo and ink, nanowrimo, pilgrim of the sky, publication, the gnome and the necromancer, WIP, writing

editing, nanowrimo, the gnome and the necromancer, writing

The Gnome and the Necromancer

With the month of November looming, it’s time to consider NaNoWriMo. Last year it was NaNoEdMo for me, as I was busy doing edits on Queen of None. But this year, I haven’t been writing much at all since I finished Indigo & Ink, and figured I could use November to focus. Edits on Pilgrim... / READ MORE /

November 11, 2009

nanowrimo, publication, writing

#dumbwriter, editing, publication, publishing, writing, writing tips

Thoughts from a #dumbwriter

For every thing I learn about publishing, writing, and editing, there are about a dozen others that I’ve yet to figure out. No, I’m not an imbecile. (Though I sometimes walk into walls, I owe it mostly to my roving imagination and general lack of coordination.) I’m just a #dumbwriter. Over the last few years,... / READ MORE /

October 30, 2009

fantasy, nanowrimo, the blasted tree, WIP, writing

nanowrimo, the blasted tree, writing, ya steampunk fantasy

November approacheth…

And that means NaNoWriMo. You know, for years I avoided NaNoWriMo. I hated the idea, mostly, because people kept telling me to do it. I mean, damnit, I could write a book at my own pace and, by gods, I did. Ooh, the snark… But last year, right after I left my job, I found... / READ MORE /