work in progress – A Mad Pursuit

June 29, 2010

fantasy, indigo and ink, weird, WIP, writing

indigo and ink, novel writing, process, WIP, work in progress, writing

It’s not fun until someone loses an eye.

I grossed myself out today during writing. I don’t know if it’s because the AC is broken and it’s 90 degrees up here and the humidity is through the roof, but I apparently needed to outdo myself in fiction. It was one of those weird moments where I’d planned for the scene to go one... / READ MORE /

June 13, 2010

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Birthday goals, and halfway there.

No, this has nothing to do with football. (Or, soccer.) Just a quick one before the D&D game starts. My birthday is tomorrow, and I wanted to play D&D with our amazing group. However, I also wanted to achieve a personal birthday goal; I wanted to hit 55,000 in the WIP which marks the exact... / READ MORE /

April 23, 2010

indigo and ink, WIP, writing

work in progress, writing

The Novel’s Life

I have said it before: novels have lives of their own. Maybe I should expect it by now, but it still amazes me how a book can simply do things that I didn’t anticipate–often without my permission. Case in point, my current work in progress Dustman. The idea for this book was simple: girl loves... / READ MORE /

January 9, 2010

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Six Ways Twitter Can Make You A Better Writer

Many people consider Twitter solely for networking purposes, for meeting people with common interests and conversing. And while that’s a big part of it, Twitter can also be a very useful tool for improving your writing. When I first started building my Twitter follow list, I started with a lot of writers. And soon I discovered,... / READ MORE /

June 4, 2009

fantasy, Uncategorized, WIP, writing

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Crowded house: writing a party

Nah, not the kind with ale and food and wenches, though that happens from time to time. More like a party of people. At the moment I’m struggling with some of my chapters, as there are just too many damned people there all the time. Up until this point most of what I’ve written has... / READ MORE /

January 13, 2009

fantasy, WIP, writing

fantasy WIP, fantasy writing, first person narrative, WIP, work in progress, works in progress, writing progress

Ringing the WIP.

I’m working on something right now, something I started during my horrific cold the last few weeks. I’m purposely taking a bit of a break from AGC (no worries, Alderpod listeners; I have plenty of chapters yet to read, so y’all won’t notice the difference) to work on this WIP, which is a project I’ve... / READ MORE /